Caesar (Mercury Theatre)

Caesar
Orson Welles as Marcus Brutus
Written by	William Shakespeare (play) Orson Welles (adaptation)
Date premiered	November 11, 1937 (1937-11-11)
Place premiered	Mercury Theatre, New York City, New York
Original language	English
Genre	Tragedy

Caesar is the title of Orson Welles's innovative 1937 adaptation of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, a modern-dress bare-stage production that evoked comparison to contemporary Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. Considered Welles's highest achievement in the theatre, it premiered November 11, 1937, as the first production of the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented an acclaimed series of productions on Broadway through 1941.