Julius CaesarThese popular editions allow the reader and student to look beyond the scholarly reading text to the more sensuous, more collaborative, more malleable performance text which emerges in conjunction with the commentary and notes. Each note, each gloss, each commentary reflects the stage life of the play with constant reference to the challenge of the text in performance. Readers will not only discover an enlivened Shakespeare, they will be empowered to rehearse and direct their own productions of the imagination in the process. Shakespeare's shortest play tells the story of Julius Caesar and Marcus Brutus, who, fearing the possibility of a dictator-led empire, betrays Caesar to protect Rome. Little does he know that Cassius has been holding the strings, manipulating Brutus into exploiting Caesar's weakness and removing him from power with the help of fellow conspirers. Contemplating motives for murder, national allegiance, and divine right, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is a unique look at the true events surrounding Caesar's assassination in 44 B.C. |
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... once the deed is done , the process is reversed and the insolent king becomes the sac- rificial or tragic victim . Caesar's murder is brilliantly set in a context of insufferable pretension , in which he dares publicly to assert his ...
... once the deed is done , the process is reversed and the insolent king becomes the sac- rificial or tragic victim . Caesar's murder is brilliantly set in a context of insufferable pretension , in which he dares publicly to assert his ...
Page 103
... Once more the crowd stands on the brink , and once more he stops them , with total control . By now they seem to be answering to his slightest cue . stir to rage individual ver coins ancient Greek sil- noble , munificent 229-255 Antony ...
... Once more the crowd stands on the brink , and once more he stops them , with total control . By now they seem to be answering to his slightest cue . stir to rage individual ver coins ancient Greek sil- noble , munificent 229-255 Antony ...
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... once harm perforce , of necessity 179-193 After the news of Cicero's death , however , the scene changes . Messala carefully inquires whether Brutus has heard from or about Portia , and Brutus denies that he has . Why ? His denial ...
... once harm perforce , of necessity 179-193 After the news of Cicero's death , however , the scene changes . Messala carefully inquires whether Brutus has heard from or about Portia , and Brutus denies that he has . Why ? His denial ...
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actors Alarum answer Antony's Artemidorus asks audience battle bear beginning blood Brutus and Cassius Brutus's Caesar's body Caius Ligarius Calphurnia Capitol Casca Cato Cicero CINNA Claudio CLITUS COBBLER comes conspiracy conspirators crowd crown DARDANIUS dead death Decius director doth Elizabethan enemy Enter BRUTUS Exeunt Exit fear FLAVIUS follow FOURTH PLEBEIAN ghost gods grief hand hath hear heart honor ides of March Julius Caesar kill leave Lepidus Ligarius look lord Lucilius Lucius Marcus Marcus Brutus Mark Antony means MESSALA Metellus Cimber move MURELLUS night noble Brutus Octavius oration Philippi Pindarus Plutarch Pompey Portia production Publius Roman Rome scene SECOND PLEBEIAN seems senators SERVANT Shakespeare shout sick soldier soliloquy SOOTHSAYER speak speech spirit Stage Directions stand Strato sword tell tent theatre theatrical thee things THIRD PLEBEIAN Titinius traitors Trebonius VARRUS Volumnius wife words wrong