Noble Brutus' Role Well Done in Antioch's "Julius Caesar"
by Stanley Meisler
Commentary by Stanley Meisler
August 24, 1953
August 1953
Middletown, Ohio
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The talents of Antioch Area Theater suit themselves adequately to the simplicity and directness of "Julius Caesar," and the group’s performance of the tragedy Saturday night was one of the most impressive of the Shakespeare-under-the-stars series at Yellow Springs. The play, more dramatic than poetic, is, under David Hooks' direction, sharp with clarity and excitement. Scenes like Antony's oration and Brutus' death are offered with all available stagecraft. The motivations of the characters, for the most part, are made sure. Brutus, the virtuous hero pricked by doubts, offer the one complex role. The characterization of Arthur Lithgow, professor of English at Antioch, dwells much on the insecurities of a perplexed, brooding Brutus...
The talents of Antioch Area Theater suit themselves adequately to the simplicity and directness of "Julius Caesar," and the group’s performance of the tragedy Saturday night was one of the most impressive of the Shakespeare-under-the-stars series at Yellow Springs. The play, more dramatic than poetic, is, under David Hooks' direction, sharp with clarity and excitement. Scenes like Antony's oration and Brutus' death are offered with all available stagecraft. The motivations of the characters, for the most part, are made sure. Brutus, the virtuous hero pricked by doubts, offer the one complex role. The characterization of Arthur Lithgow, professor of English at Antioch, dwells much on the insecurities of a perplexed, brooding Brutus...
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