. -- anas nateed. that -- assassinated. that made me read the play in a completely different way.ck me that in a way it's a my that speaks to african in a particular and potent way, particularly in the last 50 years since the country has begun to gain their independence. i think looking at how many times rulers have come to power on a wave of popularity, they've been overthrown in a vicious military coupe and that has plunges the country into civil war, well that's the plot of julius caesar. >> rose: yes. >> we were doing a bit of work on the play a year before we rehearsed it first. while we were doing this work the arab spring was unfolding throughout north africa. the big question was not are they going to assassinate can a daf by but what happened -- qaddafi but what happens next? the play has a reputation for being a bit of a dying fool after caesar is assassinated. the one thing we know it's that caesar is assassinated. it's the single fact of the pagan world, i guess. the big urgent question is what happens next? the african setting, i hope has allowed us to illuminate that