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...collapse of Amin's forces spread, Kampala announced that ex-servicemen, policemen and even prison officials were being thrown into the regime's defense. Amin appealed to the Organization of African Unity to persuade Tanzania's President Julius Nyerere to call off his invasion. But the OAU leaders, meeting in Kenya, made only a halfhearted attempt to do so. They seemed to agree with Milton Obote, whom Amin overthrew as Uganda's President in 1971. In Tanzania, where he has been living in exile, Obote declared, "Now is the time for Amin to pay the price...
Finally, in early February, Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, fed up with repeated territorial squabbles with Amin, announced that he had ordered his forces "to cross the border and fight inside Uganda if Amin tries to invade Tanzania again." Says a Ugandan exile leader: "That was taken by us to be the signal that the onslaught...
...series begins with Julius Caesar, then continues with As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, Richard II and Measure for Measure, ending April 25 with Henry VIII. The plays are being produced by the BBC with Time-Life Television, which is putting up more than 25% of the $14 million cost...
Another standout is Charles Gray, who plays the title role in Julius Caesar. Gray shows the fatuousness and vanity of the man, as well as his greatness. His Caesar could as easily be the chairman of some conglomerate as dictator of the Roman world. When the Ides of March finally arrive for him, Director Herbert Wise has the conspirators slowly circle around him, like snarling dogs around a tired stag. It is a shockingly intense scene and, as he is struck by Brutus, his favorite, Caesar clutches and almost kisses him, uttering a scarcely audible "Et tu, Brute...
That is what happens in the current instance. Despite its title, Julius Caesar is Brutus' play. It is the tragedy of a philosopher-saint. From the beginning, he is morally wary of Cassius' insinuative efforts to draw him into a conspiracy against Caesar. Yet his love for Rome renders him vulnerable. He asks Cassius to speak openly...