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" How many times shall Caesar bleed in sport, That now on Pompey's basis lies along, No worthier than the dust ? Cas. "
Behold the Man: The Real Life of the Historical Jesus - Page 425
by Kirk Kimball - 2002 - 701 pages
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Philosophical Shakespeares

John J. Joughin - 2000 - 148 pages
...in his play, the most notable being Cassius's exclamation in the bloody wake of the assassination: 'How many ages hence / Shall this our lofty scene...over, / In states unborn and accents yet unknown!' (III. i. 111-13). Shakespeare's litde selfreflexive joke in the midst of tragedy is characteristic...
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Giulio Cesare

William Shakespeare - 2000 - 248 pages
...weapons o'er our heads, Let's all cry, Teace, freedom, and liberty!' no CASSIUS Stoop then, and wash. How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be...acted over, In states unborn, and accents yet unknown! BRUTUS How many times shall Caesar bleed in sport, That now on Pompey's basis lies along, No worthier...
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The Tragedy of King Richard III

William Shakespeare - 2000 - 430 pages
...metatheatrical moments such as Shakespeare's glance forward in time from the period of Julius Caesar itself, How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be...acted over, In states unborn and accents yet unknown ! ( ¡ulitis Caesar 3.1. 112—14) Cassius refers directly to the way he and his fellow conspirators...
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Shakespeare Stories II

Leon Garfield - 1995 - 328 pages
...murmured Cassius, as his kneeling friends, some boldly, some fearfully, fumbled in the dead man's wounds, "shall this our lofty scene be acted over in states unborn and accents yet unknown?" and he gazed round at the wrenched and broken circle of empty chairs, as if the countless generations...
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The Tragedie of Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare - 2001 - 496 pages
...with character. The long popularity of the play was predicted by Shakespeare in the words of Cassius: 'How many ages hence Shall this, our lofty scene be...acted over In States unborn and accents yet unknown.' The great impression made by Jul. Cces. in a field which Jonson regarded as his own probably led to...
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Guilty Creatures : Renaissance Poetry and the Ethics of Authorship ...

Dennis Kezar Assistant Professor of English Vanderbilt University - 2001 - 282 pages
...the conclusion of their case and their authorship of a history play: CASSIUS: Stoop then, and wash. How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be...acted over In states unborn and accents yet unknown. BRUTUS: How many times shall Caesar bleed in sport; That now on Pompey's basis lies along No worthier...
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The Culture of Playgoing in Shakespeare's England: A Collaborative Debate

Anthony B. Dawson, Paul Yachnin - 2001 - 240 pages
...minds and those of the audience forward to endless reenactments, both political and theatrical: CASSIUS How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be...acted over, In states unborn and accents yet unknown! BRUTUS How many times shall Caesar bleed in sport, That now on Pompey's basis lies along No worthier...
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Faultlines: Cultural Materialism and the Politics of Dissident Reading

Alan Sinfield - 1992 - 382 pages
...dreamt us; for centuries he has been a key imperial site where ideology is produced. As Cassius warns, How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be...acted over, In states unborn and accents yet unknown! (3.1.111-13) But in the long term, the emperors could not keep out the Vandals. We may challenge, perhaps...
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Word and Music Studies: Essays on the Song Cycle and on Defining the Field ...

Walter Bernhart, Werner Wolf, David L. Mosley - 2001 - 272 pages
...performance, a famous example being Cassius's comment made after Julius Caesar's assassination: [...] How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be...acted over, In states unborn, and accents yet unknown! (Julius Caesar, 3 . 1 . 1 1 1 - 11 3) The performance of music, even of 'pragmatic' music composed...
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Orson Welles on Shakespeare: The W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre Playscripts

Orson Welles - 2001 - 342 pages
...liberty! Freedom . . . liberty . . . 136 Orson Welles on Shakespeare ALLAND73 (off-stage) Freedom! BRUTUS How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted over In states unborn and accents yet unknown!74 How many times shall Caesar bleed in sport, That now on Pompey's basis lies along No worthier...
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