Antony and Cleopatra
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Paperback English
By (author) William Shakespeare , Introduction by Rene Weis


Categories: Shakespeare Plays Drama


Shakespeares play is death-haunted from the start, and its self-glorifying lovers exist in a dream of passion Guardian

A battle-hardened soldier, Antony is one of the three leaders of the Roman world. But he is also a man in the grip of an all-consuming passion for the tempestuous and alluring queen of Egypt, Cleopatra. And when their life of pleasure together is threatened by encroaching politics, the conflict between love and duty has devastating consequences. A tragic drama of love and loss, sex and power, told in language of poetic sublimity, Antony and Cleopatra is one of Shakespeares supreme imaginative achievements.

Used and Recommended by the National Theatre

General Editor Stanley Wells
Edited by Emrys Jones
Introduction by Rene Weis


Product details

Format Paperback | 336 pages
Dimensions 129 x 198 x 19mm | 247g
Publication date 03 Dec 2015
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
Language English
Edition Statement UK ed.
ISBN13 9780141396293
Bestsellers rank 278,070