Opening night:
09th January 2010
Translator Oton Župančič
Director Diego de Brea
Dramaturg Mojca Kranjc
Set designer Diego de Brea
Costume designer Leo Kulaš
Composer Aldo Kumar
Language consultant Tatjana Stanič
Light designer Milan Podlogar
Assistant director Jernej Kobal
Cast:
Ivo Ban - Julius Caesar
Tom Ban k.g. - Octavius Caesar, triumvir after death of Caesar
Igor Samobor - Mark Antony, triumvir after death of Caesar
Rok Vihar - Lepidus, triumvir after death of Caesar
Zvone Hribar - Publius, senator
Rok Vihar - Cicero, senator
Jernej Šugman - Marcus Brutus, conspirator against Julius Caesar
Gregor Baković - Caius Cassius, conspirator against Julius Caesar
Bojan Emeršič - Casca, conspirator against Julius Caesar
Janez Škof - Cinna / Decius Brutus / Caius Ligarius, conspirator against Julius Caesar
Kristijan Muck - A Soothsayer
Boris Mihalj - Lucius, servant to Brutus / Servant to Caesar / Servant to Antony
Silva Čušin - Calphurnia, wife to Caesar
Maja Sever - Portia, wife to Brutus
William Shakespeare wrote this tragedy about the murder of the great Roman emperor Julius Caesar just before 1600. His direct source was Plutarch’s work Parallel Lives.The play is exceptional in many ways: to begin with, it has more than one tragic hero; moreover, one could even say that the title character’s arrogance and sense of omnipotence suggest that he deserves his death. In fact, the play focuses most on his friend Brutus (who might even be Caesar’s illegitimate son, according to some sources). Brutus’ intimate drama lies in the tension between his friendship with Julius Caesar and his loyalty to the idea of the Republic. Brutus is the only one among the conspirators who is not driven to murder by either greed or personal resentment. However, it soon turns out that he has made few fatal mistakes, the biggest one undoubtedly being the fact that he has let Caesar’s confidant Mark Antony live. Furthermore, he lets him address the citizens of Rome at Caesar’s funeral, which leads to the play’s dramatic turning point... Against a historical background, the play illuminates contemporary topics. It is at once a portrait of Roman citizens, an intimate story of guilt and betrayal, and an examination of our faith in the power of words.
The performance has an interval.