Antony and Cleopatra

Shakespeare - Antony and Cleopatra

Origin/historic background

Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The premiere of the play was arround 1607 at the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre by the King's Men. Its first appearance in print was in the Folio of 1623.

The principal source for the story is an English translation of Plutarch's "Life of Mark Antony," from the Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Compared Together.

This story originated from Cleopatra VII., the last female Pharao who reigned Egypt at first with her Brother [Ptolemy XIII] and later with other male coregents and the marriage to the roman general Mark Antony

Characters

• Mark Antony – Roman general and one of the three joint leaders, or "triumvirs", who rule the Roman Republic after the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.
• Octavius Caesar – another triumvir
• Lepidus – another triumvir
• Cleopatra – Queen of Egypt
• Sextus Pompey – rebel against the triumvirate and son of the late Pompey

Plot

• This is probaply better
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