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$5.40 – $15.00

An exploration of Julius Caesar and Othello for secondary students.

Four Actors explore the language and themes of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Othello. The Actors comment on the action of the scenes and sometimes enter the scenes to comment. They play with the rhythm of Shakespeare's language and discover how Shakespeare uses language to create meaning and reveal character. The role of prose and verse in defining action and character is discussed. There are many contemporary references in the script as the Actors search for what might be relevant in Shakespeare to an audience today.

Issues such as bullying, plotting and conspiracy are discussed as a way of opening up the two plays themes. The script also investigates the issue of multicultural and cross gender casting.

This script was originally developed as part of a series, for Bell Shakespeare’s Actors At Work programme, performed between the years 2005 – 2011. Ned Manning would like to acknowledge the following people for their involvement and contribution to the development of these scripts: John Bell, Matt Edgerton (Director and dramaturg), Marion Potts (Director), John Sheedy (Director), Christopher Hurrell (Director), Naomi Edwards (Director), Damien Ryan (Director), Wayne Blair (Director), Sean O’Shea (Director) and the many actors who performed the plays around Australia.

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