Julius Caesar: Give Caesar His Coup
Cry havoc! And let slip this explosive episode of Bard Flies, in which Will and James debate the merits of the Romans vying for power in Julius Caesar -- from the dictator himself to his usurpers -- and discuss the grim, all-too-apparent parallels between the incitement of mob violence in the Shakespeare\u2019s play and the January 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill. // CREDITS // Intro Music: Jon Sayles, "The Witches' Dance" (composed by anonymous); Outro Music: Jon Sayles, \u201cSaltarello\u201d (composed by anonymous); Illustrative Excerpts: \u201cJulius Caesar,\u201d dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1953); \u201cJulius Caesar,\u201d dir. Stuart Burge (1970); \u201cJulius Caesar,\u201d dir. Trevor Nunn, Royal Shakespeare Company (1973); John Gielgud, \u201cJulius Caesar, Act II, Scene 2: Ages of Man\u201d (1959)