JULIUS CAESAR, Yale School of Drama, 2012.

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TALKING POINTS

YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA PRESENTS

Jupiter alone is king of the Romans. —JULIUS CAESAR (DIO, ROMAN HISTORY)

What did I do to you? Do you know right from wrong? —MOAMMAR GADDAFI’S DYING WORDS

JULIUS CAESAR

Be sure to remember: not how long was Caesar’s life, but how short his reign. —BRUTUS AND CASSIUS, IN A 44 BCE LETTER TO ANTONY

What is the best type of death for a man? An unexpected one. —JULIUS CAESAR (APPIAN, THE CIVIL WARS)

by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE directed by ETHAN HEARD The noble title of “dissident” must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement. —CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL

Virtue is…thinking our country’s interests to be foremost of all, our parents’ next, and then thirdly and lastly our own. —LUCILIUS, ROMAN SATIRIST

America can do whatever we set our mind to. —BARACK OBAMA, ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF OSAMA BIN LADEN

—COMPILED BY BENJAMIN FAINSTEIN, DRAMATURG

2011–12 SEASON

The Studio Series productions are designed to be learning experiences that complement classroom work, providing a medium for students at Yale School of Drama to combine their individual and collective talents and energies toward the staging of new plays. Your attendance meaningfully completes that process.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 AT 4PM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 AT 4PM AND 8PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 AT 4PM ISEMAN THEATER 1156 CHAPEL STREET


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