![]() ![]() This production also includes a ‘Community Chorus’, made up of local volunteers and campaigners, who, dressed in black, seem to float on and off stage at key moments, whispering as they witness events alongside the audience, and playing a part in drawing us in to vital scenes. Special mention must go to Annabel Baldwin, stepping in to play the role of Cassius on the first night, and Niamh Findlay, who steps into Baldwin’s original role of the Soothsayer with aplomb, while Thalissa Texeira makes a powerful Brutus. William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar Table of Contents Julius Caesar (Play, 1599, 77 pages) This title is not on Your Bookshelf. Each part is played sensitively, powerfully and – vitally for a play with so many important speeches – with perfect diction, conveying the depth of meaning from the text. While there are some unique production choices (including an opening which might be best described as interpretive dance, and a projector screen on a giant rotating cube being used as the set), the real strength of this Julius Caesar is its brilliant cast. His followers wish to make him king read analysis of Julius Caesar Marcus Brutus Brutus is a high-ranking and well-respected Roman, husband to Portia, and one of Caesar s murderers. At the beginning of the play, Caesar has just defeated the faction of his rival, Pompey. The play is traditionally packed with male characters (as Roman senates tended to be), but this cast includes many women and the importance of gender is diminished – sometimes ‘sister’ replaces ‘brother’, but nothing jars (actors playing different genders is hardly unusual in Shakespeare anyway). Julius Caesar is a famous Roman general and husband to Calpurnia. ![]()
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