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Denzel Washington plays Brutus in Broadway revival of "Julius Caesar"

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From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20050420
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AP Worldstream
04-20-2005
Dateline: 'NEW YORK
Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington, who is playing Brutus in the Broadway revival of "Julius Caesar," has come up with a new defense against pesky ringing cell phones during live performances: iambic pentameter.

Washington told CBS' "60 Minutes Wednesday" that "one of these days I'm going to respond in iambic pentameter: `Answereth that, my lord. My lord, it is for you.'"

The CBS show said Washington is being paid $1,700 (euro1,302) a week to appear onstage _ a pittance compared with the millions of dollars he makes per movie. But Washington ...

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