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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

The focus is on Antony and Cleopatra as mature lovers.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2022

Years later, we did Antony and Cleopatra together.

From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2020

If forced to choose, Shakespeare would side with Dido, not Aeneas, and he honors the incandescent passion between Antony and Cleopatra as worth more than all of eternal Rome.

From Washington Post • May 22, 2019

As his support eroded, Octavian lashed out against Mark Antony and Cleopatra.

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

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