Julius Caesar

Synopsis

Victorious and valiant, yet proud and tyrannical, Julius Caesar is murdered by his closest allies. But the assassination divides Rome and bitter war begins.

Our Review:

Anne Morley-Priestman - 16 October 2012

There's a commitment on the part of the performers which you don't always see in Shakespeare productions. This cast of Black actors transport you to an unnamed African state where the pre-eminence of one man threatens the (admittedly crumbling) status quo. Gregory Doran and his designer Michael Vale introduce the audience to a market-place which is also a political arena populated by ordinary people trying to get on with their lives and an upper-class which is deeply troubled.

Steep steps, an ominous tunnel and a giant statue of the man-of-the-moment dominate the acting area. What we see tends to overwhelm what we hear; best to think of it as a production in a foreign language with which we are familiar, but which is not our mother-tongue. Of the main cast, Jeffery Kissoon in the title role, Joseph Mydell's Caca, Ray Fearon's impassioned Antony (delivering an impressively shaded “Friends, Romans, countrymen” speech) and [Theo Ogundipe...

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