Damian Lewis as Antony in Julius Caesar: ’Friends, Romans, countrymen’ | Shakespeare Solos

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Damian Lewis performs Antony’s lines from Act III, Scene 2 of Julius Caesar. Antony has been granted permission to speak at Caesar’s funeral so long as he does not implicate the conspirators in his death, but he skilfully turns the crowd against them. Subscribe to Guardian Culture ► Support the Guardian ► Today in Focus podcast ► The Guardian YouTube network: The Guardian ► Guardian News ► Owen Jones talks ► Guardian Football ► Guardian Sport ►