This edition of one of Shakespeare's best known and most frequently performed plays argues for Julius Caesar as a new kind of political play, a radical departure from contemporary practice, combining fast action and immediacy with compelling rhetorical language, and finding a clear context for its study of tyranny in the last decade of the reign of Elizabeth 1. The richly experimental verse and the complex structure of the play are analysed in depth, and a strong case is made for this to be the first play to be performed at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.'Daniell's edition is a hefty piece of serious scholarship that makes a genuine contribution.'Eric Rasmussen, University of Nevada at Reno, Shakespeare Survey'This is a stimulating new look at a play which is too often exhibited in a critical museum.' Paul Dean, English Studies
List of illustrations viii
General editors' preface xi
Acknowledgements xvi
Introduction 1 (1)
The play 1 (6)
Julius Caesar in London in 1599 7 (31)
The language of Julius Caesar 38 (37)
Structures 75 (4)
Shakespeare's sources 79 (16)
Julius Caesar and the critics 95 (4)
Julius Caesar in performance 99 (22)
The text 121 (28)
JULIUS CAESAR 149 (237)
Appendix: Plutarch's Lives of the Noble 323 (49)
Grecians and Romanes
Abbreviations and references 372 (14)
Abbreviations used in notes 372 (1)
Shakespeare's works... and works partly 372 (1)
Shakespeare
Editions of Shakespeare collated 373 (2)
Other works 375 (11)
Index 386