Julius Caesar

From Plutarch's Parallel Lives, Shakespeare took a story that was both Roman and Elizabethan in the issues it expores.

Julius Caesar has been edited for the Internet Shakespeare Editions, and has extensive introductory essays published online. There are also extensive additional materials from the works that influenced Shakespeare as he wrote the play. You will find a complete listing of essays and other materials on the title page for the play on this site.

The subjects covered in the following pages include:

• Julius Caesar in Shakespeare's London
• Stoics and Epicureans
• Stars and the individual
• Roman women--and Cleopatra
• Shakespeare and Plutarch

See also:

• A modern text of Julius Caesar.
• An old-spelling text of Folio 1.
• A list of book facsimiles that contain Julius Caesar.
• The essential facts about the play.*

The Perseus Project has an extensive and growing site on Julius Caesar.