Antony and CleopatraPart of a series which reviews the plays of Shakespeare in the context of Shakespeare's life and times. Each play is summarized, using as much of the original text as possible. The main characters are described - their appearance, their personality and their motivation - and the illustrations display the characters in costume to help the reader relate to the times in which the play is set. This particular book looks at the play Antony and Cleopatra. |
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Act 1 Sci Act II Sc Act v Sc Actium Agrippa angry Antony agree Antony and Cleopatra Antony decides Antony's marriage army asks Athens Augustus Octavian brave brother Caesar and Antony Caesar says Caesar's triumph Charmian and Iras Cleopatra lived Cleopatra's palace Comedy of Errors Coriolanus crown death defeat describes Cleopatra drunk Egyptian queen Elizabeth Taylor Enobarbus Eros fear fight Fulvia gaudy night Globe Theatre guards Hamnet Henry honour inherit the throne Julius Caesar knows land battle legend Lepidus lets it bite lovers loves Antony Midsummer Night's Dream Octavia Octavius Caesar officers outlive Cleopatra plague play Plutarch Pompey pray Proculeius Ptolemies realises rebel republic return to Egypt Roman matron Roman world Rome ruler Sc ii Cleopatra Sc vii senators servants Shakespeare gives Shakespeare marries Shakespeare writes shame soldier soldier's kiss soothsayer talk tells Theatres closed thee throne of Egypt Thyreus Titus Andronicus tomb treasure triumvirate wife women