Antony and CleopatraWritten about 1606-7, this tragedy presents Mark Antony, the great Roman soldier and noble prince, at Alexandria, where his fatal passion for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra is in full bloom. Recalled to Rome upon the death of his wife Fulvia, he appeases Octavius Caesar by marrying Octavia, Caesar's sister. But the reconciliation between the two warriors is brife, and Antony returns to Egypt where the play's climax unfolds with the battle of Actium and its immediate aftermath. |
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The Date and Style of the Play | 10 |
The Play and Roman History | 19 |
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Actium Agrippa ALEXANDRIA Alexas Antony and Cleopatra Antony's Arden edition battle battle of Actium Brutus Cæsar Canidius character Charmian Cydnus dead death Dercetas Dolabella Dover Wilson dramatist drink editors Egypt Egyptian Elizabethan emendation Enobarbus Enter ANTONY Enter CLEOPATRA Eros Euphronius Exeunt Exit eyes farewell favour fight follow fortune friends Fulvia give gods grace Granville-Barker Guard hand hath hear heart honour imagery Iras Julius Caesar kings kiss lady Lepidus look lord lovers Macbeth madam Mardian Mark Antony married master means Mecanas Menas Messenger mistress never noble North Octavia Othello Parthians perhaps phrase play Plutarch poet poetry Pompey pray Proculeius queen Roman Rome Scarus scene seems Seleucus sense servant Sextus Pompeius Shake Shakespeare Soldier Soothsayer speak stage stand sword tell thee There's Thidias thine thing thou hast thought triumvirs unto Ventidius woman women words