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Harris to modernize `Julius Caesar'

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19870828
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"Julius Caesar" will be brought into the 20th century in January, when Richard Harris takes on a modern production at the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pa.

"If the production is very successful, I would re-cast it and take the production to Broadway," Harris said from London.

"It's very, very exciting," said Harris, who will play Marc Antony. "It's not just a run-of-the-mill interpretation of `Julius Caesar,' but something modern."

It will begin with the crucifixion of Christ and deal with the assassinations of Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy, civil rights leader Martin Luther ...

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