PrologueEnter Chorus, robed, scroll in hand.ChorusHere Rome is shown, not in her marble pride,but weary, fracturing, winter-bound.A crown of laurel on a scholar’s brow—too heavy for one head, too light to save a world.See Marcus, emperor in name, philosopher in truth;Cassius, soldier with cunning as his creed;Faustina, wife who would be love’s bold trumpet;and a … [Read more...] about The Philosopher King: Shakespeare’s Imagined Play