On Tidying-up Shakespeare

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I'm on the prod staff for a college club's production of Julius Caesar this coming term (as master electrician---the non-design side of lights---though I intend to act as well), so today I received a copy of the script as the directors have cut it. Skimming through it, I paid particular attention to the Brutus-Cassius dialogues since a friend and

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[dontcrosscross]

"True friends in peace" - I cringed IRL. D:

Oh, I don't know, I think the Romans got it on pretty well.

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Yeah, cringe is a good reaction. Although, as an addendum to that, see this subsequent post (which I meant to unhide sooner or later anyway).

I now consider myself much more informed upon the subject. Although that's kind of also my point: the Romans do seem to have been less interested in it in general than the Greeks . . . of course, one might also note that Brutus and Cassius spent their time running around in the East rather than the West. (And there I go, arguing against my own point; I think I've been converting rather more of late.)

[dontcrosscross]

Well, Roman culture was heavily influenced by Greek, so it makes sense that there'd be that aspect of it. (Also, when the conspirators divided up Rome's territories, Brutus got Crete... I'm just saying.) Join the club! ;D

(Of course, as we know, it's all Greek to them...)