Shakespeare Film Series: Julius Caesar

We will be celebrating William Shakespeare's birthday throughout the month of April with four film adaptations of some of his most famous plays. Shakespeare's birthday is generally agreed to be April 23.

On April 29 we will watch the Oscar winning film "Julius Caesar" starring Marlon Brando and James Mason. A marvelous retelling of Shakespeare's tragedy about the murder of Julius Caesar on the ides of March and the upheaval caused by the fighting between Brutus, Cassius and Mark Antony in the aftermath of his death. Best known for Mark Antony's "Friends! Roman's! Countrymen! Lend me your ears" speech after the death of Caesar.

For further study of Shakespeare please check out some features from our E-Library like Shakespeare for Students, Shakespearean Criticism, Something About the Author and Litfinder. http://www.cobbcat.org/e-library/books.html and also the biography selections http://www.cobbcat.org/e-library/biography.html.