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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Page xiv
... looks to Enobarbus for support . Scene I Scene 2 Scene 3 A mysterious sound by night . Scene 4 An intimate moment : Cleopatra arms Antony . Scene 5 Antony hears of the defection of Enobarbus . Scene 6 Enobarbus learns of Antony's ...
... looks to Enobarbus for support . Scene I Scene 2 Scene 3 A mysterious sound by night . Scene 4 An intimate moment : Cleopatra arms Antony . Scene 5 Antony hears of the defection of Enobarbus . Scene 6 Enobarbus learns of Antony's ...
Page xvii
... Look , prithee , Charmian , How this Herculean Roman does become The carriage of his chafe ' . Her adjective is well - chosen , and Antony is stung : he had always encouraged the belief that his family was descended from Hercules , and ...
... Look , prithee , Charmian , How this Herculean Roman does become The carriage of his chafe ' . Her adjective is well - chosen , and Antony is stung : he had always encouraged the belief that his family was descended from Hercules , and ...
Page xviii
... looks down on Antony . But in the second portrait Caesar is looking up to a god figure on the highest Alps , one who ... look on ' . This has earned Caesar's admiration ( despite his having been ' be from Modena ' by Caesar's own forces ) ...
... looks down on Antony . But in the second portrait Caesar is looking up to a god figure on the highest Alps , one who ... look on ' . This has earned Caesar's admiration ( despite his having been ' be from Modena ' by Caesar's own forces ) ...
Page xxxvi
... look to the other stage door , where the dying Antony is carried in . For the next few minutes all is confusion : Antony , is helpless and immobile , must be hoisted up the monume reach Cleopatra , who is too scared to come down to him ...
... look to the other stage door , where the dying Antony is carried in . For the next few minutes all is confusion : Antony , is helpless and immobile , must be hoisted up the monume reach Cleopatra , who is too scared to come down to him ...
Page xxxix
... looks like sleep , As she would catch another Antony In her strong toil of grace . At last , it seems , Caesar can understand what it was that kept Antony from his Roman concerns . The excitement of Plutarch It's not easy to get ...
... looks like sleep , As she would catch another Antony In her strong toil of grace . At last , it seems , Caesar can understand what it was that kept Antony from his Roman concerns . The excitement of Plutarch It's not easy to get ...
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