Illuminations to film RSC’s ‘Julius Caesar’ in 2012

Illuminations, the arts production company responsible for the acclaimed filmed stage productions of Macbeth (2010) with Patrick Stewart and RSC’s Hamlet with David Tennant (2009), has just announced their next Shakespeare venture: Julius Caesar, as directed by the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Chief Associate Director Gregory Doran for the World Shakespeare Festival in 2012.

The play, directed by Doran, finds dark contemporary echoes in modern Africa and the cast will include Adjoa Andoh, Ray Fearon, Paterson Joseph, Jeffery Kissoon and Joseph Mydell. The filmed version will be broadcast as part of the BBC Shakespeare season on BBC Four in 2012.

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