JULIUS CAESAR (Royal Shakespeare Company/The Shows Must Go On)****

 

By Alan

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvFe9HZOhew  

Available until: 16^th April, probably 7pm

I have never seen Julius Caesar in the list of Shakespeare’s history plays but he was a real person. He was a Roman consul general and statesman who was born in 100 BC and was assassinated 55 years later. He really was married to Calpurnia (and three other women, sometimes to 2 at the same time) and she apparently really did dream he was going to die. Caesar really was assassinated by a group that was led by Brutus and Cassius on the Ides of March which is March 15^th. 

DREAM (Royal Shakespeare Company)***

 

By Dave 

Link: https://www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on 

Available until: There is at least one livestream every day except Monday until Saturday 20^th March. Performances times very a lot, ranging from 10am to 8pm.

Dream is a stunning and extraordinary production based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream which makes use of technology and the power of movement. It can be enjoyed for free as a member of the audience or you can buy an Audience Plus ticket and have some influence on what is seen onscreen.

OPPENHEIMER (Royal Shakespeare Company)****

 

By Cal

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3sICvgLopE

Available until: 16^th October 7pm

Oppenheimer was performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2015. With just two exceptions (though I think one was involved in the play at a later stage and the other is the little boy – the four original actors in the role probably aren’t so little now!), the cast was reunited for a Zoom reading of the play on 15^th October 2020.