Things left behind in the Jello, namely ancient Rome

I forgot to writeup my second experience with the Flatwater Shakespeare Company, which I referred to earlier when I went there to see Richard III as Shakespeare in the Cemetery (because, well...it is in a cemetery. A very nice one.) I had passed on Merry Wives of Windsor, their summer offering, mostly to save the money, but I was very eager to go see their fall production of Julius Caesar, since I have a strange fondness for that play. (Is it strange? I suppose I'd be startled to see it on somebody's top three list, but I don't know why. But I like Roman history, so I suppose that's what does it for me.) No togas, alas - they did it in modern dress, which worked and probably saved them a lot on costuming. Lots of tiny homoerotic touches, too, what with all the brotherly swearing of oaths and then killing with small daggers.

Julius himself was played by the same man who played Buckingham in Richard III. I wonder if he's their go-to guy for the older political type, because he does self-satisfied man of power very well. The actor who played Brutus was the same who did Richard; rightly so as I think he's their overall strongest actor. Some of the cast seemed to have a little trouble projecting and had to find ways around it - Cassius got a little strident - but this guy manages it without showing any effort at all. Overall, a lot of fun despite the fact that I neglected to bring a sweater and thus spent most of the evening shivering.