National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar

National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar

Drama | March 22, 2018

Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat’s popularity, the educated élite conspire to bring him down. After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of the capital. Nicholas Hytner’s production will thrust the audience into the street party that greets Caesar’s return, the congress that witnesses his murder, the rally that assembles for his funeral and the chaos that explodes in its wake.

National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar

Drama | March 22, 2018

National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat’s popularity, the educated élite conspire to bring him down. After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of the capital. Nicholas Hytner’s production will thrust the audience into the street party that greets Caesar’s return, the congress that witnesses his murder, the rally that assembles for his funeral and the chaos that explodes in its wake.
IMDb rating 8.0
Producers National Theatre of Great Britain Production, Bridge Theatre
Original title National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Directors Annie McDougall, Amanda Church, Tony Grech-Smith, Nicholas Hytner
Writers William Shakespeare

Cast

David Calder

as Julius Caesar

Michelle Fairley

as Caius Cassius

David Morrissey

as Mark Antony

Ben Whishaw

as Marcus Brutus

Wendy Kweh

as Calpurnia, Caesar's Wife/Varro, Brutus' Army

Leaphia Darko

as Portia, Brutus's Wife

Fred Fergus

as Lucius, Brutus's Aide/Cinna, A Poet/Street Band

Kit Young

as Octavius, Caesar's Heir/Street Band

Mark Penfold

as Lepidus, Triumvirate/Caius Ligarius, Conspirator/Soothsayer

Adjoa Andoh

as Casca, Conspirator

Nick Sampson

as Cinna, Conspirator

Leila Farzad

as Decius Brutus, Conspirator

Hannah Stokely

as Metellus Cimber, Conspirator

Abraham Popoola

as Trebonius, Conspirator/Street Band

Sid Sagar

as Flavius, Tribune / Popilius Lena, Senator

Rosie Ede

as Marullus, Tribune/Artemidorus, Citizen

Zachary Hart

as Philo, Octavius' Army / Claudius, Brutus' Army/Street Band