Julius Caesar (Wordsworth Classics) - Softcover

Shakespeare, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853260223 ISBN 13: 9781853260223

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions, 2004

Synopsis

Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.

Julius Caesar is among the best of Shakespeare's historical and political plays. Dealing with events surrounding the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., the drama vividly illustrates the ways in which power and corruption are linked.

The cry ‘Peace, freedom and liberty!’ is used to exculpate brutal realities, while personal ambitions taint public actions. Rich in characterisation and replete with eloquent rhetoric, Julius Caesar remains engrossing and topical: a play for today.

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About the Author

William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England's Avon River. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children an older daughter Susanna and twins, Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare's only son, died in childhood. The bulk of Shakespeare's working life was spent in the theater world of London, where he established himself professionally by the early 1590s. He enjoyed success not only as a playwright and poet, but also as an actor and shareholder in an acting company. Although some think that sometime between 1610 and 1613 Shakespeare retired from the theater and returned home to Stratford, where he died in 1616, others believe that he may have continued to work in London until close to his death.

From the Back Cover

With this study, the student will find a running synopsis of the action, an explanation of difficult words, and a wide range of classroom-tested activities of Shakespeare's work to help turn the script into drama. This dramatic experience for groups as well as for individuals, is at the heart of the series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853260223
• ISBN 13: 9781853260223
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 139
• Editor: Watts M.A. Ph.D. Professor Cedric