Julius Caesar
The Tragedie of Ivlivs Ceasar
A great book. First published AD 1623, written in English
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (First Folio title: The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar), often shortened to Julius Caesar, is a historical tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written and first performed in 1599. The play portrays the political conspiracy that led to the assassination of the Roman dictator Julius Caesar and Rome's subsequent civil war. Drawing primarily from Sir Thomas North's 1579 translation of Parallel Lives by Plutarch, Shakespeare presents a dramatised account of Caesar's growing power, his murder by a group of senators led by Cassius and Brutus, and the defeat of the conspirators by the forces of Mark Antony and Octavius at the Battle of Philippi.
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Where it is set
- Rome
Italy
They then hear from Casca that Mark Antony has offered Caesar the crown of Rome three times. Source: Wikipedia, reviewed
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What it draws on
Parallel LivesClassic
Plutarch, AD 110
Shakespeare found his Caesar, Brutus and Antony in Plutarch's Lives, in Thomas North's 1579 translation, and followed it closely, from the soothsayer's warning to the ghost that visits Brutus before Philippi.
