![]() Instead, he finds himself sullied and broken by the act. He believes that if he puts aside his own personal feelings and acts based on virtuous convictions he can commit a murder that is just and honourable. Ben Whishaw plays Brutus as a naive scholar obsessed with abstract ideals of honour and liberty, whose idealism cannot sustain him once he has dirtied his hands through bloody action. Accomplished classically trained actor David Calder plays Caesar, Cassius is portrayed by Michelle Fairley (best known for her stint as Caitlin Stark in Game of Thrones) while The Walking Dead’s David Morrissey is Mark Antony. The Bridge has assembled a strong cast for this production, combining big names with solid Shakespearean experience. There are no easy points to be scored in a story that asks difficult questions about responsibility, violence and power.īen Whishaw (Brutus) and Michelle Fairley (Cassius) in Julius Caesar, (c) Manuel Harlan For the rest of the play, Caesar is presented more like a Russian military leader than an American politician. However, as soon as these parallels have become explicit, the production steps back from them, taking its cue from Shakespeare’s rich and nuanced characters rather than distorting the play into a direct analogy for contemporary politics. It awakens the audience to many of the play’s themes: populism, power, and how we judge our leaders for their private and public behaviour. Caesar’s first appearance, wearing a red cap and a leather jacket, waving to the cheering crowds, is explicit in evoking Trump. Beginning with what looks like a modern political rally - complete with flag-waving, a live rock band and red baseball caps - Nicholas Hytner’s staging of Julius Caesarseems set to draw out political parallels between Shakespeare’s Rome and our modern world. For their second production ever, The Bridge stages Shakespeare's tragedy of politics, idealism and betrayal, Julius Caesar. The atrium is spacious and striking, the auditorium comfortable, adaptable and welcoming. ![]() The Bridge Theatre in Southwark opened in winter 2017 and now proudly calls itself "the first wholly new theatre of scale to be added to London's commercial theatre sector in 80 years." It is a pleasant novelty for London audiences to discover a new permanent theatre space - especially one so large, modern, and undeniably beautiful. Ben Whishaw, Michelle Fairley, David Calder and David Morrissey take to London’s newest stage.
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