We watched the version with Charleston Heston. It is drama, and drama is best performed. It helps us all keep characters straight and follow the action better.Īfter all, Shakespeare was written to be played and seen, not read.
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My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,Īnd I must pause till it come back to me.īefore we read the full, real, unabridged text, we watch a movie production. O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,Īnd men have lost their reason. What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him? You all did love him once, not without cause: I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:Īmbition should be made of sterner stuff: Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: He hath brought many captives home to Rome He was my friend, faithful and just to me: Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest– The good is oft interred with their bones I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. Which speech to memorize with Julius Caesar was a no-brainer.įriends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears Step 2: Memorize Julius Caesar Famous Lines While they listened, they also colored a page from the Great Scenes from Shakespeare Dover Coloring Book.
This time we read the version presented in the collection The Best-Loved Plays of Shakespeare. Personally, I am not fond of either Lamb’s or Nesbit’s retellings – Victorian & Shakespeare don’t mesh well – but there are still many other options out there that communicate Shakespeare in a compelling and clear manner. I always begin a new play by reading aloud a picture book version, even with the 12-year-old. Here are the resources we’ve been using while enjoying Julius Caesar together. It’s really just about enjoying a good story together, as with any other read-aloud! Shakespeare doesn’t need to be intimidating or complicated. The boys are happy to be doing a play that has nothing to do with marriage or love, but rather with stern and noble Romans.
We’re in the midst of studying Julius Caesar this year.
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