Julius Caesar
Books | Drama / General
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William Shakespeare
Shakespeare may have written Julius Caesar as the first of his plays to be performed at the Globe, in 1599. For it, he turned to a key event in Roman history: Caesar’s death at the hands of friends and fellow politicians. Renaissance writers disagreed over the assassination, seeing Brutus, a leading conspirator, as either hero or villain. Shakespeare's play keeps this debate alive. The authoritative edition of Julius Caesar from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, is now available as an eBook. Features include: · The exact text of the printed book for easy cross-reference · Hundreds of hypertext links for instant navigation · Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play · Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play · Scene-by-scene plot summaries · A key to famous lines and phrases · An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language · Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books · An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
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Author
William Shakespeare
Pages
288
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2011-08-16
ISBN
1439116938 9781439116937
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"tbh half the time i didn’t even know who was speaking😭"
addi
" Enjoyed the play however, I feel like the ending was rushed."
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Christina
"Brutus "
Marooroo Draws
"Political intrigue and betrayal"
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Rebekah Travis
"Read this in elementary school, started my love for Shakespeare"
Autumn Stanley
"Much maligned, definitely underrated. "
Jamie Hillis
"This is a good simplified version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar for younger children. It is not, however, the best pick for a bedtime story. "Last night, my wife Calpurnia dreamed that a huge statue of me stood in the forum. The statue began to gush out fountains of blood. Many citizens washed their hands in the blood and smiled as they did so." "Only Brutus remained calm. He stooped and pressed his palms into the red pool that was spreading around Caesar's body, then lifted his hands high for all to see." (Now, I knew it wasn't a bedtime story, but the fact is that my son asked me to read it at bedtime, his choice. His brother was reading the actual play during COVID19 distance learning, and another older brother and I decided to read the play along with him. The 6th grader did not want to be left out.).<br/><br/>We have a boxed set of these simplified Shakespeare stories, and they've come in handy for review or introduction before watching annual community Shakespeare performances with our family."
Jennifer D