He is a general editor of the New Variorum Shakespeare and author of Early Modern Playhouse Manuscripts and the Editing of Shakespeare and of many papers and articles on the printing and editing of Shakespeare's plays.

Paul Werstine is Professor of English at the Graduate School and at King's University College at Western University. Mowat is Director of Research emerita at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Consulting Editor of Shakespeare Quarterly, and author of The Dramaturgy of Shakespeare's Romances and of essays on Shakespeare's plays and their editing. Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth have the main roles and their ambition and eventual downfall is key to the. Act 1, Scene 1 Flavius and Murellus downplay the accomplishments of Julius Caesar as they scold the local commoners. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Although some think that sometime between 16 Shakespeare retired from the theater and returned home to Stratford, where he died in 1616, others believe that he may have continued to work in London until close to his death.īarbara A. In this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare turns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a dramatized account of the betrayal of the the Roman Emperor. He enjoyed success not only as a playwright and poet, but also as an actor and shareholder in an acting company. The bulk of Shakespeare's working life was spent in the theater world of London, where he established himself professionally by the early 1590s. Hamnet, Shakespeare's only son, died in childhood. The couple had three children-an older daughter Susanna and twins, Judith and Hamnet. Book Cover for: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. Shakespeare may have written Julius Caesar as the first of his plays to be performed.

William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England's Avon River.

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