Julius CaesarThe Signet Classics edition of Shakespeare's timeless tragedy of conspiracy and betrayal. In the first of his Roman history plays, the Bard tells the story of the murder of emperor Julius Caesar and the gruesome aftermath as ancient Rome descends into a violent mob. This title in the Signet Classics Shakespeare series includes: • An overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater • A special introduction to the play by the editors, William and Barbara Rosen • Selections from Plutarch's Lives of Noble Grecians and Romans, the source from which Shakespeare derived Julius Caesar • Dramatic criticism from Roy Walker, Maynard Mack, Richard David, and others • A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of Julius Caesar • Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable format • Recommended readings |
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... face paint, and they employed pig's bladders filled with animal blood to make wounds seem more real. They had rudimentary but effective ways of pretending to behead or hang a person. Supernumeraries (stagehands or actors not needed in a ...
... face paint, and they employed pig's bladders filled with animal blood to make wounds seem more real. They had rudimentary but effective ways of pretending to behead or hang a person. Supernumeraries (stagehands or actors not needed in a ...
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... face, nor any other part. Whats in a name? That which we call a Rofe, By any other name would fmell as fweet: Here is the Second Quarto (1599): Whats Mountague? it is nor hand nor foote, Nor arme nor face, 6 be fome other name Belonging ...
... face, nor any other part. Whats in a name? That which we call a Rofe, By any other name would fmell as fweet: Here is the Second Quarto (1599): Whats Mountague? it is nor hand nor foote, Nor arme nor face, 6 be fome other name Belonging ...
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... face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. (II.1.19-27) The most important decision of Brutus's life is shaped by a ...
... face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. (II.1.19-27) The most important decision of Brutus's life is shaped by a ...
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... face. CASSIUS Fellow, come from the throng; look upon Caesar. The Soothsayer comes forward. CAESAR What sayst thou to me now? Speak once again. SOOTHSAYER Beware the ides of March. CAESAR He is a dreamer. Let us leave him. Pass! 13 Set ...
... face. CASSIUS Fellow, come from the throng; look upon Caesar. The Soothsayer comes forward. CAESAR What sayst thou to me now? Speak once again. SOOTHSAYER Beware the ides of March. CAESAR He is a dreamer. Let us leave him. Pass! 13 Set ...
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... face? BRUTUS No, Cassius, for the eye sees not itself But by reflection, by some other things. CASSIUS 'Tis just; And it is very much lamented, Brutus, That you have no such mirrors as will turn Your hidden worthiness into your eye ...
... face? BRUTUS No, Cassius, for the eye sees not itself But by reflection, by some other things. CASSIUS 'Tis just; And it is very much lamented, Brutus, That you have no such mirrors as will turn Your hidden worthiness into your eye ...
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