Review: Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I picked up this book from the free books pile in the faculty lounge of the school where I used to work.

I'm sure it was an old student copy, and I wonder what grade read this. The annotations were definitely very helpful, and I'm sure I would not have understood a lot of this without its help.

What also helped was seeing a performance of this at Shakespeare in the Park in Central Park. In fact, it was the one that was interrupted by protesters claiming that the play is normalizing "political violence against the right." When the stage manager announced to resume at the line "Liberty! Freedom!" there was a standing ovation from the audience. It was pretty amazing.

I don't think I have the background to give Shakespeare the deep reading he deserves, and trying to go through this play definitely made me appreciate what the actors and everyone involved in the production do.

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