Gaius Julius Caesar: Shakespeare

Learning About the Play: Characters, Themes, Etc.

Introduction to Shakespeare's Caesar
A tenth grade lesson plan for studying Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. History links don't work.

Background & Synopsis to Julius Caesar
Robert Richmond, artistic director of the Aquila Theatre Company of London, describes the need for epic greatness and the supernatural in a modern production.

Character Analyses
From the 1913 Julius Caesar Variorum, edited by Horace Howard Furness, Jr., the characters of Julius Caesar, Octavius Caesar, M. Antony, Cicero, Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Messala, Artemidorus (soothsayer), Calphurnia, and Portia.

Julius Caesar An Annotated Guide to Online Resources
From David Wilson-Okamura, primary sources, images, and essays.