Antony and Cleopatra

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Antony and Cleopatra is a Shakespearean tragedy dramatizing the passionate and politically fraught relationship between the Roman triumvir Mark Antony and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean tragedy
play
tragedy
author William Shakespeare
basedOn Plutarch's Life of Mark Antony
Plutarch's Lives
containsCharacter Agrippa
linked to: Agrippa II

Alexas
Charmian
Cleopatra
linked to: Cleopatra VII

Diomedes
Dolabella
Enobarbus
linked to: Aenobarbus

Eros
Iras
Lepidus
Mardian
Mark Antony
Menas
Octavia
Octavius Caesar
Pompey
linked to: Pompey the Great

Proculeius
Scarus
Seleucus
linked to: Seleucus I Nicator

Soothsayer
Thyreus
Ventidius
dramaticFocus relationship between Mark Antony and Cleopatra
dramaticStructure five-act play
ending death of Cleopatra
death of Mark Antony
firstPublicationDate 1623
firstPublishedIn First Folio
form verse drama
genre historical drama
tragedy
historicalEventDepicted Battle of Actium
historicalFigureDepicted Cleopatra VII Philopator
linked to: Cleopatra VII

Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus
linked to: Augustus

Mark Antony
historicalPeriodDepicted final years of the Roman Republic
language English
literaryCanonStatus major Shakespearean tragedy
literaryMovement Elizabethan and Jacobean drama
literaryPeriod English Renaissance
mainCharacter Charmian
Cleopatra
linked to: Cleopatra VII

Enobarbus
linked to: Aenobarbus

Iras
Lepidus
Mark Antony
Octavius Caesar
Pompey
linked to: Pompey the Great
periodOfComposition circa 1606–1607
placeOfFirstPublication London
linked to: London, England
politicalContextDepicted struggle for control of the Roman world
setting Alexandria, Egypt
Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
theme East–West cultural conflict
empire and power
honor and betrayal
identity and performance
love and politics
verseForm blank verse

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William Shakespeare notableWork Antony and Cleopatra
Mark Antony portrayedInWork Antony and Cleopatra
Shakespearean tragedies includesWork Antony and Cleopatra
Cleopatra VII portrayedInWork William Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra"
linked to: Antony and Cleopatra
Samuel Barber notableWork Antony and Cleopatra
First Folio of Shakespeare containsWork Antony and Cleopatra
Works of William Shakespeare includesWork Antony and Cleopatra
subject linked to: works of William Shakespeare
King's Men performedWork Antony and Cleopatra
A Game of Chess alludesTo Antony and Cleopatra
Sophie Okonedo notableWork Antony and Cleopatra
Parallel Lives notableInfluencedWork Antony and Cleopatra
Roman Lives influencedWork Antony and Cleopatra (play)
linked to: Antony and Cleopatra
Vivien Leigh performedIn Antony and Cleopatra (stage production)
subject linked to: Vivian Mary Hartley
linked to: Antony and Cleopatra
Gregory Doran notableWork RSC production of Antony and Cleopatra
linked to: Antony and Cleopatra