tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post7727818876779079932..comments2024-03-23T18:50:06.402+11:00Comments on journey & destination: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1599)Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-60709410382220108122017-12-12T18:12:57.521+11:002017-12-12T18:12:57.521+11:00And I was struck with the similarities between the...And I was struck with the similarities between then & now. We haven’t had actual assassinations but we’ve had plenty of politicians dispatched from office by others who thought they were doing the country a favour. It all comes around full circle in the end & the usurper becomes the usurped.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-4699271017795633862017-12-12T18:00:51.845+11:002017-12-12T18:00:51.845+11:00I watched the 1953 movie with some of our children...I watched the 1953 movie with some of our children. The boys really enjoyed it 🙂Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-72837255292723430892017-12-12T02:34:50.940+11:002017-12-12T02:34:50.940+11:00I recently read Suetonius' and Tacitus' ac...I recently read Suetonius' and Tacitus' account of the Caesars. It struck me that once they threw off the Republic and made themselves dictators for life they were guaranteeing their assassination.Gently Madhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10450371589766691273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-76995998153341311632017-12-11T23:08:48.038+11:002017-12-11T23:08:48.038+11:00My teens and I just read and watched Much Ado Abou...My teens and I just read and watched Much Ado About Nothing. I read Julius Caesar back in high school, but I've not even looked at it since then--not even for my college Shakespeare course! I wonder what my girls would think of it . . .Aflyonmyhomeschoolwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746892667170459729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-79459599809581266012017-12-11T20:22:25.265+11:002017-12-11T20:22:25.265+11:00Josephine Tey’s Daughter of Time takes an interest...Josephine Tey’s Daughter of Time takes an interesting look at Shakespeare’s Richard III & takes issue with his characterisation of the king. Shakespeare added his own bits such as Caesar’s deafness in one ear so there are aspects of his histories that are fiction.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-74017542152724741552017-12-11T01:43:39.912+11:002017-12-11T01:43:39.912+11:00It is interesting that that Shakespeare used Pluta...It is interesting that that Shakespeare used Plutarch as his source material. I may be a little unusual in this matter but I tend to regard this, as well as the other Shakespeare histories to be fiction. Within my own mind, I have kind of a wall between them and the real history. <br /><br />Nevertheless this is a superb work. I saw a community theatre production of it last year that was superb. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com