Julius Caesar
By: edited by Arthur Humphreys.
Contributors: Humphreys, A. R. 1911-
Series: The Oxford Shakespeare
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Oxford [Oxfordshire]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Caesar, Julius -- Assassination -- Drama; Conspiracies -- Drama; Assassins -- Drama; Rome -- Drama
Genres: Drama.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.