RSC All-Female Julius Caesar Stuns School Audience — SkimNews
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- RSC is touring its revival of Phyllida Lloyd's all-female, prison-set Julius Caesar, led by Harriet Walter, to schools as an introduction to Shakespeare
- Ormiston Bushfield Academy in Peterborough hosted the production in a stripped-back auditorium with ascending seating described as repurposed
- Harriet Walter leads the cast in this RSC staging of Julius Caesar, which the review describes as keeping a hall full of teenagers in pin-drop silence
- Phyllida Lloyd directs the revival, reprising her earlier all-female prison-set concept as the production's creative architect
- The review frames the stripped staging as a model Shakespeare introduction, arguing an intro doesn't get any better for student audiences
Why it matters: The RSC's schools tour places a stripped-down, all-female Julius Caesar in front of teenage audiences who often resist Shakespeare, with the reviewer calling the response — pin-drop silence from a hall full of teens — the strongest endorsement a school-intro production could earn.
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