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"Friends, Romans": Orson Welles' Broadway production of Caesar (1937), a modern-dress production that evoked comparison to contemporary Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" is the first line of a speech by Mark Antony in the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare.
The first known occurrences of the phrase are said to be in two earlier Elizabethan plays: Henry VI, Part 3 by Shakespeare, and an even earlier play, Caesar Interfectus, by Richard Edes. [3] The phrase is often used apart from the plays to signify an unexpected betrayal by a friend. There is no evidence that the historical Caesar spoke these words.
Within the Tent of Brutus: Enter the Ghost of Caesar, Julius Caesar, Act IV, Scene III, a 1905 portrait by Edwin Austin Abbey. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (First Folio title: The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar), often shortened to Julius Caesar, is a history play and tragedy by William Shakespeare first performed in 1599.
[8] [9] [unreliable source] [unreliable source] In another interpretation, employing the meaning of "dog" in its mechanical sense ("any of various usually simple mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening that consist of a spike, bar, or hook"), [10] the "dogs" are "let slip" as an act of releasing. Thus, the "dogs of war" are the ...
Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war" is a quotation from William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar (Act 3, Scene 1). The phrase "cry havoc" also appears in two other Shakespeare plays, Coriolanus (Act 3, Scene 1) and King John (Act 2, Scene 1). Cry havoc may refer to: Cry 'Havoc', a 1943 war drama; Cry Havoc (1981 board game)
In 1993’s Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, Deloris is called upon by Mother Superior (the late Maggie Smith) to slip back into her role as Sister Mary Clarence to help save St. Francis Academy ...
The official, who isn’t authorized to speak publicly about politics, said it follows other examples of prominent liberals’ refusing to give up power, including Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif ...
According to a Palm Beach Police arrest report, the man drove a Hyundai Kona, a small SUV, into a parking lot near Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club at about 9:15 p.m. Thursday and asked to speak with the ...