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Twenty year-old Julius Caesar flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla but through skill and ambition rises four decades later to become Rome's supreme dictator.
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- Brutus. A supporter of the republic who believes strongly in a government guided by the votes of senators. While Brutus loves Caesar as a friend, he opposes the ascension of any single man to the position of dictator, and he fears that Caesar aspires to such power.
- Julius Caesar. A great Roman general and senator, recently returned to Rome in triumph after a successful military campaign. While his good friend Brutus worries that Caesar may aspire to dictatorship over the Roman republic, Caesar seems to show no such inclination, declining the crown several times.
- Antony. A friend of Caesar. Antony claims allegiance to Brutus and the conspirators after Caesar’s death in order to save his own life. Later, however, when speaking a funeral oration over Caesar’s body, he spectacularly persuades the audience to withdraw its support of Brutus and instead condemn him as a traitor.
- Cassius. A talented general and longtime acquaintance of Caesar. Cassius dislikes the fact that Caesar has become godlike in the eyes of the Romans. He slyly leads Brutus to believe that Caesar has become too powerful and must die, finally converting Brutus to his cause by sending him forged letters claiming that the Roman people support the death of Caesar.
Julius Caesar is the titular character of the play, a Roman general and statesman whose ambition leads him to seek power beyond the traditional limits. His rise to power and subsequent assassination highlight the tension between personal ambition and public duty.
The first installment of Phyllida Lloyd’s groundbreaking all-female Shakespeare Trilogy sees Harriet Walter take on the role of Brutus, who wrestles with his moral conscience over the murder of Julius Caesar.
Synopsis. Characters. Scenes. Full Play. Reviews. Documents. Julius Caesar is a great general of Rome, who has recently won a civil war against Pompey and returns to Rome in triumph. Read more … Octavius Caesar. Octavius is Caesar’s nephew. Called to Rome by his uncle, he is greeted on its outskirts by the news of Caesar’s death. Read more …
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The life and times of ancient Roman leader Julius Caesar (Jeremy Sisto). A grand-scale epic. Richard Harris, Christopher Walken. Uli Edel directed. Filmed on location in Malta and Bulgaria.
