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Four left feet; New theatre.(Julius Caesar)(Theater Review)

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From: The Economist (US)
Date: 20050507
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Fiennes, but not fine

"Julius Caesar" trips up on Broadway and at the Barbican

WHAT is it about "Julius Caesar" that makes it a play for today? Perhaps Shakespeare's portrait of political treachery and silken tongues tallies with a time in which heroism has given way to scepticism as the lingua franca of the age. Or maybe it is simply that a play about politicians and the people is bound to speak more directly to a modern audience than, say, an ageing magician marooned on an island ("The Tempest") or four lovers displaced to a forest teeming with potions, fairies and a ...

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