Opinion: Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare and the Fine Art of Dissent
It's a classic art-imitating-life-imitating-art situation: to make a production relevant, the director decks out the cast in modern dress to create the illusion that Shakespeare was writing about our time. Then, to heighten the illusion, he scatters actors throughout the audience to 'stage' a demonstration"only to find the cast shouted down by real protestors, who […] The post Opinion: Julius Caesar, William Sh…