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\u201c\u2018AMERICAN PLAYERS \u2018CAESAR\u2019 CONQUERS ELEMENTS\u2019\u2026One of Shakespeare\u2019s more powerful dramas, \u2018Julius Caesar\u2019 demands three commanding portrayals in the principal roles of Marcus Brutus, Cassius and Marc Antony. While these first two received superb treatment by Randall Duk Kim and Jonathan Smoots\u2026Kim\u2019s Brutus, arms and dagger dripping with Caesar\u2019s blood, addresses Rome\u2019s citizens and explains, \u2018Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.\u2019 The contradictions and turmoil on Kim\u2019s face and in his speech convince all that Caesar\u2019s death was not for Brutus\u2019 gain, but for the gain of Rome\u2026.\u201d \u201c\u2018TROUPE PROVIDES THE CLOUDS AND THE SILVER LINING\u2019\u2026Kim\u2019s restrained Brutus has two profound effects on the production. Marc Antony and Cassius, in their pro-Caesar and anti-Caesar roles, assume more importance, and the audience is left more on its own in reaching a decision on the merits of Caesar\u2019s murder.\u2026\u201d \u201c\u2018\u2018CAESAR\u2019 TRIUMPHS ON APT\u2019S OPENING NIGHT\u2019\u2026Randall Duk Kim, one of the founders of APT, put in an outstanding performance, as usual, as the noble but mislead conspirator Marcus Brutus. His agony and good intentions were always made agonizingly clear and his love of his wife Portia, well-played by Alexandra Mitchell, created some of the most beautiful moments of the evening.\u2026\u201d \u201c\u2018SPRINGTIME FOR THE APT\u2019\u2026The strongest, and indeed, best performances are given by Kim and Jonathan Smoots (Cassius), whose relationship o stage becomes the focal point of the play. Both actors develop their characters extremely well, and are able to understand and interpret clearly some of the most difficult lines in the play.\u2026\u201d \u201c\u2018CAESAR WITHOUT SEASONING\u2019\u2026But it is Randall Duk Kim as Brutus (in what he calls the most difficult part of his career) who provides the heart and mind of the play. Looking aged and battle-weary as doom slowly gathers, Kim captures the profoundly stoic, conscience-drive nature of the character; his rendition of Brutus\u2019 celebrated \u2018There is a tide in the affairs of men\u2019 is a marvel of understated aptness.\u2026\u201d [aesop_gallery pslightbox=”on” transition=”crossfade” caption=”Photos by Zane Williams” galleryType=”grid” id=”410″] Review Excerpts \u201c\u2018AMERICAN PLAYERS \u2018CAESAR\u2019 CONQUERS ELEMENTS\u2019\u2026One of Shakespeare\u2019s more powerful dramas, \u2018Julius Caesar\u2019 demands three commanding portrayals in the principal roles of Marcus Brutus, Cassius and Marc Antony. While these first two received superb treatment by Randall Duk Kim and Jonathan Smoots\u2026Kim\u2019s Brutus, arms and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":268,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-performances"],"metadata":{"_wp_old_date":["2021-11-13"],"_wp_old_slug":["julius-caesar-1985"]},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\u2014Dennis Mullins, WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL (7\/1\/1985)
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\u2014Damien Jaques, THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL (7\/1\/1985)
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\u2014Joan Lenherr, BADGER HERALD (7\/3\/1985)
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\u2014Susan Miller, THE DAILY CARDINAL (7\/9\/1985)
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\u2014ISTHMUS (7\/12\/1985)
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