Friday, April 08, 2005

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Jan 6, 1583 N.S.

The first 3 acts and the last 2 have no characters in common except Brutus, Cassius, Antony, and Lucius, being originally parts of 2 separate plays.
On March 18, 1582, at Alencon’s birthday celebration in Antwerp, close to the Ides of March, the Prince of Orange was shot by a Spanish agent, but Alencon was thought guilty, and the French were blamed
Orange, like Caesar, had been offered the crown several times, but refuse it.
Reference to the Julian calendar being replaced by the Gregorian calendar in 1582
“coronet” of the Count of Holland
Orange’s assassin was wounded 32 times before dying

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