JULIUS CAESAR,
           Roman statesman and general

    OCTAVIUS,
           Triumvir after Caesar's death,
         later Augustus Caesar,
           first emperor of Rome

    MARK ANTONY,
           general and friend of Caesar,
         a Triumvir after his death

    LEPIDUS,
           third member of the Triumvirate

    MARCUS BRUTUS,
           leader of
               the conspiracy against Caesar

    CASSIUS,
           instigator of the conspiracy

    CASCA,
            conspirator against Caesar

    TREBONIUS,
            conspirator against Caesar

    CAIUS LIGARIUS,
              conspirator against Caesar

    DECIUS BRUTUS,
            conspirator against Caesar

    METELLUS CIMBER,
             conspirator against Caesar

    CINNA,
            conspirator against Caesar

    CALPURNIA,
           wife of Caesar

    PORTIA,
           wife of Brutus

    CICERO,
               senator

    POPILIUS,
              senator

    POPILIUS LENA,
           senator

    FLAVIUS,
           tribune

    MARULLUS,
           tribune

    CATO,
            supportor of Brutus

    LUCILIUS,
             supportor of Brutus

    TITINIUS,
             supportor of Brutus

    MESSALA,
            supportor of Brutus

    VOLUMNIUS,
             supportor of Brutus

    ARTEMIDORUS,
           a teacher of rhetoric

    CINNA,
           a poet

    VARRO,
            servant to Brutus

    CLITUS,
            servant to Brutus

    CLAUDIO,
            servant to Brutus

    STRATO,
            servant to Brutus

    LUCIUS,
            servant to Brutus

    DARDANIUS,
             servant to Brutus

    PINDARUS,
           servant to Cassius

    The Ghost of Caesar

    A Soothsayer

    A Poet

    Senators,
           Citizens,
         Soldiers,
           Commoners,
         Messengers,
           and Servants

    SCENE:
        Rome,
           the conspirators' camp near Sardis,
         and the plains of Philippi.
 
  ACT I. SCENE I. Rome. A
       street.

    Enter Flavius,
           Marullus,
         and certain Commoners.

    FLAVIUS.

    Hence,
           home,
         you idle creatures,
           get you home.

    Is this a holiday?

    What,
           know you not,
         Being mechanical,
           you ought not walk
               Upon a laboring day
             without the sign
                   Of your profession?

    Speak,
           what trade art thou?

    FIRST COMMONER.

    Why,
           sir,
         a carpenter.

    MARULLUS.

    Where is thy leather apron
           and thy rule?

    What dost
         thou with
               thy best apparel on?

    You,
           sir,
         what trade are you?

    SECOND COMMONER.

    Truly,
           sir,
         in respect
               of a fine workman,
           I am but,
         as you would say,
           a cobbler.

    MARULLUS.

    But what trade art thou?

    Answer me directly.

    SECOND COMMONER.

    A trade,
           sir,
         that,
           I hope,
         I may
              use with a safe conscience,
           which is indeed,
         sir,