National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar

7.6

138 minutes

3/22/2018

Overview

Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat’s popularity, the educated élite conspire to bring him down. After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of the capital. Nicholas Hytner’s production will thrust the audience into the street party that greets Caesar’s return, the congress that witnesses his murder, the rally that assembles for his funeral and the chaos that explodes in its wake.

Cast List

David Calder
as Julius Caesar
Michelle Fairley
as Caius Cassius
David Morrissey
as Mark Antony
Ben Whishaw
as Marcus Brutus
Wendy Kweh
as Calpurnia, Caesar's Wife/Varro, Brutus' Army
Leaphia Darko
as Portia, Brutus's Wife
Fred Fergus
as Lucius, Brutus's Aide/Cinna, A Poet/Street Band
Kit Young
as Octavius, Caesar's Heir/Street Band
Mark Penfold
as Lepidus, Triumvirate/Caius Ligarius, Conspirator/Soothsayer
Adjoa Andoh
as Casca, Conspirator
Nick Sampson
as Cinna, Conspirator
Leila Farzad
as Decius Brutus, Conspirator
Hannah Stokely
as Metellus Cimber, Conspirator
Abraham Popoola
as Trebonius, Conspirator/Street Band
Sid Sagar
as Flavius, Tribune / Popilius Lena, Senator
Rosie Ede
as Marullus, Tribune/Artemidorus, Citizen
Zachary Hart
as Philo, Octavius' Army / Claudius, Brutus' Army/Street Band