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We know you think Julius Caesar is boring
Shakespeare and Beyond

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"
Shakespeare and Beyond

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

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Shakespeare & Beyond

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
Shakespeare and Beyond

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

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Shakespeare & Beyond

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
Shakespeare and Beyond

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
Shakespeare Unlimited

Harriet Walter

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Shakespeare Unlimited: Episode 118 In 2012, London’s Donmar Warehouse opened an all-female production of Julius Caesar, starring Dame Harriet Walter as Brutus and directed by Tony Award-nominated director Phyllida Lloyd. The production was set in a women’s prison, and it was…

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

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
Shakespeare Unlimited

Paterson Joseph: Julius Caesar and Me

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Shakespeare Unlimited: Episode 98 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, recently wrote a book about the experience called Julius Caesar…

Excerpt: 'Julius Caesar and Me: Exploring Shakespeare’s African Play'
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Excerpt: 'Julius Caesar and Me: Exploring Shakespeare’s African Play'

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Shakespeare & Beyond

Read an excerpt from actor Paterson Joseph’s book about playing the role of Brutus in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s acclaimed 2012 production of Julius Caesar.

Beware the Ides of March
Shakespeare and Beyond

Beware the Ides of March

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Georgianna Ziegler

Perhaps if Caesar had paid attention to the Soothsayer and to his wife Calpurnia’s premonitions, he might not have been killed—but that would be re-writing history.

Introducing Iambic Pentameter: Feeling Our Way
Teaching Shakespeare

Introducing Iambic Pentameter: Feeling Our Way

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*Beware the ides of March…and join us for our live-streamed Master Class on teaching Julius Caesar! Since Caesar is in the air these days, we’re bringing you a special post on teaching meter in this play. Enjoy—and let us know…

Louis Butelli: "This Parting Was Well Made"
Folger Spotlight

Louis Butelli: "This Parting Was Well Made"

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Louis Butelli

Louis Butelli Hello again from your pal Louis Butelli. Our run of Julius Caesar at Folger Theatre came to an end this past Sunday, and I wanted to write one last post to thank you for coming to see us, if…

#TBT Flashback: Folger's Julius Caesar
Folger Spotlight

#TBT Flashback: Folger's Julius Caesar

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Katharine Pitt

There are just four more days to catch Julius Caesar at the Folger, as we are leaving Rome on December 7. You’ve already read Louis Butelli’s thoughts on returning to the Folger as Cassius after performing the part here in 2000, so we’ve…

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