No Fear Shakespeare
Julius Caesar
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 1, Scene 2, Page 2
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CAESAR
Ha! Who calls?
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CAESAR
Who’s calling me?
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CASCA
Bid every noise be still. Peace yet again.
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CASCA
Quiet, everyone! Quiet!
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Music ceases |
The trumpet stops playing. |
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CAESAR
Who is it in the press that calls on me?
I hear a tongue, shriller than all the music,
Cry “Caesar!”—Speak. Caesar is
turned to hear.
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CAESAR
Who in the crowd is calling me? I hear a voice more piercing than
the music of these trumpets calling
“Caesar!” Speak. Caesar is listening.
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SOOTHSAYER
Beware the ides of March.
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SOOTHSAYER
Beware of March 15th.
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CAESAR
What man is
that?
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CAESAR
Who’s that?
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BRUTUS
A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.
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BRUTUS
A soothsayer tells you to beware of March 15th.
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CAESAR
Set him before me. Let me see his face.
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CAESAR
Bring him in front of me. Let me see his face.
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CASSIUS
Fellow, come from the throng. Look upon Caesar.
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CASSIUS
You, fellow, step out of the crowd. This is Caesar you’re
looking at.
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SOOTHSAYER approaches |
The SOOTHSAYER
approaches. |
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CAESAR
What sayst thou to me now? Speak once again.
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CAESAR
What do you have to say to me now? Speak once again.
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SOOTHSAYER
Beware the ides of March.
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SOOTHSAYER
Beware of March 15th.
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CAESAR
He is a dreamer. Let us leave him. Pass!
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CAESAR
He’s insane. Let’s leave him. Let’s
move.
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Sennet. Exeunt. Manent BRUTUS and
CASSIUS
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Trumpets play. Everyone exits except
BRUTUS and
CASSIUS. |
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CASSIUS
Will you go see the order of the course?
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CASSIUS
Are you going to watch the race?
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