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Julius Caesar

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Englisch-deutsche Studienausgabe

Julius Caesar - Julius Cäsar

Deutsche Prosafassung, Anmerkungen, Einleitung und Kommentar von Thomas Pughe.
Stauffenburg Verlag

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on-line editions / translations / sources / historical (Roman) context / productions, performances / film versions / adaptations in literature / adaptations in music / paintings / criticism / in the classroom / deutsche Webseiten / just for fun /

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on-line editions

Folio (1623) [http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Annex/DraftTxt/index.html#toc3] (09/05/00)

Folio (1623), University of Virginia [http://etext.virginia.edu/shakespeare/folio/]

First Folio (1623), facsimile and Variorum edition [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/JC/JC.shak.home.html]

audio excerpts

Audio recordings: Julius Caesar (Richardson, Quayle) (last visit: 22/02/00)

Julius Caesar (Audio excerpt from Mankiewicz film 1952) Caesar: Louis Calhern, Cassius: John Gielgud, Cinna: William Cottrell, Brutus: James Mason, Casca: Edmond O'Brien (to listen, click at scene picture from
Knight's Imperial Edition) at: [http://home.wanadoo.nl/m.vanherpt/index.html] (Jan. 2002)

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translations

Julius Cäsar, Deutsche Übersetzung von August W. von Schlegel [http://projekt.gutenberg.de/shakespr/caesar/caesar.htm]

Caesar Dutch translation. by Jan Jonk. [http://www.janjonk.nl/] (March 2002)

Giulio Cesare, Shakespeare in Italian, transl. Goffredo Raponi: [http://www.liberliber.it/biblioteca/s/shakespeare/index.htm]

Giulio Cesare / Julius Caesar Italian version (PDF,.readable with Acrobat) [http://infoservice.dnsq.org/sh-tragedie.html]

Julius Caesar in modern English, transl. Kathy Livingston [http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/caesar/]

Modernised Shakespeare: Shakespeare in modern English, by Walter Saunders [http://www.shakespeare2000.com/index.html] (May 2002

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sources

Caesar,
De bello gallico / Gallic Wars. (Jan. 2002)

Cicero,
orations and letters in Latin [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Texts/latin_TOC.html#Cicero]

Florus
Epitomae (in Latin) [http://www.gmu.edu/departments/fld/CLASSICS/florus.html]

Plutarch,
Parallel Lives, trans. North in J.W. Skeats edition. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/JC/plutarch.north.html] (Jan. 2002)
North's translation
in original spelling (Jan. 2002)
Plutarch,
Lives, transl. by A. H. Clough [http://sailor.gutenberg.org/etext96/plivs10.txt#]
Plutarch:
Caesar (Dryden) [http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/caesar.html] or here: [http://www.usu.edu/~history/ploutarchos/plutext.html]
Ploutarchos,
bioi (in Greek) [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Texts/chunk_TOC.grk.html#Plutarch]

Sallust,
Fragmenta Historicarum in Latin [http://patriot.net/~lillard/cp/sall.html]

Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum,
Divus Iulius (The Lives of the Caesars, The Deified Julius), written trans. J.C.Rolfe, 1920 [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/suetonius-julius.html]

Velleius Paterculus
Romanae Historiae in Latin [http://www.gmu.edu/departments/fld/CLASSICS/vell.html]

Annotated Resources, sources, background, essays on Caesar etc. [http://virgil.org/caesar/]

Julius Caesar page [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/JC/]
sources: [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/JC/JC.source.home.html]

not available:
The Histories of Sallust, trans. Thomas Heywood, 1608
The Roman History of Velleius Paterculus, trans. Sir R. LeGrys, 1632
The Historie of Twelve Caesars, Suetonius, trans. Philemon Holland, 1606
The Civil Wars, Appian of Alexandria, trans. W. B., 1578
The Roman Histories of Florus, trans. E. M. B[olton], [1619]
Il Cesare, Orlando Pescetti, 1594
Caesar Interfectus, Richard Eedes
Caesar's Revenge, Anon., 1607

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historical context

Cross, Suzanne.
Julius Caesar: The Last Dictator [http://heraklia.fws1.com/] (Jan. 2002) With excellent bibliography and links [http://heraklia.fws1.com/links/index.html] (Jan. 2002)

Akinde, Michael O.
History of the Hellenistic and Roman World. [http://www.fenrir.dk/history/]
biography of Caesar [http://www.fenrir.dk/history/caesar/index.html] (Jan. 2002)

Ancient World Web [http://julen.net/ancient/] (Jan. 2002)

Encyclopaedia Romana [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/index.html] (Sept. 2005)

LacusCurtius.
Into the Roman World. catalogue of Roman web resources. [http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman/home.html] (Jan. 2002)

MacManus, Barbara.
Biography of Cleopatra VII [http://www.royalty.nu/Africa/Egypt/Cleopatra.html] (Jan. 2002)

Caesar's Works, translated by W. A. McDevitte and S. Bohn [http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/browse-Caesar.html] (Jan. 2002)

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productions, performances

a) stage history

Current and forthcoming Shakespeare productions in the UK [http://www.touchstone.bham.ac.uk/performance/shakespeare%20productions.html] (April 2002)

The Traffic on Stage (Shakespeare Productions 1999 - 2002 in the UK) [http://www.is.bham.ac.uk/testjon3/] (April 2002)

Shakespeare at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1906-1960) [http://www.touchstone.bham.ac.uk/exhibition/Birmingham/home.html] (April 2002)

New Shakespeare Company online exhibition (from 1962 onwards, history, photographs, programmes, theatre architecture etc.) [http://www.touchstone.bham.ac.uk/exhibition/NSC/home.html] (April 2002)

b) actors, pictures of performances

The Cleveland Press Shakespeare Photographs by Lesley Ellen Jorbin. Free searchable database for pictures of performances: photographs from the plays of Shakespeare on stage, screen, TV, opera and ballet. [http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/shakespeare/] Roman Plays [http://www.ulib.csuohio.edu/shakespeare/roman.shtml] (Jan. 2002)

Samuelsen, Eric. Orson Welles and Julius Caesar. [http://www.nauvoo.byu.edu/TheArts/Theater/studypackets/Lesson04/orson.html]

Louis Calhern as Caesar Audio excerpt from Mankiewicz film Julius Caesar, 1953 (to listen, click at scene picture from
Knight's Imperial Edition) at: [http://home.wanadoo.nl/m.vanherpt/index.html] (Jan. 2002)
John Gielgud as Cassius. Audio excerpt from Mankiewicz film Julius Caesar, 1953 (to listen, click at scene picture from
Knight's Imperial Edition) at: [http://home.wanadoo.nl/m.vanherpt/index.html] (Jan. 2002)
James Mason as Brutus. Audio excerpt from Mankiewicz film Julius Caesar, 1953 (to listen, click at scene picture from
Knight's Imperial Edition) at: [http://home.wanadoo.nl/m.vanherpt/index.html] (Jan. 2002)

Denzel Washington as Brutus (Broadway 2005) review [http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050505-072144-9418r.htm]


c) reviews of productions

Julius Caesar, dir. Philipp Lawrence, Off-Broadway 1957/58

Infidel Caesar, dir. Gene Wessel. Broadway 1962 [http://www.theatredb.com/cgi-bin/q.pl?sid=s2180]
Rylance, Mark. Globe 1999 reviews. [http://www.albemarle-london.com/g-caesar.html]


Denzel Washington as Brutus (Broadway 2005) review [http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050505-072144-9418r.htm]
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film versions

Internet Movie Database [http://www.imdb.com/Name?Shakespeare,+William]
Shakespeare on Television: a bibliography of criticism [http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/06-1/diazbibl.htm]
1980 - 2002
Gedebe ( Malaysia, 2002) dir. Nam Rom. Set in the underground music scene, with Caesar as a skinhead and Brutus as an undercover cop [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0294595] (Dec. 2001)

1970-79
Julius Caesar (USA, 1979) (V) dir. Michael Langham [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0079379]
Julius Caesar (UK, 1979) (BBC, TV) dir. Herbert Wise [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0079378]
Julius Caesar (1970) dir. Stuart Burge with Charlton Heston, John Gielgud etc. [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0065922]
Playboy pictorial, "The Girls of Julius Caesar," about John Gielgud and Charlton Heston and Robert Vaughan film, March, 1970 issue, pp. 91-95 (no longer available)

1960-69
Julius Caesar bl. and wh. (UK, 1964) (TV) dir. Michael Croft [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0058252]
Honourable Murder (UK, 1960) dir. Godfrey Grayson [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0053920]
Julius Caesar (1960) (TV) dir. Richard Eyre [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0053974]

1950-59
Julius Caesar (UK, 1959) (TV) dir. Stuart Burge. [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0052952]

Julius Caesar (USA 1953) dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz (with Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Deborah Kerr) [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0045943]
Julius Caesar (Audio excerpt from Mankiewicz film 1953) Caesar: Louis Calhern, Cassius: John Gielgud, Cinna: William Cottrell, Brutus: James Mason, Casca: Edmond O'Brien (to listen, click at scene picture from Knight's Imperial Edition) at: [http://home.wanadoo.nl/m.vanherpt/index.html] (Jan. 2002)

Julius Caesar (UK, 1951) (TV) dir. Leonard Brett [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0043693]

Julius Caesar (USA, 1950) dir. David Bradley [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0042622]

1900-49
Julius Caesar (USA, 1949) (TV) dir. Garry Simpson [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0041533]

Julius Caesar (UK, 1938) (TV) dir. Dallas Bower [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0030298]

Brutus and Cassius silent m. (UK, 1918) (Julius Caesar) dir. Marshall Moore. [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0244442]

Giulio Cesare silent m. (Italy, 1914) dir. Enrico Guazzoni [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0004022]

Julius Caesar silent m. (Portugal, 1911) dir. Frank R. Benson (with Guy Rathbone) [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0001715]

Julius Caesar silent m. (1908) dir. J. Stuart Blackton and William V. Ranous [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0000709]

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adaptations in literature

Alexander, William. Earl of Sterline. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. (1637) [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/JC/JC.source.home.html] (Jan. 2002)

Brecht: Die Geschäfte des Herrn Julius Caesar

Kemble, John. Julius Caesar. 1814. OhioLink (Authentication required) [http://www.ohiolink.edu/db/shak-adapt.html]

Shaw, George Bernard. Caesar and Cleopatra. 1898.

Sheffield, John. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. 1722. OhioLink (Authentication required) [http://www.ohiolink.edu/db/shak-adapt.html]

Sheffield, John. The Tragedy of Marcus Brutus. 1722.OhioLink (Authentication required) [http://www.ohiolink.edu/db/shak-adapt.html]

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adaptations in music

Shakespeare and opera (in Italian): [http://members.it.tripod.de/amelia/]

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Brutus. (1774)

M. Karl, Julius Caesar (1880)

G. F. Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, (1724). Julius Caesar in Egypt, libretto by Nicola Haym (in Italian and Spanish). [http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/7652/julio/julio.htm] (not related to Shakespeare's play)

Klebe, Giselher (1925-) Die Ermordung des Caesar, opera, 1959

Seyfried, Giulio Cesare 1811
Malipiero, Gian Francesco. Giulio Cesare. 1936. [http://members.it.tripod.de/amelia/]

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paintings, engravings, illustrations

Boydell, London 1803 copperplates. Brutus and the Ghost of Caesar. [http://www.graphic-photo.de/0130.html]

Gerome, J.L. "The death of Julius Caesar" (picture from Knight's Imperial Edition) at: [http://home.wanadoo.nl/m.vanherpt/index.html] (Jan. 2002)

Gerome, J. L. "Cleopatra and Caesar" (picture from Knight's Imperial Edition) at: [http://home.wanadoo.nl/m.vanherpt/index.html] (Jan. 2002)

Edward John Poynter, The Ides of March, 1883. Shakespeare Illustrated [http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/classes/Shakespeare_Illustrated/Poynter.Ides.html]

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criticism

Giddens, Eugene. 'Honourable Men: Militancy and Masculinity in Julius Caesar'. (c. 51 kB) in: Renaissance Forum: V.2. 2002. [http://www.hull.ac.uk/renforum/v5no2/giddens.htm] (Jan. 2002)

Henly, Carolyn. "All are punished": Studying Varying Loyalties in Julius Caesar [http://www.shakespearemag.com/fall98/punished.asp]

Leithart, Peter J. "Caesar's Reviving Blood: Shakespeare and the Religion of Revolution." (1995) [http://www.visi.com/~contra_m/cm/features2/cm98_pl_caesar.html]

Moulton: From The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors, ed. Charles Wells Moulton, 8 vols. (Buffalo, NY: Moulton Publishing, 1901), 1: 509-510 [http://geocities.com/litpageplus/shakmoul-julcaes.html]

Poole, William. Julius Caesar and Caesars Revenge Again, pp. 227-228, in: Notes and Queries, vol. 49, issue 2002, pdf-file. [http://www3.oup.co.uk/notesj/hdb/Volume_49/Issue_02/] (June 2002)

Shaheen, Nasseeb. Biblical References in Julius Caesar, pp. 226-227, in: Notes and Queries, vol. 49, issue 2002, pdf-file. [http://www3.oup.co.uk/notesj/hdb/Volume_49/Issue_02/] (June 2002)

Smith, Nola. Textual History [http://www.nauvoo.byu.edu/TheArts/Theater/studypackets/Lesson04/history.html]

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in the classroom

see also on this site: Education - Shakespeare in the classroom

a) lesson plans for lazy teachers:

Shakespeare: For Teachers and Students. Internet school library media centre. Lesson plans and links for Julius Caesar [http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/shakes.htm] (Jan. 2001)

Shakespeare Magazine, Teaching Resources: Julius Caesar. [http://www.shakespearemag.com/tr.asp?id=27] (Jan. 2002)

Cope, James R. Penguin Classics, Julius Caesar [http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-3599.html] (May 2002)

Cummings, Michael. The Complete Shakespeare - Study Guide to Shakespeare. [http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xShakeSph.html#top] (Jan. 2002) Julius Caesar [http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xJuliusCae.html#Julius ]

Julius Caesar, from ThinkQuest. teacher's guide and resource links: [http://library.thinkquest.org/50033/index.htm]

The Julius Caesar Page. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/JC/](Jan. 2002)

Marx, Steven. Triangulating Shakespeare: teaching and lecture notes, course outlines, articles, links, suggestions, film reviews

Massi, JM. study questions. [http://www.jetlink.net/~massij/wssq/caesar.html] (25/04/01)


b) sites for the eager student:


Shakespeare: For Teachers and Students. Internet school library media centre. [http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/shakes.htm] (Jan. 2001)

Cummings, Michael. The Complete Shakespeare - Study Guide to Shakespeare. [http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xShakeSph.html#top] (Sept. 2005) Julius Caesar http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xJuliusCae.html#Julius]

Livingston, Kathy. A Paraphrase of Julius Caesar [http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/caesar/] (Jan. 2002)

Classic Notes: Julius Caesar. [http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/julius_caesar.html] (Jan. 2002)

Julius Caesar Portal [http://www.heysmarty.com/bookportal.asp?portalid=23] (Jan. 2002)

Summary and analysis at Owl-Eyes [http://owleyes.org/caesar.htm] (Jan. 2002)

Weller, Philipp. Julius Caesar Navigator [http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/JC_Navigator/index.html]
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deutsche Webseiten

Andriz , Rod. Julius Caesar. Hintergründe und Informationen. [http://www.freunde.imperium.de/andriz/shakespeare/fo_caesar.htm]

Gröchel, André: William Shakespeare - Julius Caesar : Informationen zu Quellen, Einführung ins Stück, Hintergründe [http://deslit.de/shakespeare/caesar.htm]
Falls dieser Link nicht klappt: [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.deslit.de/shakespeare/caesar.htm]


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Just for Fun

ultra-short version, Book-a-Minute Classics, Ultra-Condensed by Samuel Stoddard and David J. Parker [http://rinkworks.com/bookaminute/b/shakespeare.caesar.shtml]

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