Article: Julius and jackboots. (theater review)

Byline: NICHOLAS DE JONGH

JULIUS CAESAR .

Barbican

THE fascist spirit of Mussolini's Italy infests Edward Hall's disappointing production of Julius Caesar. Black flags droop all over the nondescript abstractions of Michael Pavelka's vast set, where an illuminated sign proclaims "Peace, Freedom, Liberty". Actors in black shirts, jackboots and togas loiter, waiting for Caesar. A blonde, blackgarbed girl, who looks as if she's walked out of Cabaret, sings something that could be about the future belonging to her. The Republic of Rome 44BC has become 1930s Italy. When it premiered at Stratford last July, some critics felt the production's updating ...

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