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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? 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. All male production, in the traditional style. The final performance falls on 21 September and will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first recorded performance in the original Globe Theatre. Red Company.

Cast/Performers

Toby Cockerell, Timothy Davies, Jimmy Gardner, Roger Gartland, James Gillan, Liam Houricam, Mark Lewis Jones, Terence Maynard, John McEnery, Quill Roberts, Mike Rudko, Danny Sapani, Paul Shelley, Ben Walden, Benedict Wong

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Director(s): Mark Rylance (Master of Play), Giles Block (Master of Verse)
Conductor: Claire van Kampen (Master of Music)
Costume: Jenny Tiramani (Master of Clothing and Properties)