Dead Caesar

Dead Caesar
Ewen Leslie and Andrew Hansen in a scene from Dead Caesar
Written by	Chris Taylor
Based on	Julius Caesar
Date premiered	2007
Original language	English
Genre	Musical comedy, satire

Dead Caesar was a 2007 stage show written by Australian comedian Chris Taylor from The Chaser. The satirical show parodied Julius Caesar, a play by William Shakespeare.

Taylor was persuaded, while drunk, by Brendan Cowell, director of Wharf 2LOUD, to write a play. He ended up writing a parody of William Shakespeare's tragedy Julius Caesar.¹

The crew included Chaser member Andrew Hansen as composer of the music.²

• Director: Tamara Cook
• Music: Andrew Hansen
• Set Designer: Bruce McKinven
• Lighting: Stephen Hawker
• Choreographer: Raymond Mather

The main cast is as follow:²

• Caesar: Toby Moore
• Marc Antony: Andrew Hansen
• Lucius: Andrew Hansen
• Brutus: Ben Borgia
• Cassius: Ewen Leslie
• Cicero: Alan Dukes
• Calpurnia: Monica Sayers
• The Messenger: John Leary