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Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar meets Julius X
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Julius Caesar meets Julius X

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Johnna Champion

Discover books, costume sketches, and theatrical props for Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in the Folger collection along with items from Folger Theatre’s production of Al Letson’s Julius X: A Re-envisioning of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. 

Al Letson on his play Julius X
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Al Letson on his play Julius X

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Journalist, playwright, and poet Al Letson talks about Julius X, his play that borrows lines, characters, and plot from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar to tell the story of Malcolm X. He shares the play’s origins and his approach to creating art.

Quiz: How much do you know about "Julius Caesar"?
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Quiz: How much do you know about "Julius Caesar"?

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Esther Ferington

Challenge yourself with this new quiz about Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar.

Director Rosa Joshi on Julius Caesar Today
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Director Rosa Joshi on Julius Caesar Today

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Rosa Joshi’s bold staging of Julius Caesar at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, performed entirely by women and nonbinary actors, reframes Shakespeare’s political thriller for today’s fight against autocracy.

Famous quotes from Julius Caesar
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Famous quotes from Julius Caesar

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Shakespeare’s tragedy is filled with memorable lines, including Mark Antony’s speech that begins “Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears.” Explore some of the play’s most well-known quotes.

We know you think Julius Caesar is boring
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We know you think Julius Caesar is boring

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Ben Lauer

We ask theater artists across the country to tell us why it isn’t.

Order It: Mark Antony's "Friends, Romans, countrymen"
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Order It: Mark Antony's "Friends, Romans, countrymen"

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Interested in politics and communication? Try our quiz and rearrange the lines of Mark Antony’s “Friends, Romans, countrymen” speech from Julius Caesar, a famous passage from Shakespeare’s plays and a brilliant example of political oratory.

‘Julius Caesar’ and Shakespeare’s change in the American curriculum, from rhetoric to literature
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‘Julius Caesar’ and Shakespeare’s change in the American curriculum, from rhetoric to literature

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Early 19th-century American students would study speeches from Shakespeare’s plays as examples of good public speaking, not as literature. How did Shakespeare’s place in the school curriculum change?

Beware the Ides of March — and confusing interpretations of 'Julius Caesar'
Julius Caesar
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Beware the Ides of March — and confusing interpretations of 'Julius Caesar'

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Austin Tichenor

Brutus (Anthony Cochrane, left) and Julius Caesar (Michael Sharon, right), Julius Caesar, directed by Robert Richmond, Folger Theatre, 2014. Photo by Teresa Wood. In 1599, in the 40th year of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, when she had no heir or obvious…

Harriet Walter
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Harriet Walter

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In 2012, London’s Donmar Warehouse opened an all-female Julius Caesar, starring Dame Harriet Walter as Brutus and directed by Tony nominee Phyllida Lloyd. Set in a women’s prison, it was the first of a trilogy of all-female productions, all starring Walter.

Drawing Shakespeare: Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar bas-relief. Drawing by Paul Glenshaw.
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Drawing Shakespeare: Julius Caesar

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Paul Glenshaw

Artist Paul Glenshaw describes drawing the Folger bas-relief of “Julius Caesar,” in which assassins with their knives start to turn away as Caesar dies. He pairs the image with a painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Walters Art Museum in…

Paterson Joseph: Julius Caesar and Me
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Paterson Joseph: Julius Caesar and Me

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In 2012 the Royal Shakespeare Company staged the first-ever, high-profile, all-black British Shakespeare production, Julius Caesar, set in Africa. The actor who played Brutus, Paterson Joseph, wrote a book about the experience. He also talks about his early work, his thoughts about race in the British theater, about the proper way to play Brutus, and much more.

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