
A vivid portrait of ancient Rome unfolds as power, ambition, and loyalty collide. The play opens with Caesar’s triumphant return to the city, while ominous omens and whispered warnings stir unease among the senators. Central to the drama is Brutus, a nobleman torn between his love for Rome and his friendship with Caesar, whose growing dominance threatens the fragile republic.
Against a backdrop of public celebration and private scheming, conspirators gather, debating honor, liberty, and the cost of removing a ruler. Their debates echo timeless questions about the balance between personal conscience and civic duty, while Caesar’s charisma and the crowd’s fervor heighten the tension. Listeners will be drawn into the charged atmosphere of political intrigue, feeling the weight of each decision that could reshape an empire.
Language
fr
Duration
~2 hours (169K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Paul Murray, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)
Release date
2005-05-17
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1564–1616
Often called the greatest writer in the English language, this English playwright and poet created dramas and verses that still feel alive on the page and stage. His stories of ambition, love, jealousy, power, and loss continue to speak to readers centuries later.
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