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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... Theater in New York used Thea Neu's simple , imaginative set and strong performances from its principal actors to keep the play's political energies in provocative balance . Terry Hands's production at Stratford - upon - Avon in 1987 ...
... Theater in New York used Thea Neu's simple , imaginative set and strong performances from its principal actors to keep the play's political energies in provocative balance . Terry Hands's production at Stratford - upon - Avon in 1987 ...
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... Theater in Minneapolis , Edward Payson Call used sets and costumes to evoke the atmosphere of a Latin American dictatorship . The political frame of reference can also be meaningful and con- temporary when it is less specific , as at ...
... Theater in Minneapolis , Edward Payson Call used sets and costumes to evoke the atmosphere of a Latin American dictatorship . The political frame of reference can also be meaningful and con- temporary when it is less specific , as at ...
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... theater festivals . The production was devel- oped for the Societas Raffaello Sanzio , which is committed to discovering a new theatre language by returning to classical texts and radically reimagining them . Adapted , as the pro- gram ...
... theater festivals . The production was devel- oped for the Societas Raffaello Sanzio , which is committed to discovering a new theatre language by returning to classical texts and radically reimagining them . Adapted , as the pro- gram ...
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... Theater for a New Audience at the Lucille Lortel Theater in New York City . Spare and taut , the production ex- plored the play's theme of betrayal : friends betrayed friends , husbands betrayed their wives , leaders betrayed their ...
... Theater for a New Audience at the Lucille Lortel Theater in New York City . Spare and taut , the production ex- plored the play's theme of betrayal : friends betrayed friends , husbands betrayed their wives , leaders betrayed their ...
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... theater . Certainly it is a distinct experience to see a play in a darkened movie theater with actors larger than life . It is different , too , to see it on a television screen with actors smaller than they are in life , and where the ...
... theater . Certainly it is a distinct experience to see a play in a darkened movie theater with actors larger than life . It is different , too , to see it on a television screen with actors smaller than they are in life , and where the ...
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