Antony And Cleopatra

by William Shakespeare

Overview

Antony And Cleopatra
by William Shakespeare

"Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, originally printed in the First Folio of 1623.

The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Life of Mark Antony, follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the time of the Parthian War to Cleopatra's suicide. The major antagonist is Octavius Caesar, one of Antony's fellow triumvirs and the future first emperor of Rome. The tragedy is a Roman play characterized by swift, panoramic shifts in geographical locations and in registers, alternating between sensual, imaginative Alexandria and the more pragmatic, austere Rome. Many consider the role of Cleopatra in this play one of the most complex female roles in Shakespeare's work. She is frequently vain and histrionic, provoking an audience almost to scorn; at the same time, Shakespeare's efforts invest both her and Antony with tragic grandeur. These contradictory features have led to famously divided critical responses."

Other Titles of William Shakespeare Books

1. Alls Well That Ends Well
2. As You Like It
3. Comedy of Errors
4. Coriolanus
5. Cymbeline
6. Hamlet
7. Julius Caeser
8. King Henry the Fourth Part I
9. King Henry the Eighth
10. King Henry the Fifth
11. King Henry the Fourth Part II
12. King Henry The Sixth Part I
13. King Henry The Sixth Part II
14. King Henry the Sixth Part III
15. King John
16. King Lear
17. King Richard the Second
18. King Richard the Third
19. Loves Labour Lost
20. Macbeth
21. A Lovers Complaint
22. Measure for Measure
23. Merchant of Venice
24. Merry Wives of Windsor
25. Midsummers' Night Dream
26. Much Ado About Nothing
27. Othello
28. Pericles Prince of Tyre
29. Rape of Lucrece
30. Romeo and Juliet
31. Sonnets
32. Taming of the Shrew
33. Tempest
34. The Winter's Tale
35. Timon of Athens
36. Titus Andronicus
37. Troilus and Cressida
38. Twelfth Night
39. Two Gentlemen of Verona
40. Two Noble Kinsmen
41. Venus and Adonis

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Product Details

BN ID:	2940012018694
Publisher:	Apps Publisher
Publication date:	01/05/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	721 KB

About the Author

Widely esteemed as the greatest writer in the English language, William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an actor and theatrical producer in addition to writing plays and sonnets. Dubbed "The Bard of Avon," Shakespeare oversaw the building of the Globe Theatre in London, where a number of his plays were staged, the best-known of which include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth. The First Folio, a printed book of 36 of his comedies, tragedies, and history plays, was published in 1623.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom