Details

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. Running time 2 hours with no interval.

Cast/Performers

Claire Cox (Portia), Ian Hogg (Julius Caesar), John Hopkins (Octavius Caesar), Colin McCormack (Casca), Greg Hicks (Marcus Brutus), Tom Mannion (Mark Antony), Tim Piggott-Smith (Cassius), Finn Caldwell, James Curran, Anthony Flanagan, Stuart Goodwin, Sean Hannaway, Tom Harper, Chuk Iwuji, Adam Kay, Damian Kearney, David Mara, Andrew Maud, Conor Maloney, Tom Mannion, Charlie Simpson, Andrew James Storey, Sian Howard, Penelope Woodman

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Director(s): Edward Hall, Terry King (fight)
Design: Michael Pavelka
Lighting: Ben Ormerod
Music: Simon Slater
Sound: Matt McKenzie
Choreographer: Ian Spink