A bit of fun here. Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is a favourite of mine, and our forum often
reminds me of it.
Storyline
We have Julius himself, who dominates the whole play even tho’ he is stabbed to death by the conspirators in the first act.
We have the conspirators themselves, a group led by Cassius ( Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look) and Brutus, thought of by Julius as his friend and most respected by the Roman mob, who are the power behind any Roman throne.
Setting the scene.
Cassius realizes that although the conspirators wish to assassinate Caesar, they would then have explain themselves to the Roman mob. Without Brutus, considered a friend of Caesar and trusted by the mob, this would not be possible. So he whispers in the ear of Brutus until he agrees to join and Julius is done in.
Now, at Caesars public internment, they have to face the mob, who are looking threatening over the murder.
So Brutus presents his speech to re-assure them. Now someone has to follow, so they allow Mark Anthony to do so, as they know that apart from his interest is sport and soldiering , he presents no danger to them, as he is a bit on the dim side, in their opinion.
Now, Mark Anthony knows that in order to rouse the mob against the conspirators, he has to be very careful. If they guess what he plans to do the will stab him to death also before he can speak to the crowd.
.Cast of players:-
Julius Caesar - P80 the dead victim
Cassius - MontyB . the manipulator of the conspiracy
Brutus - Senojekips respected by the Roman mob.
Mark Anthony - Del Boy considered no threat.
From Julius Caesar by Wm. Shakespeare. :-
Act 11 – THE FORUM
Mark Anthony stands before the mob to speak:-
“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interr -ed with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it.
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest—
For Brutus is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men--
Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
But Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
He hath brought many captives home to Rome
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And, sure, he is an honourable man.
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him?
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me.
All over, game, set and match, in Rome that day!
(Sorry – it makes me chuckle . I can’t get it outa my head.)
reminds me of it.
Storyline
We have Julius himself, who dominates the whole play even tho’ he is stabbed to death by the conspirators in the first act.
We have the conspirators themselves, a group led by Cassius ( Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look) and Brutus, thought of by Julius as his friend and most respected by the Roman mob, who are the power behind any Roman throne.
Setting the scene.
Cassius realizes that although the conspirators wish to assassinate Caesar, they would then have explain themselves to the Roman mob. Without Brutus, considered a friend of Caesar and trusted by the mob, this would not be possible. So he whispers in the ear of Brutus until he agrees to join and Julius is done in.
Now, at Caesars public internment, they have to face the mob, who are looking threatening over the murder.
So Brutus presents his speech to re-assure them. Now someone has to follow, so they allow Mark Anthony to do so, as they know that apart from his interest is sport and soldiering , he presents no danger to them, as he is a bit on the dim side, in their opinion.
Now, Mark Anthony knows that in order to rouse the mob against the conspirators, he has to be very careful. If they guess what he plans to do the will stab him to death also before he can speak to the crowd.
.Cast of players:-
Julius Caesar - P80 the dead victim
Cassius - MontyB . the manipulator of the conspiracy
Brutus - Senojekips respected by the Roman mob.
Mark Anthony - Del Boy considered no threat.
From Julius Caesar by Wm. Shakespeare. :-
Act 11 – THE FORUM
Mark Anthony stands before the mob to speak:-
“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interr -ed with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it.
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest—
For Brutus is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men--
Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
But Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
He hath brought many captives home to Rome
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And, sure, he is an honourable man.
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him?
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me.
All over, game, set and match, in Rome that day!
(Sorry – it makes me chuckle . I can’t get it outa my head.)
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