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Beware the Eve of the Ides of March

March 15, 2018 by Paul Levy Leave a Comment

    Today is the Ides of March, so I should have known better than to go to a performance yesterday of Julius Caesar at London’s new theatre, The Bridge. Remember, it was on the eve of the Ides that Brutus, Casca, Cinna and the others formed their conspiracy to assassinate Caesar.  I knew that Nicholas Hytner’s production, in the theatre he co-founded with Nick Starr, was to be a … [Read more...]

Paul Levy

is almost a citizen of the world, carrying the passports of the USA and the UK/EU. He wrote about the arts in general for the now-defunct Wall Street Journal Europe. [Read More]

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