Virgil and Caesar: A Play (Oxford Theatre Texts) (Oxford Theatre Texts, 11)

Warner explores the dramatic tension between worldly rule, the pragmatism of politics, and the vision of the poet as idealist - Warner brings to our attention the perennial conflicts that are as timeless as they are timely. The command of English through poetic imagery must rank as the very best. Here we have laid before us the perennial crises of humanity dressed in classical clothes yet intensely of today. How valuable such rare and important plays are, being written in times when not only biological species are under threat around the world, but also cultural continuity itself-The Stage.