An introduction to Shakespeare's Roman Plays: Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus. The relation of these plays to other genres is discussed. The predominant concerns of the genre with politics and war are discussed. It is asserted that Shakespeare was able to transcend his own Christian historical horizon and represent different possibilities for human achievement under various political regimes in these plays
0:00 - Introduction
0:20 - The English Histories and the Roman Histories
2:32 - History: Between Comedy and Tragedy
6:32 - Roman Plays and Grand History
10:30 - Overview of Roman History
15:40 - War and History
19:46 - Renaissance Rediscovery of the Classics
22:50 - Transcendence of the Christian Horizon
25:50 - Suicide in Shakespeare
28:20 - On the Regime
30:46 - Part and Whole in the City
33:10 - Classical Republicanism
37:40 - Conclusions: Lessons for the English Monarchical Republic
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