Deb­o­rah Jean-Bap­tiste-Samuel and her Or­a­to­ry Foun­da­tion presents Julius Cae­sar through Caribbean lens.The Or­a­to­ry Foun­da­tion re­peats Julius Cae­sar, for one night on­ly, as part of its Shake­speare fes­ti­val, a re­lease from the Foun­da­tion said.Julius Cae­sar will be staged on Sep­tem­ber 9 at Na­pari­ma Bowl, San Fer­nan­do.

The pre­miere open­ing of Julius Cae­sar was in fact on the Ides of March (March 15), and was a re­sound­ing suc­cess, said the re­lease.Na­pari­ma Bowl came alive to the rhythm of the sooth­say­er and of the chants of the crowd; the de­cep­tive per­sua­sive lyrics of Cas­sius, the charm of Marc Antony's elo­quence and the res­o­nance of the stub­born ar­ro­gance of Cae­sar.In Julius Cae­sar, the tenor and tone of so­cial up­heaval from po­lit­i­cal dis­con­tent pul­sates with his­tor­i­cal rel­e­vance in the Caribbean. In this pro­duc­tion, there are echoes of Caribbean ri­ots and up­ris­ings.

Ac­cord­ing to Jean-Bap­tiste-Samuel, "In Julius Cae­sar we un­der­stand the im­pact of the sooth­say­er who trans­lates as vil­lage seer or 'warn­er'; the trick­ster's plots for pow­er; the po­ten­cy of night-dreams as signs that her­ald dis­as­ter; dis­turb­ing deci­bels of doom in thun­der­storm; re­bel­lion and re­sis­tance, ver­bal rit­u­als, song and chant."

Julius Cae­sar takes place on Sep­tem­ber 9 at Na­pari­ma Bowl, San Fer­nan­do.

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