Guide Note:Julius Caesar (Play) is a classic tragedy by William Shakespeare.
Fast Facts:
- Written: 1599
- Primary source: Life of Brutus and Life of Caesar - Plutarch (Sir Thomas North's translation)
- First published: First Folio - 1623
- First known performance: September 21, 1599 - Bankside
- Longest-running Broadway production (157 performances)
- Main Characters:
- Julius Caesar
- Marcus Brutus
- Cassius
- Mark Antony
- Octavius
- Famous Quotes:
- Beware the ides of March. 1.2
- Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste death but once. 2.2
- Et tu, Brute? 3.1
- I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. 3.2
- Famous Speeches:
- Hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear. 3.2
- Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. 3.2