Caesar (1937 stage production)

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Caesar (1937 stage production) was Orson Welles’s modern-dress, anti-fascist adaptation of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, staged by the Mercury Theatre and renowned for its innovative, politically charged interpretation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf stage adaptation ⓘ
theatrical production ⓘ
associatedWith Mercury Theatre ⓘ
Orson Welles ⓘ
basedOn Julius Caesar ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy William Shakespeare ⓘ
costumeStyle modern dress ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Orson Welles ⓘ
dramaticSource Shakespearean tragedy ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1937 ⓘ
genre modern-dress Shakespeare production ⓘ
political theatre ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
historicalContext interwar period ⓘ
rise of European fascism ⓘ
interpretation anti-fascist ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium stage ⓘ
notableFor innovative staging ⓘ
politically charged interpretation ⓘ
use of contemporary political imagery ⓘ
originalLanguageOfWork English ⓘ
politicalTheme critique of fascism ⓘ
rise of dictatorship ⓘ
producer Mercury Theatre ⓘ
setting ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
subject assassination of Julius Caesar ⓘ
theatreCompany Mercury Theatre ⓘ
timePeriodOfProduction 1930s ⓘ
title Caesar ⓘ
workType stage production of a Shakespeare play ⓘ
yearOfProduction 1937 ⓘ

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Mercury Theatre → notableWork → Caesar (1937 stage production) ⓘ
subject linked to: Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre
John Houseman → notableWork → Julius Caesar (1937 stage production) ⓘ
subject linked to: Jacques Haussmann
linked to: Caesar (1937 stage production)
John Light → notableWork → stage production "Julius Caesar" ⓘ
linked to: Caesar (1937 stage production)