RSC's all-female Julius Caesar touring production wins over school audience
The Royal Shakespeare Company's prison-set revival, led by Harriet Walter, held a hall of teenagers in silence during a schools tour stop, The Guardian reports.
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A touring performance of the Royal Shakespeare Company's all-female Julius Caesar held a hall of secondary school students in what a Guardian review called pin-drop silence.
The production, directed by Phyllida Lloyd and led by Harriet Walter, originally ran at London's Donmar Warehouse in 2012 before being adapted for schools, according to the review.
The performance reviewed took place at Ormiston Bushfield Academy in Peterborough, staged in a repurposed hall with plastic chairs arranged to resemble an amphitheatre, the report said.
The production frames Shakespeare's play within a women's prison setting, with occasional interruptions from guards and prison protocols woven into the performance, according to the review.
The Guardian's review described the schools tour as an unusually effective introduction to Shakespeare for teenage audiences.
Sources
- First Encounters: Julius Caesar review – so thrilling it kept a hall full of teens in pin-drop silence — The Guardian — Culture
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