Assassination and Conspiracy
The exhibition explores connections between the objects, Shakespeare’s text and performance. Here, Paterson Joseph is Brutus in Julius Caesar. In the exhibition, you can see the full performance and the coin minted by Brutus to commemorate the assassination of Julius Caesar 43–42 BC.
Speech taken from Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 2, filmed exclusively for the British Museum in collaboration with the RSC.
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