The audio CD with this edition of Julius Caesar contains a series of unique recordings to illustrate how different actors place their own interpretation on the play. Hear Orson Welles in a 1938 recording reciting Mark Antony's famous speech. Compare this to Adrian Lester's performance from 2003. There are also performances from Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Simon Russell Beale and Richard Dreyfuss. The text is illustrated throughout with photographs from notable productions, including the 1953 movie starring Marlon Brando as Mark Antony, the RSC's 1972 production directed by Trevor Nunn and the 2005 production at the Barbican. The book also takes you behind the scenes with reproductions of set drawings, costume designs and scene edits, all from original notes. As well as the playtext, there are articles covering a range of topics including 'In Production: Julius Caesar through the Years' by Robert Ormsby, 'Julius Caesar in Popular Culture' by Douglas Lanier, 'A Voice Coach's Perspective on Speaking Shakespeare' by Andrew Wade and 'In the Age of Shakespeare' by Thomas Garvey.
The Sourcebooks Shakespeare Julius Caesar is an invaluable tool for students of all ages from GCSE to A Level and beyond.
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William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, and was baptised on 26 April 1564. His father was a glove maker and wool merchant and his mother, Mary Arden, was the daughter of a well-to-do local land owner. Shakespeare was probably educated in Stratford's grammar school. In 1582 he married Anne Hathaway, and the couple had a daughter t
More about William ShakespeareDavid Bevington is Phyllis Fay Horton Professor in the Humanities at the University of Chicago. He has edited the Complete Works of Shakespeare in a single volume for HarperCollins (now Longman) and in individual paperbacks for the Bantam Shakespeare, as well as "King Henry IV Part 1 "(Oxford University Press) and "Antony and Cleopatra" (New Cambridge S
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