I am really excited about revisiting this play. When I student taught for my English degree and teaching license many years ago, I taught four sections of "Julius Caesar" to advanced English 11th graders. It was one of the most challenging and exhilarating experiencesI have had. I not only had to read and thoroughly understand the play's context, relevance, and language, I had to find interesting ways to make the play approachable to the students.

To prepare to re-engage with the play, I viewed this documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us2PZbGZerk which was very helpful - I learned a ton. I also read the very helpful wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar_(play)

When I taught the play, I showed scenes from this version of the play: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045943/ with Marlon Brando who stared as Mark Antony - check out this clip of Antony's famous speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X9C55TkUP8 Love it!

Here is the BBC version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTKEGVoPzdg These BBC productions are awesome. This time, however, am excited about watch this version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPNd1K49M8I For more information regarding this production, see: http://www.bam.org/media/1588711/julius_caesar_final.pdf The play is an all-black cast and set in present day. There are ties of this production to Robben Island - a prison where Nelson Mandela was held. It's extremely coincidental that I came across this version at this time because I'm about two-thirds of the way through Mandela's autobiography "Long Walk to Freedom" (I highly, highly recommend you read it!). How cool is that?