re: #396 Anymouse 🌹

I don’t claim to have the sophistication to know everything there is to know about Shakespeare. I have never seen one of his plays nor read one.

That said, my understanding of “Julius Caesar” as it has been performed is that the character of Caesar has usually been portrayed in the terms of contemporary political situations.

I would appreciate a one-comment education on this if I have that wrong.

Not necessarily. It’s up to the director to choose whether to perform the play wearing togas, in contemporary setting, or arbitrarily choose some other random historical period.

Orson Welles staged a production of “Julius Caesar” in the 1930’s featuring fascist uniforms.

I once saw a production of “Hamlet” set in post-Revolutionary France. That period would also work well for “Julius Caesar”.