Many will know about Beethoven's deafness, or be aware of the seizures of Julius Caesar - possibly due to epilepsy.

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In the meantime, for the grown-ups there's the new "Julius Caesar" at BAM.

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Michael Billington in The Guardian described Lloyd's Julius Caesar as "witty, liberating and inventive" and said it tapped into the anti-authoritarian instinct that runs through the play.

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