Julius Caesar

Shakespeare may have written Julius Caesar as the first of his plays to be performed at the Globe, in 1599. For it, he turned to a key event in Roman history: Caesar's death at the hands of friends and fellow politicians. Renaissance writers disagreed over the assassination, seeing Brutus, a leading conspirator, as either hero or villain. Shakespeare's play keeps this debate alive.

Julius Caesar was printed in the 1623 First Folio. Sources include North's translation of Plutarch's Lives.^[1]

Productions at the Folger

Julius Caesar (Folger Theatre, 2014) October 28- December 7, 2014
Julius Caesar (Aquila Theater Company, 2000)

Early editions

First Folio

LUNA: First Folio: 2k1r - 2l5v

Hamnet: STC 22273 Fo. 1 no. 68

Second Folio

LUNA: Second Folio: 2l5r - 2n3v

Hamnet: STC 22274 Fo. 2 no. 07

Modern editions

Julius Caesar can be read online with Folger Digital Texts and purchased from Simon and Schuster.

Hamnet link to Folger Edition: PR2753 .M6 2004 copy 2 v.8

Translations

Performance materials

Other media

Notes

↑ Adapted from the Folger Library Shakespeare edition, edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. © 1992 Folger Shakespeare Library.

[1] Adapted from the Folger Library Shakespeare edition, edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. © 1992 Folger Shakespeare Library.

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