INTRODUCTION 7
Date and Character of the Play 7
Other Plays on Julius Caesar 9
Other References to Julius Caesar by Shakespeare 9
Sources of the Play 11
Shakespeare＇s Use of Plutarch 12
Shakespeare and History 13
The Text of the Play 15
The Plot of the Play 17
The Play on the Shakespearian Stage 21
Note on Dramatis Personae 22
THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR 23
NOTES 117
SELECT LITERARY CRITICISM 152
Hazlitt on Julius Caesar 152
The position of Julius Caesar among Shakespeare＇s Plays 155
The Style of the Play 160
The Character of Caesar 161
The Character of Brutus 165
The Character of Cassius 169
The Character of Antony 172
Antony＇s Funeral Speech 173
APPENDIXES 177
The Life of William Shakespeare with a Table of his Plays 177
A Note on Metre 179
A Note on the Language of Shakespeare by Dr．C．T．Onions 181
Extracts from North＇s Plutarch 188