Author(s): William Shakespeare; A. R. Braunmuller (Editor, Introduction by, Series edited by); Stephen Orgel (Series edited by)

Poetry and Drama

A magnificent drama of love and war, this riveting tragedy presents one of Shakespeare's greatest female characters - the seductive, cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The Roman leader Mark Antony, a virtual prisoner of his passion for her, is a man torn between pleasure and virtue, between sensual indolence and duty... between an empire and love. Bold, rich, and splendid in its setting and emotions, ANTONY & CLEOPATRA ranks among Shakespeare's supreme achievements.