Julius Caesar Audio Book

Julius Caesar Audio Book.

In Julius Caesar, there are no heroes, only heroic words spoken by men of ambition, arrogance, and jealousy. Yet Julius Caesar is also one of Shakespeare's most popular and polished works, a seamless blend of highly-stylized oratory and penetrating soliloquies that lays bare the innermost workings of the human mind.

Here is Shakespeare in his prime, taking the story of history's most notorious assassination and fashioning from it a brilliant and at times chilling indictment of politics by violence and of how even the strongest and noblest of minds can be corrupted by flattery and the lure of power.

This is an editon by Harper Collins US. It's an unabridged Full Cast Production which gives you 2 hours and 15 minutes of pure Shakespearean listening pleasure!

Download Julius Caesar (Harper Collins US) here.

Contents at a Glance

Julius Caesar Audio Book Online Downloads
Julius Caesar - Tragedy - William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar in History

Shakespeare Audio Book Online Downloads

Julius Caesar Audio Book Online Downloads

A BBC Audiobooks Production

BBC Radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923, when the newly formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perfected the craft of making Shakespeare to be heard.

Political intrigue and fierce battle rage in this tense and dynamic production in which a country is torn apart under the legacy of Julius Caesar, 'the colossus'.

Revitalised, original, and comprehensive, this is Shakespeare for the new millennium.

Download Julius Caesar (BBC Audiobooks) here.

Julius Caesar - Tragedy - William Shakespeare

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, more commonly known simply as Julius Caesar, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare probably written in 1599. It portrays the conspiracy against the Roman dictator, Julius Cæsar, his assassination and its aftermath. It is the first of his Roman plays, based on true events from Roman history.

Julius Caesar is not the central character in the action of the play, appearing in only three scenes and dying at the beginning of the third Act. The central protagonist of the play is Marcus Brutus and the central psychological drama is his struggle between the conflicting demands of honour, patriotism, and friendship.

The play reflected the general anxiety of England due to worries over succession of leadership. At the time of its creation and first performance, Queen Elizabeth, a strong ruler, was elderly and had refused to name a successor, leading to worries that a civil war similar to that of Rome's might break out after her death.

Character list - Julius Caesar
* Julius Caesar
* Octavius Caesar, Marcus Antonius, M. Aemilius Lepidus: Triumvirs after the death of Julius Caesar
* Cicero, Publius, Popilius Lena: Senators
* Marcus Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Trebonius, Ligarius, Decius Brutus, Metellus Cimber, Cinna: Conspirators against Julius Caesar
* Flavius and Marullus: Tribunes
* Artemidorus: a Sophist of Cnidos
* A Soothsayer (Also called Fortuneteller)
* Cinna: a poet
* Another poet
* Lucilius, Titinius, Messala, Young Cato, Volumnius: Friends to Brutus and Cassius
* Varro, Clitus, Claudius, Strato, Lucius, Dardanius: Servants to Brutus
* Pindarus: Servant to Cassius
* Calpurnia: wife to Caesar
* Portia: wife to Brutus

Julius Caesar in History

Gaius Julius Caesar (born 100 BC or 102 BC, died March 15, 44 BC), was a Roman military and political leader and one of the most influential men of classical antiquity. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.

His conquest of Gaul extended the Roman world all the way to the Atlantic Ocean, and he also conducted the first Roman invasion of Britain in 55 BC; the collapse of the triumvirate, however, led to a stand-off with Pompey and the Senate.

Leading his legions across the Rubicon, Caesar began a civil war in 49 BC from which he became the undisputed master of the Roman world. After assuming control of government, he began extensive reforms of Roman society and government. He was proclaimed dictator for life, and he heavily centralized the bureaucracy of the Republic. These events provoked a hitherto friend of Caesar, Marcus Junius Brutus, and a group of other senators, to assassinate the dictator on the Ides of March (March 15) in 44 BC. The assassins hoped to restore the normal running of the Republic, but they provoked another Roman civil war, which led eventually to the establishment of the autocratic Roman Empire by Caesar's adopted heir, Augustus. In 42 BC, two years after his assassination, the Roman Senate officially sanctified him as one of the Roman deities.

Much of Caesar's life is known from his own Commentaries (Commentarii) on his military campaigns, and other contemporary sources such as the letters and speeches of Caesar's political rival Cicero, the historical writings of Sallust, and the poetry of Catullus. Many more details of his life are recorded by later historians, such as Appian, Suetonius, Plutarch, Cassius Dio and Strabo.

Shakespeare Audio Book Online Downloads

William Shakespeare Plays on Audio- Ready for Immediate Download

Enjoy any of these Shakespeare audio books within a few minutes from now. These audio books are ready for download, directly online now. Just click any of these links and off you go: