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
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linked to: Antony and Cleopatra
Octavius Caesar → appearsInWork → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
Eros → appearsInWork → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
Eros → appearsInAct → Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV ⓘ
linked to: Antony and Cleopatra
Eros → appearsInAct → Antony and Cleopatra, Act V ⓘ
linked to: Antony and Cleopatra
Eros → diesInWork → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
Proculeius → appearsIn → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
Proculeius → appearsInAct → Antony and Cleopatra, Act V ⓘ
linked to: Antony and Cleopatra
Charmian → appearsIn → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
Charmian → firstAppearance → Antony and Cleopatra, Act I ⓘ
linked to: Antony and Cleopatra
Iras → appearsIn → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
Dolabella → appearsIn → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
Menas → appearsIn → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
Menas → appearsInAct → Act II of Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
linked to: Antony and Cleopatra
Soothsayer (Antony and Cleopatra) → appearsIn → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
subject linked to: Soothsayer
Thyreus → appearsIn → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
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linked to: Antony and Cleopatra
Scarus → appearsIn → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
Scarus → appearsInAct → Act III of Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
linked to: Antony and Cleopatra
Scarus → appearsInAct → Act IV of Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
linked to: Antony and Cleopatra
Scarus → workTitle → The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
linked to: Antony and Cleopatra
Ventidius → appearsIn → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
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linked to: Antony and Cleopatra
Alexas → appearsIn → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
Alexas → firstAppearanceIn → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
Mardian → appearsIn → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
Mardian → appearsInAct → Act II of Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
linked to: Antony and Cleopatra
Mardian → appearsInAct → Act IV of Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
linked to: Antony and Cleopatra
All for Love → basedOn → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
Philip Quast → notableWork → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
Zulfiqar → basedOn → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
Sinéad Cusack → notableWork → Antony and Cleopatra (stage production) ⓘ
linked to: Antony and Cleopatra
Sir Peter Hall → directed → Antony and Cleopatra (stage production) ⓘ
linked to: Antony and Cleopatra
Frescoes in the Palazzo Labia, Venice → depicts → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
Janet Suzman → notableWork → Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
Janet Suzman → notableRole → Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
linked to: Antony and Cleopatra