- Joined
- Jun 29, 2013
The Truth is Uncomfortable said:The play was interrupted several times by right-wing protesters, who accused the play of "violence against the right", and actors and members of theatres with Shakespeare in the name has been harassed and received death threats, including the wife of the play's director Oskar Eustis.[50][51][52][53] The protests were praised by American Family Association director Sandy Rios who compared the play with the execution of Christians by damnatio ad bestias.[54]
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I'm only familiar with the versions that portray Caesar as the dude with the toga but I heard some plays adopt the tradition to put in current leaders (aka Presidents) in the role of Julius.