description: 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 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.
language: English
title: Julius Caesar
titlecomplete: Julius Caesar
characters: Calpurnia (wife of Caesar), Brutus, Marcus Junius, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Portia Catonis, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Julius Caesar (Roman emperor), Marcus Antonius, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Augustus
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Plays, Read For School, High School, School, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 198816
places: Rome, Italy, Philippi
publisher: Globe Fearon Co