SHAKESPEARE@

presents

The Third Production of Their All Free Radio Play Season

Episode Four of the Four-Episode Production

JULIUS CAESAR
By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Starring PATRICK PAGE

Featuring
JORDAN BARBOUR, KEITH HAMILTON COBB, SKY LAKOTA-LYNCH,
JAMIE BALLARD, JAMES HOWARD, JONATHAN FORBES,
ARIA SHAGHASEMI, ASHLIE ATKINSON, THIA STEPHAN,
& DAVID HARGREAVES

Directed by SEAN HAGERTY

Original Music by JOAN MELTON
Sound Design by the Emmy-winning team of DAN GERHARD & ELLEN FITTON of SONIC DESIGNS

www.shakespeare-at.org

March 15, 2021 7 p.m. EST

Oh! It is the Ides of March!

Now that Caesar is dead and Marc Antony is in power, the assassins have fled Rome with their armies. Close behind are Marc Antony and Octavius Caesar (later to become Caesar Augustus). Brutus and Cassius are at war on a personal level. Their friendship has been broken since their failed attempt to seize power. They are angry and most possibly afraid, although a Roman would never admit that. Cassius invites Brutus to kill him, if he hates him that much.

No, it hasn’t come to that. Calmer, they pour wine and discuss the dire situation they are in. Escape might be effective…but cowardly. “There is a tide in the affairs of men”. Where will this tide carry them? They decide to lead their armies bravely forward. Brutus, and Brutus only, hears a ghostly voice say “Et tu?” You can defeat an army, but you cannot defeat Fate.

On the battlefield, the commanders ride out to speak to each other. Octavius allows no quarter. He is out for vengeance. It is a time for good-byes, then bloody battle.

Shakespeare@ has produced a fine, compelling JULIUS CAESAR. An absolutely brilliant listening experience.

-Karen D’Onofrio-