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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... Stage and on Screen , 1988 , 2005 by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan Memorable lines © 1988 , 2005 by Bantam Books Annotated bibliography © 1988 , 2005 by David Scott Kastan and James Shapiro Valuable advice on staging matters ...
... Stage and on Screen , 1988 , 2005 by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan Memorable lines © 1988 , 2005 by Bantam Books Annotated bibliography © 1988 , 2005 by David Scott Kastan and James Shapiro Valuable advice on staging matters ...
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William Shakespeare David Bevington, David Scott Kastan. CONTENTS Introduction vii Julius Caesar on Stage xviii Julius Caesar on Screen xxvii The Playhouse xxxvii JULIUS CAESAR 1 Date and Text 203 Textual Notes 205 Shakespeare's Sources ...
William Shakespeare David Bevington, David Scott Kastan. CONTENTS Introduction vii Julius Caesar on Stage xviii Julius Caesar on Screen xxvii The Playhouse xxxvii JULIUS CAESAR 1 Date and Text 203 Textual Notes 205 Shakespeare's Sources ...
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... ( 4.3.288 ) . Defeated in battle , as he sensed he would be , Brutus takes his own life . Cassius dies on his birth- day . Sic transit gloria mundi . JULIUS CAESAR ON STAGE As a play about political conflict INTRODUCTION xvii.
... ( 4.3.288 ) . Defeated in battle , as he sensed he would be , Brutus takes his own life . Cassius dies on his birth- day . Sic transit gloria mundi . JULIUS CAESAR ON STAGE As a play about political conflict INTRODUCTION xvii.
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... Brutus , another defender of freedom . Other textual modifications reduced Julius Caesar to the tyrant that audi- ences expected . Minor figures were cleared away , such as Cinna the Poet ( 3.3 ) and the poet of Julius Caesar on Stage.
... Brutus , another defender of freedom . Other textual modifications reduced Julius Caesar to the tyrant that audi- ences expected . Minor figures were cleared away , such as Cinna the Poet ( 3.3 ) and the poet of Julius Caesar on Stage.
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... stage pic- ture , grouping large numbers of supernumeraries in front of painted scenery inspired by Joshua Reynolds and the Royal Academy , where pictorial interest in the inspiring antiquities of Rome had wide currency . Kemble's ...
... stage pic- ture , grouping large numbers of supernumeraries in front of painted scenery inspired by Joshua Reynolds and the Royal Academy , where pictorial interest in the inspiring antiquities of Rome had wide currency . Kemble's ...
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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