25 May 1980
Hamlet
Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then his father's ghost directs him to seek revenge.
Julius Caesar - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
A live performance of the play "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare. Set in ancient Rome, leading citizens Cassius and Marcus Brutus are alarmed that the power and authority Caesar is assuming may endanger the democracy of the Republic, so they conspire to assassinate the popular general. The ensuing battles and suicides extend the tragedy, establishing neither a clear-cut hero nor villain.
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George Irving Julius Caesar
Anthony Howell Cassius
Tom McKay Brutus
Catherine Bailey Portia
Luke Thompson Mark Antony
Keith Ramsay Lucius
Sam Cox Marulis
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