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Antony and Cleopatra

American  

noun

  1. a tragedy (1606–07?) by Shakespeare.


Antony and Cleopatra Cultural  
  1. A tragedy by William Shakespeare. It dramatizes the grand but ill-fated love of the Roman general Mark Antony and Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt (see also Egypt).


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An audience member who was at the performance of Antony and Cleopatra told the BBC he heard "hissing from above", before seeing "an object fall through the roof - and into the crowd".

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2024

Octavian’s naval forces defeated those of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of .

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Namely, the latest dish that Shakespeare News Network anchors Benedick and Beatrice impart to viewers, about Antony and Cleopatra, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Gertrude and a batch of other Elizabethan celebrities.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2022

The focus is on Antony and Cleopatra as mature lovers.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2022

A Life of Fun and Frolic In Alexandria, Mark Antony and Cleopatra happily picked up where they had left off in Tarsus.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

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