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762 reviews for:
Antony And Cleopatra: An Extraordinary Tale of fiction Drama By William Shakespeare (Annotated)
William Shakespeare
3.56 AVERAGE
762 reviews for:
Antony And Cleopatra: An Extraordinary Tale of fiction Drama By William Shakespeare (Annotated)
William Shakespeare
3.56 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book should of been called "Antony and Caesar" because Cleopatra is barely mentioned with Antony in this book and the story seems to unbelievable.There are so many characters in this book but I don't know why most of them are there because some of them are barely mentioned again after some acts.
I think "Romeo and Juliet" is better and more believable than "Antony and Cleopatra".
I think "Romeo and Juliet" is better and more believable than "Antony and Cleopatra".
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The way this play explores the power someone does and doesn't have and holds that against societal perceptions and also explores the idea of agency being attached to legacy and what perceptions we leave behind is top tier
I have seen this on stage once. With Patrick Stewart as Antony and Harriet Walter as Cleopatra. Both fine actors. I never think of it as one of my favourite Shakespeare.
However reading it has made me push it up my list again. It’s structure is complex with multiple locations and characters. But I think Shakespeare ties it together pretty neatly or at least as as neatly as the First Folio let’s us see. There are, as the introduction notes, a few errors or misprints that arise from the manuscript source that became the First Folio.
Antony and Cleopatra’s romance is positioned as much as a clash of cultures as a love affair. The male, martial Rome v the female, louche Egypt. And when Antony flees Actium to follow Cleopatra his Roman honour is destroyed.
For me thought the character with most of the best lines is Enobarbus. It is he who gets the ‘Age cannot wither her…’ speech. But he also gets the great line ‘Think and Die’, in response to Cleopatra’s question - ‘What shall we do?’ He also gets “The loyalty well held to fools does make/ Our faith mere folly.’ That reminded me so much of the followers of Boris Johnson.
I’m now keen to see it in the theatre once again. Although as the recent death of Glenda Jackson reminds us Cleopatra is a notoriously difficult role to play. But yes, bring on another trip to the theatre.
However reading it has made me push it up my list again. It’s structure is complex with multiple locations and characters. But I think Shakespeare ties it together pretty neatly or at least as as neatly as the First Folio let’s us see. There are, as the introduction notes, a few errors or misprints that arise from the manuscript source that became the First Folio.
Antony and Cleopatra’s romance is positioned as much as a clash of cultures as a love affair. The male, martial Rome v the female, louche Egypt. And when Antony flees Actium to follow Cleopatra his Roman honour is destroyed.
For me thought the character with most of the best lines is Enobarbus. It is he who gets the ‘Age cannot wither her…’ speech. But he also gets the great line ‘Think and Die’, in response to Cleopatra’s question - ‘What shall we do?’ He also gets “The loyalty well held to fools does make/ Our faith mere folly.’ That reminded me so much of the followers of Boris Johnson.
I’m now keen to see it in the theatre once again. Although as the recent death of Glenda Jackson reminds us Cleopatra is a notoriously difficult role to play. But yes, bring on another trip to the theatre.
adventurous
dark
informative
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes