The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Author:William Shakespeare This edition of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is designed to make available a readable text of one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. In the centuries since Shakespeare many changes have occurred in the meanings of words, and some clarification of his vocabulary may be helpful. To provide the reader with necessary notes in the most accessible... more » format, we have placed them on the pages facing the text that they explain We have tried to make these notes brief and as simple as possible. Preliminary to the text we have also included a brief statement of essential information about Shakespeare and his stage. Readers desiring more detailed information should refer to t he books suggested in the references, and if still further information is needed, the bibliographies in those books will provide the necessary clues to the literature of the subject.
The early texts of all of Shakespeare's plays provide only adequate stage directions, and it is conventional for modern editors to add many that clarify the action. Such additions, and additions to entrances, are placed in square brackets.
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Had to read for school...translations of hard to understand passages in the footnotes, several papers on the play included in the back for discussion and better understanding of Caesar.