Shakespeare In Italy: Et Tu Brute?

Why were 13 of Shakespeare's 37 plays set in Italy? "Et tu, Brute" – were those really Caesar's last words? Spoiler alert: no. How bad is his hero Mark Antony? And where is Cleopatra? The Ides of March 44BC is one of the most reported days in history. But who tells the story best? Peter Florence takes us on a rollercoaster tour of the playwright's political masterpiece Julius Caesar. He looks at how Shakespeare remixes Plutarch, Cicero and Suetonius, the power of rhetoric and fiction, and what it all might mean for dictators today.

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