Antony & Cleopatra - William Shakespeare

First performed in around 1607, Antony and Cleopatra was printed as part of the First Folio in 1623, titled as The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra.Set in the republic of Rome and the Egypt of the Ptolemies, the play tells of the passion of the Roman general Mark Antony for Cleopatra, Egypt's extraordinary queen and one of Shakespeare's most complex female characters. As politics enters the life they have created together, both are forced to reflect on whether love or duty is more important. The... Zobrazit více