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and his failed attempts to save the Roman
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The cycle consists of six plays, each roughly one hour long, performed in two groups of three, all narrated by Cicero's slave and later freedman
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in 70 BC but mainly runs from Cicero's election campaign for consul in 64 BC until his exile in 58 BC, adapting material from the end of
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John
Dougall - Rabirius (Part I) / Metellus Pius (Part I) / Lucullus (Part I) / Brutus (Part II)
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Christopher Saul - Pompey (Part I) / Murena (Part I) / Vatia (Part II)
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Burgess - Verres (Part I) / Sura (Part I) / Lepidus (Part II)
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Redmond - Terentia (Parts I and II) / Servilia (Part II)
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Knowles - Cethegus (Part I) / Dolabella (Parts I and II)
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is a stage adaptation of the Cicero trilogy of novels by
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from 16 November 2017 to 10 February 2018, directed by
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Michael Grady-Hall - Cato (Part I) / Hirtius (Part II)
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Hywel Morgan - Hybrida (Part I) / Popillius (Part II)
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Joe Dixon - Catiline (Part I) / Mark Antony (Part II)
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Boulton - Celer (Part I) / Cassius (Part II)
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Patrick Romer - Isauricus (Part I) / Piso (Part II)
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611:David Nicolle - Crassus (Part I) / Pansa (Part II)
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236:in 48 BC, followed by a summing-up of the recent
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563:- Lictor (Part I) / Gladiator 1 (Part II)
216:The second group adapts the remainder of
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296:- Sositheus, Cicero's slave (Part I) /
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385:- Tiro, Cicero's slave and secretary
463:, Cicero's wife (Parts I and II) /
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160:from 14 June to 8 September 2018.
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249:afterlife in words from his own
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777:Cultural depictions of Catiline
757:Plays set in the 1st century BC
575:Peter de Jersey - Julius Caesar
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527:, Mark Antony's wife (Part II)
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822:Cultural depictions of Pompey
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347:, Chief Pontiff (Part I) /
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128:). It was premiered by the
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220:into three plays entitled
103:Imperium: The Cicero Plays
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21:Imperium: The Cicero Plays
762:Plays set in ancient Rome
709:"Imperium I: Conspirator"
658:"Imperium Parts I and II"
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425:, Caesar's wife (Part II)
259:Cast (premier production)
130:Royal Shakespeare Company
300:, Cicero's son (Part II)
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605:Richard McCabe - Cicero
351:, patrician (Part I) /
421:- Camilla (Part I) /
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593:Joseph Kloska - Tiro
176:Part I - Conspirator
590:Paul Kemp - Quintus
572:Jade Croot - Tullia
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264:Nicholas Boulton -
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359:Michael Grady-Hall
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537:(Part I) /
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477:(Part I) /
435:(Part I) /
419:Lily Nichol
365:(Part I) /
331:Mark Antony
329:(Part I) /
282:(Part I) /
276:Guy Burgess
737:2017 plays
731:Categories
667:22 January
643:References
304:Jade Croot
61:2017-11-16
36:Characters
26:Written by
662:The Stage
489:Caeparius
475:Isauricus
423:Calpurnia
397:Dolabella
373:Paul Kemp
333:(Part II)
323:Joe Dixon
238:Civil War
234:Pharsalus
144:and with
465:Servilia
461:Terentia
405:- Cicero
393:Cethegus
349:Lucullus
341:Rabirius
327:Catiline
230:Octavian
218:Dictator
206:Dictator
198:Imperium
186:Catiline
125:Dictator
113:Imperium
715:1 March
539:Calenus
535:Catulus
493:Decimus
451:Agrippa
447:Clodius
433:Crassus
413:Hybrida
377:Quintus
367:Hirtius
288:Lepidus
270:Cassius
202:Lustrum
190:Clodius
132:at the
119:Lustrum
92:Setting
87:English
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525:Fulvia
521:Clodia
507:Murena
503:Pompey
353:Brutus
308:Tullia
298:Marcus
280:Verres
222:Caesar
182:Cicero
158:London
150:Cicero
40:Cicero
511:Vatia
437:Pansa
266:Celer
717:2022
695:2018
669:2018
479:Piso
363:Cato
284:Sura
228:and
188:and
170:Tiro
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