This edition of one of Shakespeare&s best known & most frequently performed plays argues for Julius Caesar as a new kind of political play a radical departure from contemporary practice combining fast action & immediacy with compelling rhetorical language & finding a clear context for its study of tyranny in the last decade of the reign of Elizabeth 1 The richly experimental verse & the complex structure of the play are analysed in depth & a strong case is made for this to be the first play to be performed at Shakespeare&s Globe Theatre& Daniell&s edition is a hefty piece of serious scholarship that makes a genuine contribution& Eric Rasmussen University of Nevada at Reno Shakespeare Survey& This is a stimulating new look at a play which is too often exhibited in a critical museum& Paul Dean English Studies