This evaluation for others is for William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, this production was called "Beware of the Ides of March" which was playing at the Edinburgh Royal Lyceum in September 2003 from Friday 19th till Saturday 18th of October. Mark Thomson directed this artistic drama. Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies. .
Julius Caesar was Emperor of Rome for many years one of the most powerful men in the civilised world; numerous of his senators were unhappy with his job and praise he was receiving since it was all a joint effort. An oracle warned Julius Caesar not to go to the senate on the Ides of March because there were fears of his death. Brushing concerns from the oracle and his wife who had nightmares during the night, aside, Julius Caesar proceeded to the senate, where he is brutally murdered by his trusted friends. His murderers turn out to be his closest friends from the man he virtually called his son Brutus to on of the lowest men in his senate Cinna. His death causes war to break out between the democrats and the republicans. Many influential people were killed. Shakespeare's political thriller is a provocative and timeless story of the nature of tyranny, political spin, and power. With huge relevance to today's world order, Julius Caesar is an exciting story of ideals and how one day in politics can turn the whole world upside down.
"Beware of the Ides of March" consisted of five acts, act one started in a street in Rome, act two begins in Brutus" home, there is a senate meeting at the beginning of act three, act four follows the death of Julius Caesar and act five opens on the Plains of Philippi. The Royal Lyceum Theatre stage is famous for being a proscenium arch stage, with no orchestra pit; people in the first few rows could touch those on stage. .
The director, Mark Thomson, made some very interesting decisions with the set, positioning of the people and his decisions on how the class distinction would be shown.