Julius Caesar

In one of Shakespeare’s most epic political tragedies, this play follows the journey of Julius Caesar and what led to the tragedy of his assassination.

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War • Classical Setting • Tyranny • Politics

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Julius Caesar

March 12 – 29, 2025 | American Conservatory Theater | Production | San Francisco, CA, USA

Julius Caesar

August 15 – 28, 2024 | Theatre Space North East | Production | Sunderland, UK
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Julius Caesar

By William Shakespeare

In a Modern Verse Translation by Shishir Kurup

Directed by Harry Lennix

Radio Play by Marcus Gardley

Marcus Gardley’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s roiling political drama takes us into the heart of the Civil Rights movement. Directed by Harry Lennix and translated into modern English verse by Shishir Kurup, featuring the voices of Michael Potts, Glenn Davis, Megan Boone and Jeremy Tardy, with original composition and Sound Design by Lindsay Jones.

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Julius Caesar

By William Shakespeare
Translation by Shishir Kurup

A fresh, contemporary translation of one of Shakespeare’s most dramatic and popular plays.

Julius Caesar, Shakespeare’s famous Roman tragedy, chronicles the chaos leading up to the fateful murder of Caesar and the ensuing political fallout upon his death. Shishir Kurup’s translation updates Shakespeare’s language to allow more of the playwright’s ideas to come through; it opens the wonders and blazing relevance of the play’s rhetorical brilliance to the twenty-first century.

Production History

June 4, 2019

Play On! Festival NYC

Rehearsal and Staged Reading directed by Jeff Whitty with full cast as part of the Play On! Translation Festival in NYC.

Produced by:
Play On! / Classic Stage / Oregon Shakespeare Festival

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