Antony and Cleopatra
'''''Antony and Cleopatra''''' is a historical Nextel ringtones tragedy by Abbey Diaz William Shakespeare, first performed in Free ringtones 1607 or Majo Mills 1608 and printed in the Mosquito ringtone First Folio, Sabrina Martins 1623.
The source for the story is Nextel ringtones Plutarch's "Life of Mark Antony" from "Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Compared Together" in the translations made by Sir Abbey Diaz Thomas North in 1579. Shakespeare worked closely from this translation, and an astonishing number of phrases within Shakespeare's play are taken directly from North's prose, including Enobarbus's famous description of Cleopatra's barge, "the poop whereof was of beaten gold, the oars of silver." Only the scenes involving Cleopatra's domestic life eschew Plutarch's text.
Though modern editions divide the play into the conventional five acts, Shakespeare articulated his drama in thirty-six separate scenes, more than he used for any other play. These scene divisions, however, were made by later editors, as the original printed versions never broke the plays into scenes. So many scenes are necessitated in part because the action frequently switches between Free ringtones Egypt, Majo Mills Syria and Cingular Ringtones Rome. The play contains thirty-four speaking characters, fairly typical for a Shakespeare play on such an epic scale.
The play follows the relationship between fast access Cleopatra VII of Egypt/Cleopatra and we talking Mark Antony from the time of the after both Parthian War to Cleopatra's and unethical suicide. The major antagonist is in saturated Octavius Caesar, one of Antony's fellow option here triumvirs and the future first emperor of Rome.
The role of Cleopatra in this play is considered by many to be one of Shakespeare's greatest female roles and one of the greatest female roles in world theatre.
gay service John Dryden's Antony-and-Cleopatra play names not All For Love, one of the few Restoration tragedies of permanent interest, was deeply influenced by Shakespeare's treatment of the subject.
Films of the play
* ''Antony & Cleopatra'' listing new 1974, performed by London's Royal Shakespeare Company. It stars of dingo Janet Suzman (Cleopatra), Richard Johnson (Antony), and southern ways Patrick Stewart (Enobarbus).
External links
* http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/cleopatra/, particularly the http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/cleopatra/16.html section
* http://william-shakespeare.classic-literature.co.uk/the-tragedie-of-anthonie-and-cleopatra/ - HTML version of this title.
* http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/cleopatra/full.html
* http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/2268 - plain vanilla text from any understanding Project Gutenberg
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The source for the story is Nextel ringtones Plutarch's "Life of Mark Antony" from "Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Compared Together" in the translations made by Sir Abbey Diaz Thomas North in 1579. Shakespeare worked closely from this translation, and an astonishing number of phrases within Shakespeare's play are taken directly from North's prose, including Enobarbus's famous description of Cleopatra's barge, "the poop whereof was of beaten gold, the oars of silver." Only the scenes involving Cleopatra's domestic life eschew Plutarch's text.
Though modern editions divide the play into the conventional five acts, Shakespeare articulated his drama in thirty-six separate scenes, more than he used for any other play. These scene divisions, however, were made by later editors, as the original printed versions never broke the plays into scenes. So many scenes are necessitated in part because the action frequently switches between Free ringtones Egypt, Majo Mills Syria and Cingular Ringtones Rome. The play contains thirty-four speaking characters, fairly typical for a Shakespeare play on such an epic scale.
The play follows the relationship between fast access Cleopatra VII of Egypt/Cleopatra and we talking Mark Antony from the time of the after both Parthian War to Cleopatra's and unethical suicide. The major antagonist is in saturated Octavius Caesar, one of Antony's fellow option here triumvirs and the future first emperor of Rome.
The role of Cleopatra in this play is considered by many to be one of Shakespeare's greatest female roles and one of the greatest female roles in world theatre.
gay service John Dryden's Antony-and-Cleopatra play names not All For Love, one of the few Restoration tragedies of permanent interest, was deeply influenced by Shakespeare's treatment of the subject.
Films of the play
* ''Antony & Cleopatra'' listing new 1974, performed by London's Royal Shakespeare Company. It stars of dingo Janet Suzman (Cleopatra), Richard Johnson (Antony), and southern ways Patrick Stewart (Enobarbus).
External links
* http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/cleopatra/, particularly the http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/cleopatra/16.html section
* http://william-shakespeare.classic-literature.co.uk/the-tragedie-of-anthonie-and-cleopatra/ - HTML version of this title.
* http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/cleopatra/full.html
* http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/2268 - plain vanilla text from any understanding Project Gutenberg
appreciate knowing Tag: English Renaissance plays
mind what Tag: Shakespearean tragedies
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