Et tu, viewer? 400 years later and we're still stabbing democracy in the back.
A live performance of the play "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare. Set in ancient Rome, leading citizens Cassius and Marcus Brutus are alarmed that the power and authority Caesar is assuming may endanger the democracy of the Republic, so they conspire to assassinate the popular general. The ensuing battles and suicides extend the tragedy, establishing neither a clear-cut hero nor villain.
Acting
Tom McKay's Brutus — sweating nobility, terrible judgment.
Direction
Dromgoole lets the crowd become character, not backdrop.
Production
That Globe architecture — no hiding, nowhere to run.
Director
Dominic Dromgoole
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 2014 production landed during peak Brexit tensions — audiences heard 'take back control' echoes in every line about Rome's fate.
The Globe's 'groundlings' (standing audience) get spat on, rained on, and occasionally pulled into the action — Shakespeare designed it that way.
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