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Julius Caesar

By Shishir Kurup and William Shakespeare
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Julius Caesar tells the dramatic tale of political power and betrayal in ancient Rome, focusing on the turmoil that surrounds Caesar's assassination and its aftermath. This fresh translation by Shishir Kurup brings Shakespeare's complex characters and timeless themes into clear, contemporary language while preserving the poetic force of the original.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This edition is ideal for readers and students seeking a modern, accessible version of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, as well as fans of historical and political drama interested in the enduring questions of leadership and loyalty.

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"This translation updates Shakespeare's language to allow more of the playwright's ideas to come through, opening the wonders and blazing relevance of the play's rhetorical brilliance to the twenty-first century"--

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A fresh, contemporary translation of one of Shakespeare’s most dramatic and popular plays.

Julius Caesar, Shakespeare’s famous Roman tragedy, chronicles the chaos leading up to the fateful murder of Caesar and the ensuing political fallout upon his death. Shishir Kurup’s translation updates Shakespeare’s language to allow more of the playwright’s ideas to come through; it opens the wonders and blazing relevance of the play’s rhetorical brilliance to the twenty-first century.

This translation of Julius Caesar was written as part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play On! project, which commissioned new translations of thirty-nine Shakespeare plays. These translations present the work of “The Bard” in language accessible to modern audiences while never losing the beauty of Shakespeare’s verse. Enlisting the talents of a diverse group of contemporary playwrights, screenwriters, and dramaturges from diverse backgrounds, this project reenvisions Shakespeare for the twenty-first century. These volumes make these works available for the first time in print—a new First Folio for a new era.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780866987936

Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 November 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 7.0mm

Width: 124.0mm

Height: 200.0mm

Weight: 130g

Pages: 130

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Arts & Culture Classic Poetry Non-Fiction Shishir Kurup William Shakespeare

About the Author

Shishir Kurup is an actor, writer, director, composer, and Books-On-Tape narrator born in Bombay, India, and raised in Mombasa, Kenya, and the United States. His one-man shows and solo performance pieces Assimilation, Exile: Ruminations on a Reluctant Martyr, and Sharif Don't Like It have been staged nationally and internationally.

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