Review of two political Shakespeare plays
in Reviews and Roundtables, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama
6th May 2005
POLITICAL SHAKESPEARE
Deborah Warner’s Julius Caesar (Barbican) and Nicholas Hytner’s Henry IV (National). David Benedict, Jane Edwardes and Heather Neill discuss them together. Dominic Cavendish hosts.
In both plays there’s illegal regime change and both have to cope with the consequences of that.