In an extra-textual prologue, Romulus and Remus fight to the death under an image of the she-wolf of Rome.
ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY JULIUS CAESAR SERIES
But Lucy Bailey's production, much improved since its Stratford debut 18 months ago, now makes a good case for the play and strikes the right balance between the visceral and intellectual.Ĭlearly owing a debt to the BBC/HBO series Rome and to Tom Holland's Rubicon, Bailey presents us with a city addicted to violence. I've always felt that Julius Caesar was a bit like that: rarely living up to its advance billing as Shakespeare's most sophisticated political thriller. Please call CenterCharge for Performance Tickets and Information.I was tickled by the Observer's recent, inadvertent description of a malt whisky as "a genuine classic which never fails to disappoint". The Armory Ticket Hotline is for Panel Discussions only. The schedule varies by day.Ĭall the Lincoln CenterCharge Box Office for Performance Ticketsīuy tickets to Panel Discussions by clicking on the desired discussion below or by calling the Park Avenue Armory Ticket Hotline Lincoln Center Festival Box Office will be open to the public on site at Park Avenue Armory two hours prior to curtain time.
Click Here if you have tickets to Antony and Cleopatra. The RSC’s broadly acclaimed production of Julius Caesar, directed by Lucy Bailey, will replace the performances of Antony and Cleopatra during the company’s Lincoln Center Festival residency. See what the critics are saying about the Royal Shakespeare Company at Park Avenue Armoryįor more information and the most up-to-date news, join our mailing list. Greene Performance Space at WNYC and WQXR takes you behind the scenes in this unprecedented partnership between Lincoln Center Festival and Park Avenue Armory, in association with The Ohio State University to bring the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) to New York for an unprecedented six-week residency to launch five Shakespearean works: The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, As You Like It and King Lear. “It’s an hubristic thing we’re trying to do.” Michael Boyd, Artistic Director, RSC. Shakespeare can’t wait to meet her.” – Michael Boyd, Artistic Director, RSC “The Armory exerts her own extraordinary gravitational pull on you, opens her long arms wide to your biggest ideas, your greatest emotions and your highest ambitions. Co-presented by Lincoln Center Festival and Park Avenue Armory, in association with The Ohio State University, the critically acclaimed ensemble performs five of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays on a full-scale replica of its Royal Shakespeare Theatre recreated in the Wade Thompson Drill Hall. This rare United States appearance by the Royal Shakespeare Company, coming to New York for an unprecedented six-week residency, is a theater experience not to be missed. “… breathtakingly theatrical” – The Observer (London) “Sexy, dark and genuinely tragic” – The Guardian (London)
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