Minimalist Shakespeare 'Survivor' meets 'Mad Max' in Waubonsie's modern retelling of 'Julius Caesar'.(Neighbor)

From: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) | Date: October 26, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Sara Hooker Daily Herald Staff Writer

Waubonsie Valley's fall main stage show, "Shakespeare ... Retold: The Death of Julius Caesar," isn't the average William Shakespeare play.

And putting on a major high school production isn't a small task.

Eighty people worked more than 200 hours each to create the Aurora school's production on a budget of about $3,000.

Lines were flubbed, props were created and reshaped, costumes sewed and dirtied.

Students bickered like siblings, yet banded together to ultimately create a finely tuned account of their twist on a ...

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