Title: Julius Caesar /
Authors: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Humphreys, A. R. 1911-1988
Publisher: Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
Year: 1984
Subjects: Caesar, Julius Drama.; Conspiracies Drama; Assassins Drama; Rome Drama
Abstract: Arthur Humphreys provides a fresh look at the play's date and its place in the Shakespeare canon and examines Shakespeare's transmutation of history into drama. He investigates the play's ethical and moral concerns and analyses its fortunes in performance, from its first staging to modern productions in different media.
Contents: The play's date and place in the Shakespeare canon -- Shakespeare's sources and his shaping of them -- Shakespeare and Roman values -- Politics and morality -- The play's style -- The play in performance -- The first folio text -- Julius Caesar -- Appendix A : Passages from North's Plutarch -- Appendix B : The entry direction at 4.2.0.