 Event |
Julius Caesar
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| Venue |
Circa Theatre (1994-), Wellington, New Zealand |
| First Date |
21 August 1999 |
| Last Date |
18 September 1999 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
A modern-dress production in a blood-red set with floating white panels and a Romanesque double doorway upstage centre. Women play Marcus Antonia, Caesar's strongest supporter, and Casca, one of the conspiring assassins. From the director's note in the programme: We have described Julius Caesar as 'A Play for Our Times'. In the production we have attempted to sharpen the political wisdom already present in the play by setting it in a context closer to our own times. Unlike, say, Romeo and Juliet or Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar is not heavily dependent on gender; political rhetoric and manipulation remain pretty much the same whether practised by a man or a woman or whether taking place in the courts of Queen Elizabeth the First or the corridors of the Beehive…'. |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Tragedy
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| Contributors |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
England
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| Further Information |
Tanea Heke (most promising female bewcomer) and Bruce Phillips (best actor) were both nominated for 1999 Chapman Tripp Awards. Susannah Radford, Richard Samuel, Jason Hood, Robert tripe and Peter Edge were all third year students on secondment from Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Set |
Theatre Aotearoa |
| Event Identifier |
188648 |
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