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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... at the Globe Theatre in 1599, was the first of the three playsinwhich Shakespeare followed Plutarch closelyin exploringkey momentsof transitioninthe history ofRome. UnlikePlutarch, though, Shakespeare begins with the people ...
... at the Globe Theatre in 1599, was the first of the three playsinwhich Shakespeare followed Plutarch closelyin exploringkey momentsof transitioninthe history ofRome. UnlikePlutarch, though, Shakespeare begins with the people ...
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... atthe end ofAntonyand Cleopatra,when Octavius becomes Augustus and ushers inthe imperial phase of Rome's history. For overa thousand years, Rome was the city of the world. The Romans ruledthe greatest empire that had ever been seen ...
... atthe end ofAntonyand Cleopatra,when Octavius becomes Augustus and ushers inthe imperial phase of Rome's history. For overa thousand years, Rome was the city of the world. The Romans ruledthe greatest empire that had ever been seen ...
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... At the beginning of the play, the long-established Roman republic, withitssystem of checks andbalances (senators representing thepatricians and tribunes the plebeians), is in crisis. If Caesar isnot stopped, democracywill be destroyed ...
... At the beginning of the play, the long-established Roman republic, withitssystem of checks andbalances (senators representing thepatricians and tribunes the plebeians), is in crisis. If Caesar isnot stopped, democracywill be destroyed ...
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... At the same time, he was horrified by theideaof mob rule,aswitness thescene when Cinna the poet is lynchedbecause he happenstoshare a namewith one of the conspirators. THE ROMAN PHILOSOPHY The character who invites particular sympathy ...
... At the same time, he was horrified by theideaof mob rule,aswitness thescene when Cinna the poet is lynchedbecause he happenstoshare a namewith one of the conspirators. THE ROMAN PHILOSOPHY The character who invites particular sympathy ...
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... at the beginning of eachscene wherethe imaginary locationis differentfrom theone before. Inthecaseof JuliusCaesar the action takes place inRome apart from Brutus' camp near Sardis andthe final battleat Philippi. Act and SceneDivisions ...
... at the beginning of eachscene wherethe imaginary locationis differentfrom theone before. Inthecaseof JuliusCaesar the action takes place inRome apart from Brutus' camp near Sardis andthe final battleat Philippi. Act and SceneDivisions ...
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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Act 5 Scene actors Alarum andthe Antony’s ARTEMIDORUS assassination atthe audience battle bear blood Brutus and Cassius Caesar’s body Caius Calpurnia Capitol Casca Cassius Cato Cicero Cimber Cinna CLITUS conspirators crowd crown dangerous death Decius doth Elizabethan Exeunt Act Exit Farr fear Flavius Folio FOURTH PLEBEIAN fromthe Ghost give gods hand hath hear heart honourable inhis inthe Jonathan Bate Julius Caesar kill king Lepidus Ligarius look lord Lucilius Lucius Mark Antony Messala Metellus mighty modern Murellus noble Octavius ofthe omens performance Philippi Pindarus play Poet political Pompey Pompey’s Portia production Roman Rome Royal Shakespeare Company running scene SECOND PLEBEIAN senate SERVANT Shakespeare SOLDIER SOOTHSAYER speak speech spirit stage stand Stratford-upon-Avon Strato sword tell thatthe theater theaudience thee theplay there’s THIRD PLEBEIAN thou Titinius tobe tothe Tragedy Trebonius Varrus Volumnius Winter’s Winter’s Tale withthe words