Globe: Julius Caesar

Globe: Юлий Цезарь

Opposing dictatorship and republicanism, private virtue and mob violence, Shakespeare’s tense drama of high politics reveals the emotional currents that flow between men in power with themes that still resonate even today. This sell-out production employed authentic Renaissance costumes and staging, and Dominic Dromgoole’s impassioned interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s classic plays showcased “a rapport between the performers and the audience that feels genuinely magical” (Daily Telegraph).

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Actors

Julius Caesar

George Irving

Mark Antony

Luke Thompson

Octavius Caesar

Joe Jameson

Brutus

Tom McKay

Cassius

Anthony Howell

Casca

Christopher Logan

Crew

Director

Dominic Dromgoole

Set and costume designer

Jonathan Fensome

Composer

Claire van Kampen

About

When Caesar returns to Rome from the wars a virtual dictator, Brutus and his republican friends resolve that his ambition must be curbed – which in Rome can mean only one thing: the great general must be assassinated. But once the deed is done, the idealistic conspirators must reckon with the forces of a new power bloc, led by Mark Antony and Caesar’s nephew Octavius. When their armies close at Philippi, will Caesar’s ghost be avenged?

Special project

Shakespeare's Globe

In cinemas and in TheatreHD/Play online cinema - productions of Shakespeare's plays from the stage of the legendary Globe. “All the world’s a stage”. →

Language

English

Runtime

2 hours 40 minutes with one intermission

Act 1

95 min

Intermission

10 min

Act 2

56 min

2014

16+