Tuesday 9 April 15:00 Film Julius Caesar, 1953, 121 min., directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, (with English subtitles). An epic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation of the play. The film stars Marlon Brando as Mark Antony, Thursday 11 April James Mason as Brutus, John Gielgud as Cassius, 14:30 Public Reading of Act Three in the play Louis Calhern as Julius Caesar, Edmond O’Brien as Julius Caesar Casca, Greer Garson as Calpurnia, and Deborah Kerr Public reading of Act III in the Play Julius Caesar as Portia. open to schools and Library members. While we read primarily in English, readers are welcome to read Wednesday 10 April aloud in other languages. Cultural Programme 17:00 Afternoon Tea in the Harold Acton Library 18:00 Lecture in English Simon Gammell, Killing Caesar Friday 12 April Simon Gammell is the Director of The British 9:15-17:15 The IASEMS Graduate Conference Institute of Florence. He studied History and English at the British Institute of Florence Florence at Cambridge before training as a teacher at the “Enter the Crowd” University of London. Soon after graduating, he This year’s conference focuses on the theme of moved to Florence and taught at the British Institute for Mass Communication in Early Modern England. two years. During that time he established an Anglo- The IASEMS Graduate Conference at The British Italian theatre group in Florence, before returning to Institute in Florence is a one day interdisciplinary and the UK to train and work as a Theatre Director for a bilingual English Italian forum open to PhD students number of years. and researchers. 20:00 Film Cesare deve morire, 2012, 74 min., directed by Paolo Tuesday 9 - Friday 12 April and Vittorio Taviani, (with English subtitles). Art exhibition Students in grade 7 and 8 from the International School of Florence will be producing artwork inspired by scenes and characters from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, with a modern art twist. The work will be exhibited in the British Institute library during Shakespeare week.

All events take place at the Harold Acton Library, Lungarno Guicciardini 9, Firenze. Membership of the Harold Acton Library is required for the events on Wednesday 10 April.