William Shakespeare’s tragedy play ‘Julius Caesar’ was staged at Madhya Pradesh School of Drama (MPSD) here on Wednesday. Julius Caesar is considered as one of the best plays written by Shakespeare that narrated about the sudden assassination of Caesar by his best friend Brutus.
The play is directed by KK Rajan and is translated into Hindi language by Arvind Kumar. The play was performed by the students of MPSD of batch 2017-18.
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a history play and tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It is one of several plays written by Shakespeare based on true events from Roman history.
Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman who lived between 100 BC to 44BC. He played an instrumental role in the demise of Roman Republic and rise of the Roman Empire. After winning several wars, Julius Caesar became very popular and powerful.
When he was offered the crown by Mark Antony; he refused the crown at least three times. Some people were jealous of Caesar’s growing power and feared that he might become a dictator. Cassius hatches a conspiracy to murder Caesar. He wins over Brutus in this conspiracy because Brutus is the most trusted and respected in Rome. After the assassination of Caesar, the conspirators tries to convince the Romans that this was done in the good for Rome and not their own purposed.
later, Antony was called on stage who through his speech succeeds in motivating people to raise a revolt against Cassius and Brutus. Brutus and Cassius on the other hand raise a civil war against Antony and Caesar’s adopted son Octavius and were defeated.
“Shakespeare’s plays are written in many layers and hence unveil different emotions and struggles of relationships. Staging Shakespeare is the dream of every playwright and so it is very challenging to do justice to his original script, and I have tried my best,” said director KK Rajan.