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`JULIUS CAESAR' DIRECTOR IS A MAN OF MANY ROLES ROBERT SCANLAN IS ALSO A TEACHER; DRAMATURGER, AND BECKETT EXPERT

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20050515
Author:Maureen Dezell Globe Staff

CAMBRIDGE - Ben Evett had a problem.

The Actors' Shakespeare Project artistic director had set the dates, rented the space, and lined up most of the cast for his mid- May production of "Julius Caesar," the third offering in the company's inaugural season. Visions of a spare, incisive rendering of Shakespeare's gargantuan drama loomed in his head.

But by late winter, Evett, the show's director, still hadn't found an actor to play Cassius, the notorious conspirator and assassin. A versatile performer himself, Evett assumed he could step into the role if he could find a director seasoned and ...

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