![]() ![]() ![]() Yet the culture clash between the reactionary right and the moral certainties of the left crippling much of political debate right now arguably makes for an even richer context for Shakespeare’s cautionary tale, which, of course, warns not so much against the dangers of authoritarianism but against uncompromising conviction of any persuasion.Ĭertainly Diane Page’s spare modern-dress production at Shakespeare’s Globe (also touring nationwide as part of Globe on Tour) seems uninterested in modern political bogeymen, although, that said, there’s more than a shade of Putin about Dickon Tyrrell’s enfeebled paranoid military strongman Caesar as he stumbles up the steps to the forum and makes a servant test his wine. It’s tempting to argue that Trump’s currently – if possibly temporarily – diminished presence not only makes politics less entertaining but robs modern revivals of Julius Caesar of an especially galvanising touchstone. Donald Trump’s presidency was a gift to directors staging Julius Caesar – both Nicholas Hytner’s acclaimed 2018 revival at the Bridge and Public Theatre’s controversial 2017 staging in New York thrived on the parallels between Caesar’s tyrannical populism and the shameless demagoguery of the Donald. ![]()
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