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Et tu, Brucie! EDUCATION: Pupils set Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in the world of football management

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From: Birmingham Mail
Date: 20070123
Author:Tony Collins

ET tu Brute! Or should that be Birmingham City manager Steve Bruce?

Pupils at Bartley Green Technology College are recreating the classic tale of Roman emperor Julius Caesar by setting it in the world of football management.

And they have put Shakespeare's central characters in the guise of football managers from the modern game, with Birmingham City's boss taking on the chief conspirator's role of Brutus, and Villa chief Martin O'Neill appearing as Mark Antony.

Fans of the Bard will be able to see the pioneering outcome when Bartley Green School stages its production of Julius Caesar at ...

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