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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)