Julius Caesar (Bantam Classics)

by WilliamShakespeare (Author), David M . Bevington (Author)

• Used

  Mass Market Paperback
  1980

  $13.94

• Used

  Paperback
  1960

  $3.19

  Notes on the story, language, construction, and background accompany the text of the play about the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar.

• New

  Paperback
  2004

  $6.84

  Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. Julius Caesar is among the best of Shakespeare's historical and political plays. Dealing with events surrounding the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., the drama vividly illustrates the ways in which power and corruption are linked. The cry 'Peace, freedom and liberty!' is used to exculpate brutal realities, while personal ambitions taint public actions. Rich in characterisation and replete with eloquent rhetoric, Julius Caesar remains engrossing and topical: a play for today.