Antony and CleopatraThis exclusive collection of the Bard's works has been designed specifically for readers new to Shakespeare's rich literary legacy. Each of the plays is presented unabridged and in large print, copiously annotated and preceded by a character summary and commentary. Brief scene synopses clarify confusing plots, while incisive essays describe the historical context and Shakespeare's sources. The explanatory notes are written clearly and simply, illustrated, and positioned right next to the text -- no more flipping pages back and forth to squint over microscopic footnotes! Topics for further discussion, critical comments, related essays, and a chronology of Shakespeare's life and work are included among the appendices to each volume. The books boast fine black-and-white photographs of stagings of the plays at Shakespeare Festivals around the globe. From the wide margins and big print to the extent of explanatory notes -- the full text of each play is presented in the clearest and most accessible format available. |
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... action Antony and Cleopatra : commentary The excitement of Plutarch Shakespeare's Verse vii ix xi xiii ➢ ་ ཋ ཝ ཨ ་ ཋ ་ བྷྲ ཎི ༞ བྷྲ རྞེ ཏྭཱ xl xliii xlv Source , Date , and Text Characters in the Play xlvi Antony and Cleopatra I ...
... action Antony and Cleopatra : commentary The excitement of Plutarch Shakespeare's Verse vii ix xi xiii ➢ ་ ཋ ཝ ཨ ་ ཋ ་ བྷྲ ཎི ༞ བྷྲ རྞེ ཏྭཱ xl xliii xlv Source , Date , and Text Characters in the Play xlvi Antony and Cleopatra I ...
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... actions , they have a magnetism that is irresistible . Their performances , their achievements , their lifestyles compel our attention , and their influence lifts us above the routine of our own daily lives and humdrum surroundings ...
... actions , they have a magnetism that is irresistible . Their performances , their achievements , their lifestyles compel our attention , and their influence lifts us above the routine of our own daily lives and humdrum surroundings ...
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... action of Antony and Cleopatra begins a year or two later , and ends with the suicides of its two protagonists in 30 BC . Under the ' Second Triumvirate ' , the Roman empire was divided between three dictators : Caesar was in command of ...
... action of Antony and Cleopatra begins a year or two later , and ends with the suicides of its two protagonists in 30 BC . Under the ' Second Triumvirate ' , the Roman empire was divided between three dictators : Caesar was in command of ...
Page xii
... to associate deserter with Judas Iscariot , the traitor ( traditionally port with red hair and beard ) who betrayed Jesus and who committed suicide . Synopsis of the action Scene I Scene 2 Act I xii Leading Characters in the Play.
... to associate deserter with Judas Iscariot , the traitor ( traditionally port with red hair and beard ) who betrayed Jesus and who committed suicide . Synopsis of the action Scene I Scene 2 Act I xii Leading Characters in the Play.
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William Shakespeare Roma Gill. Synopsis of the action Scene I Scene 2 Act I Roman leader becomes Egyptian playboy . The recall to Rome . Scene 3 Antony must leave Cleopatra . Scene 4 Scene 5 Roman reproaches ; Caesar demands action . The ...
William Shakespeare Roma Gill. Synopsis of the action Scene I Scene 2 Act I Roman leader becomes Egyptian playboy . The recall to Rome . Scene 3 Antony must leave Cleopatra . Scene 4 Scene 5 Roman reproaches ; Caesar demands action . The ...
Contents
I | 1 |
III | 3 |
IV | 11 |
V | 16 |
VI | 19 |
VII | 23 |
IX | 25 |
X | 34 |
XXV | 76 |
XXVI | 79 |
XXVII | 82 |
XXVIII | 83 |
XXIX | 93 |
XXXI | 94 |
XXXII | 96 |
XXXIII | 98 |
XI | 36 |
XII | 37 |
XIII | 42 |
XIV | 48 |
XV | 55 |
XVII | 57 |
XVIII | 61 |
XIX | 63 |
XX | 65 |
XXI | 66 |
XXII | 70 |
XXIII | 75 |
XXXIV | 100 |
XXXV | 101 |
XXXVI | 102 |
XXXVII | 104 |
XXXVIII | 106 |
XXXIX | 107 |
XL | 108 |
XLI | 111 |
XLII | 112 |
XLIII | 123 |
XLV | 126 |
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Common terms and phrases
Act 4 Scene Actium Agrippa Alexandria Alexas Antony and Cleopatra Antony Cleopatra Antony's audience battle battle of Actium brother Caesar and Antony Caesarion Canidius characters Charmian Cleopatra Antony dead death Dercetus Diomedes Dolabella drink Egypt Egyptian Enobarbus Enter Antony enter Cleopatra Eros Eros Antony eunuch Events in history Exeunt Act Exit eyes Farewell fight follow fortune friends Fulvia give gods Guard hand hath hear heart honour horse i'th Iras Julius Caesar kings leave Lepidus live look lord madam Maecenas Marcus Crassus Mardian Mark Antony married Menas Messenger Cleopatra never noble o'th Octavia Octavius Caesar Parthia peace play Plutarch Pompey Pompey's pray Proculeius queen Roman Rome Scarus Scene 13 Seleucus Servant Sextus Pompeius Shakespeare Soldier Soothsayer speak stage sword tell thee There's Thidias thine thou hast thought triumph triumvirs trumpets Ventidius whilst wife woman words