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In this passionate, poetic and darkly comic drama, a charismatic leader is given absolute freedom to challenge social convention in pursuit of personal obsession.Following the death of his beloved sister, Emperor Caligula deserts the Roman Assembly for three days and three nights. He returns with a single objective: to understand the meaning of life.Caligula, in this new translation by David Greig, was first presented at the Donmar Warehouse in April 2003.