Julius CaesarIn this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare turns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar by his republican opponents. The play is one of tumultuous rivalry, of prophetic warnings–“Beware the ides of March”–and of moving public oratory, “Friends, Romans, countrymen!” Ironies abound and most of all for Brutus, whose fate it is to learn that his idealistic motives for joining the conspiracy against a would-be dictator are not enough to sustain the movement once Caesar is dead. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |
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... folio ofNorth's Englished Plutarch open on his deskas hewrote. Read the “Life ofMarcus Brutus” therein and you see the raw materials on whichthe dramatist's imagination settowork: NowBrutus(who knew very well that for his sake all ...
... folio ofNorth's Englished Plutarch open on his deskas hewrote. Read the “Life ofMarcus Brutus” therein and you see the raw materials on whichthe dramatist's imagination settowork: NowBrutus(who knew very well that for his sake all ...
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... Folio” textof 1623, the original “CompleteWorks” prepared forthe press after his death by Shakespeare's fellow actors,thepeople whoknew the plays better thananyone else.JuliusCaesar, however, exists onlyin a Folio textthatis ...
... Folio” textof 1623, the original “CompleteWorks” prepared forthe press after his death by Shakespeare's fellow actors,thepeople whoknew the plays better thananyone else.JuliusCaesar, however, exists onlyin a Folio textthatis ...
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... Folio ina much more thoroughgoing way than in the Quartos. Sometimes, however, they were erroneous or omitted; corrections and additions supplied by editorial tradition are indicatedby square brackets. Five-act divisionisbased on a ...
... Folio ina much more thoroughgoing way than in the Quartos. Sometimes, however, they were erroneous or omitted; corrections and additions supplied by editorial tradition are indicatedby square brackets. Five-act divisionisbased on a ...
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... Folio layout. Folio sometimes uses contraction (“turnd” rather than “turned”) to indicate whether ornotthefinal“-ed” of a past participle is sounded, an areawhere there isvariation for thesakeof the five-beat iambic pentameter rhythm ...
... Folio layout. Folio sometimes uses contraction (“turnd” rather than “turned”) to indicate whether ornotthefinal“-ed” of a past participle is sounded, an areawhere there isvariation for thesakeof the five-beat iambic pentameter rhythm ...
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... Folio positioning of entrances and exits to a greater degree than most editors. EditorialStage Directions such as stage business,asides, indicationsofaddressee and ofcharacters' positionon the gallery stageare only used sparingly in Folio ...
... Folio positioning of entrances and exits to a greater degree than most editors. EditorialStage Directions such as stage business,asides, indicationsofaddressee and ofcharacters' positionon the gallery stageare only used sparingly in Folio ...
Contents
The TragedyofJulius Caesar The List of Parts | |
Scene 5 | |
Farr and Lucy Bailey Shakespeares Careerin the Theater | |
A Chronology | |
Acknowledgments and Picture Credits | |
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