The Ides of March … Did Shakespeare get it right?
Thanks to Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”, the phrase “Beware the Ides of March” has become something of a common saying. But why? And was Shakespeare correct in the date and depicting the events of Julius Caesar’s death? The answer is “yes” to both, even the bit about the Soothsayer warning Caesar about the “Ides of March” and Caesar dismissing the warning as a bunch of nonsense (which he didn’t live to regret). But what IS the Ides of March? The Ides of March marks the anniversary of Julius Caeser’s murder on March 15, 44 BC, by 60 of his senators at the age of 55. It is also marks the halfway…
VIDEO: The Bardolator: Who Was Shakespeare? (in under two minutes)
Today we bring you a quick, fun look at who Shakespeare was and how we ended up with his works, courtesy of our fun facts segment, “The Bardolator”. Animated and voiced by Shakespeare Republic Director, Sally McLean (created for a competition over a decade ago from that organisation’s script of Shakespeare “facts” that had to be used in the video), here’s a potted history of Who Was Shakespeare? (in under two minutes). We will be bringing you more videos from the team in the next few weeks, but right now rehearsals are underway for our first four episodes and it is creative madness! In the meantime, we couldn’t resist sharing…
All The World's A Stage …
