Lucy Bailey made her RSC debut to direct the RSC Ensemble with Sam Troughton as Brutus, John Mackay as Cassius and Greg Hicks in the title role.
The Arts Desk wrote that the production 'brings cinematic scope and contemporary gore to its treachery, demanding that its audience lend not only ears, but eyes, stomach and imagination to the action.'
After opening at The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon in May 2009, the production transferred to the Roundhouse, London in January 2010, and in 2011 played in the Lincoln Center, New York.
Cast
Joseph Arkley - Remus/Artemidorus/Octavius
Adam Burton - Cimber/Titinius
Brian Doherty - Decius Brutus/Poet
Darrell D'Silva - Mark Antony
Noma Dumezweni - Calphurnia
Phillip Edgerley - Flavius/Popilius/Antony's Servant/Volumnius
James Gale - Cicero/Caesar's Servant/Lepidus/Dardanius
Gruffudd Glyn - Cinna, the Conspirator/Young Cato
Paul Hamilton - Caius Ligarius/Messala
Greg Hicks - Julius Caesar
Tunji Kasim - Romulus/Lucius
John Mackay - Cassius
Patrick Romer - Murullus/Publius/Cinna, the Poet/Clitus
David Rubin - Trebonius/Lucilius
Oliver Ryan - Casca/Pindarus
Simone Saunders - Calphurnia's Servant
Christopher Saul - Cicero
Sam Troughton - Marcus Brutus
Larrington Walker - Soothsayer/Octavius' Servant/Strato
Kirsty Woodward - Priestess
Hannah Young - Portia
Samantha Young - Soothsayer's Acolyte
Creative team
Director - Lucy Bailey
Set and Video Designer - William Dudley
Costume Designer - Fotini Dimou
Lighting – Oliver Fenwick
Movement – Sarah Dowling
Music - Django Bates
Sound – Fergus O'Hare
Associate Designer – Nathalie Maury
Fights – Philip d'Orleans
Video System Design – Alan Cox
Video Production – Tim Baxter
