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Julius Caesar

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From: A Dictionary of Shakespeare
Date: 19980101
Author:STANLEY WELLS

Julius Caesar Shakespeare's Roman tragedy, based fairly closely on the translation of Plutarch by Sir Thomas North , was first printed in the First Folio (1623), but there is an apparent reference to a performance of it at the Globe on 21 September 1599 in a notebook of Thomas Platter . It has been a popular play in the theatre. After the Restoration, it was played, with little alteration, by the King's Company . Thomas Betterton played Brutus frequently from 1684 to 1709. An adaptation published in 1719 and acted at Drury Lane continued to influence performances for a century.

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