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Julius Caesar review

“Inventive interpretation”

ReviewsMar 29, 2023by Natasha TripneyRoyal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Nigel Barrett and Thalissa Teixeira in Julius Caesar at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo: Marc Brenner/RSC

Contemporary staging of Shakespeare that’s as striking as it is sensitive

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