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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... plays were performed by the most famous actors of his time , including Richard Burbage , Will Kempe , and Robert Armin . In addition to his 37 plays , Shakespeare had a hand in others , including Sir Thomas More and The Two Noble ...
... plays were performed by the most famous actors of his time , including Richard Burbage , Will Kempe , and Robert Armin . In addition to his 37 plays , Shakespeare had a hand in others , including Sir Thomas More and The Two Noble ...
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... play introduction © 1988 , 2005 by David Bevington The Playhouse text © 1988 by David Bevington Julius Caesar , on Stage and on Screen , 1988 , 2005 by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan Memorable lines © 1988 , 2005 by Bantam Books ...
... play introduction © 1988 , 2005 by David Bevington The Playhouse text © 1988 by David Bevington Julius Caesar , on Stage and on Screen , 1988 , 2005 by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan Memorable lines © 1988 , 2005 by Bantam Books ...
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... plays of the 1590s ; in other ways , it in- troduces the period of the great tragedies . The play evidently was first performed at the new Globe playhouse in the fall of 1599 , shortly after Henry V ( the last of Shakespeare's his- tory ...
... plays of the 1590s ; in other ways , it in- troduces the period of the great tragedies . The play evidently was first performed at the new Globe playhouse in the fall of 1599 , shortly after Henry V ( the last of Shakespeare's his- tory ...
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... plays a lesser part ( Hamlet , Othello , King Lear , Macbeth ) . Julius Caesar is an ambivalent study of civil conflict . As in Richard II , the play is structured around two protago- nists rather than one . Caesar and Brutus , men of ...
... plays a lesser part ( Hamlet , Othello , King Lear , Macbeth ) . Julius Caesar is an ambivalent study of civil conflict . As in Richard II , the play is structured around two protago- nists rather than one . Caesar and Brutus , men of ...
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... plays the role of tempter here , but the notion he suggests is not new to Brutus . The parallelism of Brutus's pride and Caesar's ambition is strongly underscored by the way in which these great figures appear to us in two adjoining ...
... plays the role of tempter here , but the notion he suggests is not new to Brutus . The parallelism of Brutus's pride and Caesar's ambition is strongly underscored by the way in which these great figures appear to us in two adjoining ...
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actors Alarum Antony's army Artemidorus battle bear blood Brutus and Cassius BRUTUS CASSIUS Brutus's Caesar's death Calpurnia Capitol CASCA Cassius Cassius's Cato Cicero Cinna Claudius CLITUS conspiracy conspirators countrymen dangerous Dardanius Decius Brutus dost doth Elizabethan enemies Enter Brutus Enter Lucius Exeunt Exit fear film fire Flavius follow FOURTH PLEBEIAN friends Fyodor Dostoevsky ghost give gods hand hast hath hear heart honor humor ides of March Julius Caesar Lepidus Ligarius live look lord Lucilius Marcus Brutus Mark Antony marketplace Marullus matter Messala Metellus Cimber night noble Brutus Philippi Pindarus play play's PLEBEIAN Plutarch political Pompey Pompey's Portia Publius Roman Rome scene SECOND PLEBEIAN Senate SERVANT Shakespeare soldiers SOOTHSAYER speak speech spirit stand Strato sword tell theater thee things THIRD PLEBEIAN thou art Titinius tragedy traitors Trebonius unto VARRO Volumnius word wrong