So Julius Caesar was on the PBS Charlie Rose interview show last week.
No, not Julius Caesar the man, but Julius Caesar the play. Director Phyllida Lloyd and actors Frances Barber & Harriet Walter were talking about their all-female adaptation of the play that had originated at the Donmar in London, and that just finished a stint at St. Ann’s Warehouse in New York City.
Their production is set in a female prison, a very hierarchical setting, befitting a play about the intersection political structures and violence.
It’s a great interview… would love to see this play (and not just because we’re covering it for the next two months)!