About the Book: The Tragedy of Juilus Caesar
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Written in 1599 (the same year as Henry V) or
1600, probably for the opening of the Globe Theatre on the south bank of the
Thames, Julius Caesar illustrates similarly the transition in Shakespeares
writing toward darker themes and tragedy. It, too, is a history play in a sense,
dealing with a non-Christian civilization existing 16 centuries before
Shakespeare wrote his plays. Roman history opened up for Shakespeare a world in
which divine purpose could not be easily ascertained. The characters of Julius
Caesar variously interpret the great event of the assassination