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The Legacy of Julius Caesar's Assassination

The Ancients

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Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and the Assassination

It's now so canonic to perform shakespeare's julius caesar in modern dress. The play is being used as an opportunity to perform, ouce, you know, modern political concerns. So the ground can sort of shift very much in terms of what political direction you want to take the play in. But it's interesting that that shift has been made, and the way it's done is quite subtle.

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