Julius Caesar: Original text and facing-pages translation into contemporary English

Taking the mystery out of Shakespeare - not the magic: This translation of JULIUS CAESAR into contemporary English, alongside the original text, has modernized the difficult passages and expressions which used to make Shakespeare's language a challenge. This unique translation is not a literal-minded prose version. On the contrary, it retains the feel and the rhythm of the original, letting the reader experience the play in the same enjoyable way an Elizabethan audience did. The text is immediately clear to today's readers, making those tedious footnotes unnecessary. A glossary of place names and mythological references is included. A separate teacher's manual is available, ISBN 1885564058.

Jonnie Patricia Mobley, Ph.D., editor and translator of the "Access to Shakespeare" series, has taught theatre and drama at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, California, and has directed the community theater there.

Because of her extensive theatrical experience, Dr. Mobley is familiar with the hesitation of modern readers to "tackle" Shakespeare. She recognized a great need to make it easier for students and adults alike to understand obscure words and phrases in JULIUS CAESAR. This, in turn, gave rise to the creation of the translation into contemporary English.

Jonnie Patricia Mobley is also the author of "MANUAL for Julius Caesar: Original text and facing-pages translation into contemporary English" (ISBN 1885564058), "Play Production Today" (ISBN 0844257753), and "The Dictionary of Theatre and Drama Terms" ( ISBN 0844253332).