Caesar at the Rubicon: A Play About Politics

by Theodore H. White

Drama, Plays, Theatre, Literature, Reading, Learning

Genres: Plays

Textbook Binding

Published January 1, 1978

About the author

Theodore Harold White was an American political journalist, historian, and novelist, best known for his accounts of the 1960, 1964, 1968, and 1972 presidential elections.
White became one of Time magazine's first foreign correspondents, serving in East Asia and later as a European correspondent. He is best known for his accounts of two presidential elections, The Making of the President, 1960 (1961, Pulitzer Prize) and The Making of the President, 1964 (1965), and for associating the short-lived presidency of John F. Kennedy with the legend of Camelot. His intimate style of journalism, centring on the personalities of his subjects, strongly influenced the course of political journalism and campaign coverage.

Reviews

[Burt]

A small play originally published in 1968, and performed at the Mccarter Theater in 1972, as I recall. The play remains relevant today and White's insights are spot on. Of tremendous value is his Epilogue which offers a view of White's time on the character, accomplishments, and motivations of Caesar. I'm glad that this summer was the summer of reading about Rome and the it brought me back to this gem.

[Ann]

Theodore White was an American political journalist, historian, and novelist, best known for his accounts of the presidential elections of the 1960s.
I am a fan of White's and a political junkie. This did not disappoint.
It is a portrait of a man in his strength and complexity, both as a victim and practitioner of politics. It is also a study of the getting and using of power. This Rome is as much now as then.

[Gini]

Although I came away thinking Teddy White is a much more outstanding writer of non-fiction than he is of plays (there's little action. places where the dialogue feels too blatantly expository , and this is unlikely to interest anyone without a little knowledge of Roman history) -- he certainly knows his Caesar. His epilogue is fascinating.