Assassination of Julius Caesar

In ancient Rome, Julius Caesar's growing power unsettles men close to him, while Portia warns of danger tied to the Ides of March.

From CBS Radio Mystery Theater comes The Murder of Caesar, episode 1,121, first heard September 24, 1980.

G. Frederick Lewis wrote this historical drama of Caesar's final days in 44 BCE, directed and produced by Hyman Brown, with Paul Hecht, Earl Hammond, Joan Shay, and Gordon Gould.

Brutus, Cassius, Caesar, and those around them confront competing loyalties, fears, and arguments as Rome faces a political crisis.

I have seen what can happen tomorrow.

On the Ides of March.

Our drama, The Murder of Caesar, based on the contemporary accounts of Plutarch, Cicero, and Suetonius, was prepared for the Mystery Theater by G. Frederick Lewis and stars Paul Hecht and Earl Hammond.

I'll be back shortly with Act One.

The republic the conspirators claimed to defend never returned in its former form.

The assassination of Julius Caesar remains one of history's greatest examples of political miscalculation.

The conspirators succeeded in killing their target, but they failed to achieve their larger objective.

And perhaps the most enduring lesson of Caesar's assassination is that removing a powerful leader is not the same as changing the system that made his rise possible.