Ep. 23: Nicholas Hytner's Julius Caesar starring Ben Whishaw

21st Folio Podcast

In this episode, we discuss the NTLive recording of the Bridge Theatre's 2018 production of Julius Caesar. Directed by Nicholas Hytner, the production stars Ben Whishaw as Brutus, David Morrissey as Mark Antony, Michelle Fairley as Caius Cassius, and Adjoa Andoh as Casca. The production was performed in the round, with a constantly shifting stage, and a standing audience in the stalls who also helped served as the Roman mob. We discuss the modern interpretation of the text, its gender-swapped casting (Casca, Cassius, and several others are now women), the way the production works as immersive theatre (and its limits), and more.Host: Alex Heeney, Editor-in-Chief at Seventh Row (@bwestcineaste)Guests: Noemi Berkowitz, actor, director, and contributing writer at Seventh Row (@noemiola)Mary Angela Rowe, Editor-at-Large at Seventh Row (@lapsedvictorian)Edited by: Edward von AderkisFind 21st Folio online at http://21stfolio.comFollow us on Twitter @21stFolioThis podcast is a subsidiary of Seventh Row, an online publication dedicated to interdisciplinary film criticism. Find us at http://seventh-row.com and on Twitter @SeventhRow

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