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Julius Caesar review – Hytner delivers a visceral, politically urgent tragedy

12:06 AM

Bridge theatre, London
Ben Whishaw and David Morrissey star in Nicholas Hytner’s promenade production, which shows putative dictators can be populists

Like Shakespeare’s Mark Antony, Nicholas Hytner is a “shrewd contriver”. He has created a promenade, modern-dress production of this suddenly fashionable Roman play that is both viscerally exciting and intellectually subtle. I was reminded of the Henry V that opened Hytner’s tenure at the National Theatre in that, without distorting the text, he makes the play politically urgent.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2DMFdsh

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