Word: segaller
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Bailey says that he thinks that Segal sincerely wants his play to be historically accurate, "but since he's not a classical scholar, I wouldn't be surprised if there are certain elements of the play that aren't precise...
...Segal says that Bailey was especially helpful with those little details that you just can't find in history textbooks. "I wanted to know what the Romans did when they saw each other. Did they shake hands? Did they embrace?" Segal says Bailey explained to Segal that Romans would join their right hands but this was not an everyday occurence...
Over the last two years, Bailey met with Segal a number of times, and recently also met with the actor who will portray Marcus Tullius Cicero, the star of the show...
...Segal says he went to Bailey "to see that the history was accurate in its essentials." He says, "I wasn't concerned with every single factual detail, but I was concerned that overall it was accurate in tone...
...Segal got the idea for writing the play when he read Cicero for his own edification. "It occurred to me that the end of his life was a ready-made tragic drama," Segal says...