Julius Caesar Conquers At The Globe — londonist.com

Tom McKay as Brutus and Anthony Howell as Cassius in Dominic Dromgoole’s Julius Caesar Julius Caesar is a serious play about a serious man, and was quite possibly written for the rather serious occasion of the 1599 opening of the original Globe Theatre. Shakespeare had a stake in the new venue and his preoccupation with public opinion is reflected in a play in which the crowd is a key dramatic presence. As if to recreate the atmosphere the playwright sought, Dominic Dromgoole’s production has pre-show audience-baiting, music and cheering from a mob of men in tights, some of whom will play the roles of Rome’s all-important anonymous citizens.

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