![]() ![]() "You just see the greatness of Shakespeare, you know? No matter where you set whatever, it fits. "What wins out here is Shakespeare," he says. When people are talking about lions whelping in the streets, and storms, you go, 'Yeah, that stuff happens!' All of a sudden it's alive again."įearon says it's been especially exciting to see how young audiences have responded to this interpretation of Shakespeare's classic. You know, there's 'witch doctors,' you know? There are. "You know, in Africa and the Caribbean, there are soothsayers. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony. The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. With Theo Affail, Segun Akingbola, Adjoa Andoh, Leaphia Darko. SHAKESPEARE, W.: Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2017) (NTSC). British-Brazilian performer Thalissa Teixeira will. Julius Caesar: Directed by Gregory Doran. "You know, when a soothsayer comes along, I mean, you know, when you see it in our play, you go, 'Well, yeah,' " Fearon says. Julius Caesar will be slain by the first female Brutus ever cast by the Royal Shakespeare Company in an upcoming gender-swapping production. "And, you know, I've played quite a lot of the main leads there, but I've never been in an all-black cast. The Royal Shakespeare Company returns to Bradford A fresh interpretation of Shakespeares timeless story directed by Atri Banerjee. "I've been with the RSC for some years, and I'm an associate artist, as well," says actor Ray Fearon, who plays Marc Antony. Brutus' boy servant, Lucius, becomes a boy soldier. When Marc Antony and Octavius Caesar take power, they wear military uniforms and we hear screams and shots offstage, as their rivals are secretly murdered. So when the mob misidentifies the poet Cinna as a conspirator, they give him a South African "necklace" - a tire around his neck, doused with gasoline, burning him to death. Andrew Woodall took the title role in this production of Julius Caesar from the 2017 Rome Season. "And somehow, in the African context, it just brings it more viscerally to life it just seems more immediate and more horrifying, as a result." 'Big party in Rome'Marieke Audsley, the Assistant Director of Julius Caesar, explains the story of Shakespeares great political thriller.Find out more and b. Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian Royal Shakespeare Company Julius Caesar review Michael Billington billicritic Tue 11 Jan. ![]() The Two Gentlemen of Verona 1981 – 1982."There's something just about the sheer chaos of what is unleashed on that country that Shakespeare, I think, is trying to explore and describe," Doran says. Greg Hicks as Julius Caesar at the Roundhouse, London.The Two Gentlemen of Verona 1960 – 1961. The RSC’s 2017 production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar starred Andrew Woodall and was praised for its hot-blooded direction.Tamburlaine, Royal Shakespeare Company 1992 – 1993.The Merry Wives of Windsor 1979 – 1980. ![]() The Merry Wives of Windsor 1975 – 1976.The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 1999 – 2000.The Cherry Orchard, Royal Shakespeare Company 1994 – 1995.As You Like It, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company 1956 – 1957. ![]()
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