The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (1599) is Shakespeare's tragedy about the events leading to the murder of Julius Caesar. Two tribunes, Marullus and Flavius, break up the Roman citizens attending a victory parade for Julius Caesar. Characters include Mark Anthony (his one and only friend), Marcus Brutus, Octavia, and Calpurnia (Caesar's wife). A soothsayer forewarns Caesar's fate: "Beware the Ides of March". Another favorite quote: "Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war." [Painting by Edward Scriven, Brutus and the Ghost of Caesar, 1802.]
Act I - Scene I Rome. A Street
Act I - Scene II A Public Place
Act I - Scene III A Street. Thunder and Lightning
Act II - Scene II Caesar's House. Thunder and Lightning
Act II - Scene III A Street Near the Capitol
Act II - Scene IV Another Part of the Same Street, Before the House of Brutus
Act III - Scene I Rome. Before the Capitol, the Senate Sitting Above
Act IV - Scene I A House in Rome
Act IV - Scene II Camp Near Sardis, Before Brutus' Tent
Act IV - Scene III Brutus' Tent
Act V - Scene I The Plains of Phillipi
Act V - Scene II The Same. The Field of Battle
Act V - Scene III The Fields of Battle
Act V - Scene IV Another Part of the Field
Act V - Scene V Another Part of the Field