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THEATER REVIEW; Mixed styles add flair to 'Julius Caesar'

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From: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
Date: 20050517
Author:Iris Fanger

No matter that a unisex cast performs the roles of both conspirators against and comrades of the fabled Roman general in the Actors' Shakespeare Project staging of "Julius Caesar." The women no less than the men are fueled by the male hormones racing through this production of arguably the greatest political drama ever written. Under the savvy direction of Robert Scanlan, a company of 14 actors takes on the multiple characters of the diverse body politic of Rome: the ordinary citizens who are fodder for the ambitions of the politicians, the accomplices to the crime, and the wives and ...

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