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