Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat’s popularity, the educated élite conspire to bring him down. After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of the capital. Nicholas Hytner’s production will thrust the audience into the street party that greets Caesar’s return, the congress that witnesses his murder, the rally that assembles for his funeral and the chaos that explodes in its wake.
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David Calder as Julius Caesar
Michelle Fairley as Caius Cassius
David Morrissey as Mark Antony
Ben Whishaw as Marcus Brutus
Wendy Kweh as Calpurnia, Caesar's Wife/Varro, Brutus' Army
Leaphia Darko as Portia, Brutus's Wife
Fred Fergus as Lucius, Brutus's Aide/Cinna, A Poet/Street Band
Kit Young as Octavius, Caesar's Heir/Street Band
Mark Penfold as Lepidus, Triumvirate/Caius Ligarius, Conspirator/Soothsayer
Adjoa Andoh as Casca, Conspirator
Nick Sampson as Cinna, Conspirator
Leila Farzad as Decius Brutus, Conspirator
Hannah Stokely as Metellus Cimber, Conspirator
Abraham Popoola as Trebonius, Conspirator/Street Band
Sid Sagar as Flavius, Tribune / Popilius Lena, Senator
Rosie Ede as Marullus, Tribune/Artemidorus, Citizen
Zachary Hart as Philo, Octavius' Army / Claudius, Brutus' Army/Street Band
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