Julius Caesar at Oregon Shakespeare Festival

The current production of Julius Caesar at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival doesn’t exactly mirror the current political reality in the United States, but there are rhymes. The populist Julius Caesar flirts with authoritarianism, but unlike Republicans in our congress who refuse to stand up to the authoritarian in the White House, the senators of Rome, led by Marcus Brutus and Cassius, take a principled if excessively violent stand to protect their republic. Ultimately, though, Mark Antony, Oc...