Julius CaesarArthur Humphreys provides a fresh look at the play's date and its place in the Shakespeare canon and examines Shakespeare's transmutation of history into drama. He investigates the play's ethical and moral concerns and analyses its fortunes in performance, from its first staging to modern productions in different media. |
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... Decius , Cinna , Metellus Cimber , and Trebonius I think we are too bold upon your rest . Good morrow , Brutus . Do we trouble you ? BRUTUS I have been up this hour , awake all night . Know I these men that come along with you ? CASSIUS ...
... Decius , Cinna , Metellus Cimber , and Trebonius I think we are too bold upon your rest . Good morrow , Brutus . Do we trouble you ? BRUTUS I have been up this hour , awake all night . Know I these men that come along with you ? CASSIUS ...
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... Decius Here's Decius Brutus , he shall tell them so . DECIUS Caesar , all hail ! Good morrow , worthy Caesar . I come to fetch you to the Senate House . CAESAR And you are come in very happy time To bear my greeting to the senators And ...
... Decius Here's Decius Brutus , he shall tell them so . DECIUS Caesar , all hail ! Good morrow , worthy Caesar . I come to fetch you to the Senate House . CAESAR And you are come in very happy time To bear my greeting to the senators And ...
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... DECIUS This dream is all amiss interpreted . It was a vision fair and fortunate : Your statue spouting blood in many pipes , In which so many smiling Romans bathed , Signifies that from you great Rome shall suck Reviving blood , and ...
... DECIUS This dream is all amiss interpreted . It was a vision fair and fortunate : Your statue spouting blood in many pipes , In which so many smiling Romans bathed , Signifies that from you great Rome shall suck Reviving blood , and ...
Contents
Politics and Morality | 35 |
The Plays Style | 42 |
The Play in Performance | 48 |
Copyright | |
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