Theatre review: Julius Caesar / Courtyard, Stratford-upon-Avon
Courtyard, Stratford-upon-AvonAs a director Lucy Bailey is clearly at home in ancient Rome: she gave us a blackly sardonic Titus Andronicus at Shakespeare's Globe; now she comes up with a visceral RSC Julius Caesar that certainly captures the chaos of a divided city. What emerges rather less clearly is the play's subtle characterisation and sophisticated political debate.From the start, when we see Romulus and Remus …