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Plays set in ancient Rome

  • Antony and CleopatraThe story of Antony and Cleopatra begins in 1579 with a translation by Sir Thomas North. This English version of Plutarch's Lives provided the raw material…
  • CoriolanusThomas North published his translation of Plutarch's Lives in 1579, and Shakespeare mined that volume for the bones of Coriolanus.
  • Julius Caesar (play)Thomas Platter the Younger wrote in his diary on the 21st of September 1599 that he saw a tragedy about Julius Caesar at a Bankside theatre.
  • Titus AndronicusPhilip Henslowe's diary entry from the 24th of January 1594 records a performance of Titus Andronicus by Sussex's Men at The Rose theatre.
  • Sejanus His FallIn the winter of 1603, Ben Jonson's play Sejanus His Fall premiered at court. The King's Men performed it again in 1604 at the Globe Theatre.