'Julius Caesar’ For the Ages

Synopsis
Podcast from the Libertarian think tank, Pioneer Institute. In this edition co-hosts Jay Greene and Mark Bauerlein interview Profeffor Sir Jonathan Bate about Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, the episode broadcast on the Ides of March. Sir Jonathan explains the Roman lessons for American constitutionalism, including warnings against the dangers of dictatorship and civil war. He explores the influence on Elizabethan England and Shakespeare of the classics, including the works of Cicero, Seneca, and Plutarch. Sir Jonathan analyses the differing rhetorical styles Shakespeare uses in the funeral orations of Marcus Brutus and Mark Antony, as well as Brutus’s effort to preserve the Roman Republic. He concludes with a reading from his book How the Classics Made Shakespeare, focusing on Cicero’s idea of "the peculiarly heinous nature of civil war."
Series
Learning Curve, The
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Audio
Transmission details
15 Mar 2021
Duration
41 mins

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Plays
Julius Caesar
Subjects
Education; Politics & government; Shakespeare
Keywords
Caesar, Julius; civil war

Notes

General
Also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PBXFyOuYF5I

Online Availability

Online URL
https://pioneerinstitute.org/featured/shakespeare-lessons-from-julius-caesar/
Online format
Streamed

Production Company

Name

Pioneer Institute

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "'Julius Caesar’ For the Ages". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av80146 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)