Weblinks and videos for use with 10284 – Julius Caesar: Study Guide for GCSE
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Modern productions of the play
- Photograph of Orson Welles as Brutus in Julius Caesar (British Library archive temporarily unavailable)
- Julius Caesar: On the Inside
Further Reading
Suggested Websites
- For further research about Shakespeare’s plays, theatre, actors and sources see:
http://www.shakespeare-online.com - For information about Shakespeare’s life and his language, and to watch various productions of his plays:
https://www.rsc.org.uk/shakespeare - For information on the Lord Chamberlain’s Men (Shakespeare’s theatre company):
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lord-Chamberlains-Men - To learn more about contemporary writers and life in Elizabethan England:
https://www.bl.uk/shakespeare/themes/elizabethan-england (British Library archive temporarily unavailable) - For information on Shakespearean costumes:
https://teach.shakespearesglobe.com/fact-sheet-costumes-and-cosmetics - For information on special effects in Shakespeare’s Globe theatre:
http://www.bardstage.org/globe-theatre-special-effects.htm - For definitions of tragedy:
https://www.britannica.com/art/tragedy-literature - For information on the Spanish Armada:
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Spanish-Armada/ - For information on the Wars of the Roses:
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Wars-of-the-Roses/ - For information on the plot of Macbeth:
https://www.rsc.org.uk/macbeth/ - For information on the plot of Antony and Cleopatra:
https://www.rsc.org.uk/antony-and-cleopatra/plot - For information on the plot of Hamlet:
https://www.rsc.org.uk/hamlet/the-plot - For information on Orson Welles’ production of Julius Caesar:
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/photograph-of-orson-welles-as-brutus-in-julius-caesar (British Library archive temporarily unavailable) - For information on Phyllida Lloyd’s production of Julius Caesar:
http://exeuntmagazine.com/features/julius-caesar-on-the-inside/
Websites about Julius Caesar and Ancient Rome
- Simple facts about Julius Caesar:
http://primaryfacts.com/1316/julius-caesar-facts/ - Translation of Plutarch’s Parallel Lives of the Greeks and Romans:
http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/caesar.html - Paintings of Caesar’s assassination:
https://artuk.org/discover/stories/beware-the-ides-of-march-julius-caesars-assassination-in-art - For information about the first battle of Philippi:
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Philippi-Roman-history-42-BC - For information about the feast of Lupercalia:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lupercalia - For information about the streets and towns of ancient Rome:
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/romans/towns.htm - For information on Roman houses:
https://www.historyonthenet.com/the-romans-housing - For information on the Roman Senate House:
https://www.livius.org/articles/place/rome/rome-photos/rome-forum-romanum/curia-julia/ - For information about Octavian/Augustus:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Augustus-Roman-emperor - For information on Roman wine bowls:
https://mariamilani.com/ancient_rome/drinking-wine-in-ancient-rome.htm - For information on the Colossus of Rhodes:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/colossus-of-rhodes