《裘力斯·恺撒》问世。这个剧本主要写古代罗马国内两个政治集团之间的尖锐斗争。公元前44年,古罗马统帅恺撒远征归来,他的部将安东尼三次把王冠献给他,要立他为王。恺撒虽然拒绝,但他大搞个人专制独裁。反对他的卡西乌阴谋刺杀恺撒,并说服最受恺撒器重的布鲁图下手行凶。布鲁图很爱一手提拔他的恺撒,但他更爱共和制的罗马。为了使罗马不遭个人独裁的浩劫,他亲手刺死了恺撒,并在尸体前面向人民群众发表演说。他说,刺死恺撒,是因为他更爱罗马。接着又说:"因为恺撒爱我,所以我为他流泪；因为他很幸运,所以我为他高兴,因为他很勇敢,所以我很尊敬他,但是因为他有野心,所以我杀了他。"紧接着安东尼发表了煽动性的演说,结果布鲁图等被驱逐出罗马,后来战败自杀。莎士比亚在剧本中对维护罗马共和制的布鲁图寄予深切同情,流露出他拥护民主体制的思想。本书包括该剧的创作情况,版本变迁,最新研究成果和评论,原文以及注释等.具有重要的参考研究价值.

The play

Julius Caesar in London in 1599

    The language of Julius Caesar

    Structures

    Shakespeares sources

Julius Caesar and the critics

Julius Caesar in performance

    

David Daniell is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of London and Honorary Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. For 25 years he taught Shakespeare and much else at University College London. He has been Visiting Professor at Kings College London, and Visiting Fellow at Magdalen College Oxford. He has taught at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, and lectured widely in Europe, the USA and the UK. His publications include books on Coriolanus and The Tempest, and many articles on Shakespeare. He has written extensively on the English Bible, particularly its first translator, William Tyndale