Dead Caesar

Dead Caesar
Written by	Chris Taylor
Medium	Stage
Genre	Musical Comedy/Satire
Performers	Toby Moore Andrew Hansen Ben Borgia Ewen Leslie Alan Dukes Monica Sayers John Leary
Music	Andrew Hansen
Original Run	2007
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Related shows	Cirque du Chaser The Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour

Dead Caesar was a 2007 stage show written by Australian comedian Chris Taylor from The Chaser. The satirical show parodied Julius Caesar, a play by William Shakespeare.

Production

Taylor was persuaded, while drunk, by Brendan Cowell, director of Wharf 2LOUD, to write a play. He ended up writing a parody of William Shakespeare's tragedy Julius Caesar.^[1]

Cast and crew

Ewen Leslie and Andrew Hansen in a scene from Dead Caesar.

The crew included Chaser member Andrew Hansen as composer of the music.^[2]

• Director: Tamara Cook
• Music: Andrew Hansen
• Set Designer: Bruce McKinven
• Lighting: Stephen Hawker

The main cast is as follow:^[2]

• Caesar: Toby Moore
• Marc Antony: Andrew Hansen
• Lucius: Andrew Hansen
• Brutus: Ben Borgia
• Cassius: Ewen Leslie
• Cicero: Alan Dukes
• Calpurnia: Monica Sayers
• The Messenger: John Leary

See also

• Assassination of Julius Caesar

References

1. Taylor, Andrew (29 January 2007). "Dead Caesar - Arts Review". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
2. "David Kary's Review Gallery". Retrieved 16 January 2008.^{[permanent dead link‍]}