Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare

Pen y Star, SA43 3DX (next to St Dogmaels Abbey)

The people of Rome welcome Caesar back to the city after he defeats his enemies in a savage civil war. But the senators who have shared power in the republic fear that he wants to rule over them all. They hatch a desperate plot to bring him down – sealing their own fate in the process.

‘What can be avoided whose end is purposed by the mighty gods?’

Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is a story of charismatic leaders, political plots and the fickleness of crowds that is completely recognisable in the politics of his day and ours. The Abbey Shakespeare Players will draw on those modern echoes in a tense, vital production, stripped to its essentials.

After an unprecedented break in our run in 2020, this will be the 34th annual production by the Abbey Shakespeare Players. By kind agreement of the owner, we are performing this year in the garden of Pen y Star, next to St Dogmaels Abbey.

£10 (£8)