Julius Caesar - (Dover Thrift Editions) Abridged by William Shakespeare (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Featuring one of Shakespeare's most complex histories, this revised and repackaged edition includes an updated bibliography, suggested references, stage and film history of the play, and an overview of Shakespeare's life. Young Adult.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Based on Plutarch's account of the lives of Brutus, Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony, <i>Julius Caesar </i>was the first of Shakespeare's Roman history plays. Presented for the first time in 1599, the play reveals the great dramatist's consummate ability to explore and express the most profound human emotions and instincts. So clearly and urgently does it impact its insights into history and human behavior, <i>Julius Caesar</i> is traditionally among the first of Shakespeare's plays to be studied at the secondary-school level.<br>In addition to its compelling insights into the human condition, <i>Julius Caesar</i> is also superb drama, as Brutus, Cassius, and the other conspirators hatch a plot to overthrow Caesar, dictator of Rome. After Caesar is assassinated, Mark Antony cleverly turns the crowd against the conspirators in one of the most famous speeches in literature. In the civil war that follows, the forces of Mark Antony and Octavius Caesar eventually win out over the armies of Cassius and Brutus. Humiliated and desperate, both conspirators choose to end their lives. These tragic events unfold in a riveting dramatic spectacle that also raises profound questions about power, government, ethics, and loyalty.<br>Now this great tragedy is available in this inexpensive edition, complete and unabridged with explanatory footnotes.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Based on Plutarch's account of the lives of Brutus, Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony, <i>Julius Caesar </i>was the first of Shakespeare's Roman history plays. Presented for the first time in 1599, the play reveals the great dramatist's consummate ability to explore and express the most profound human emotions and instincts. <br>In addition to its compelling insights into the human condition, <i>Julius Caesar</i> is also superb drama, as Brutus, Cassius, and the other conspirators hatch a plot to overthrow Caesar, dictator of Rome. After Caesar is assassinated, Mark Antony cleverly turns the crowd against the conspirators in one of the most famous speeches in literature. In the civil war that follows, the forces of Mark Antony and Octavius Caesar eventually win out over the armies of Cassius and Brutus. Humiliated and desperate, both conspirators choose to end their lives. These tragic events unfold in a riveting dramatic spectacle that also raises profound questions about power, government, ethics, and loyalty.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>He was not of an age, but for all time, declared Ben Jonson of his contemporary William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Jonson's praise is especially prescient, since at the turn of the 17th century Shakespeare was but one of many popular London playwrights and none of his dramas were printed in his lifetime. The reason so many of his works survive is because two of his actor friends, with the assistance of Jonson, assembled and published the First Folio edition of 1623.
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