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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Julius Caesar review – Hytner delivers a visceral, politically urgent tragedy

Bridge theatre, London
Ben Whishaw and David Morrissey star in Nicholas Hytner’s promenade production, which shows putative dictators can be populists

Like Shakespeare’s Mark Antony, Nicholas Hytner is a “shrewd contriver”. He has created a promenade, modern-dress production of this suddenly fashionable Roman play that is both viscerally exciting and intellectually subtle. I was reminded of the Henry V that opened Hytner’s tenure at the National Theatre in that, without distorting the text, he makes the play politically urgent.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2DMFdsh

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