Antony and Cleopatra - William Shakespeare • BookLikes (ISBN:B00NTP3L40)

Antony and Cleopatra

by: William Shakespeare (author)

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Mark Antony, one of the three rulers of the Roman world, has become the thrall of the fascinating Cleopatra. Affairs of state call him to Rome, but the attractions of the queen of Egypt prove impossible to resist. From one of history's greatest love stories Shakespeare builds this magnificent tragedy of the clash between love and duty.

Cleopatra is played by Estelle Kohler, Mark Antony by Ciaran Hinds, Ian Hughes is Octavious Caesar, and David Burke is Domitius Enobarbus.

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Format: audiobook

ASIN: B00NTP3L40

Publish date: 2014-05-09

Publisher: Arkangel

Minutes: 202

Edition language: English

Category:

Classics, Literature, Historical Fiction, Romance, Plays, Drama, Theatre, Poetry, Tragedy

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Julian Meynell's Books rated it

9 years ago

http://julianmeynell.booklikes.com Julian Meynell's Books 4.5 Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra

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A play that is in the middle of Shakespeare's work in terms of quality. It tells the story of Antony and Cleopatra's doomed romance and their defeat at the hands of the future emperor Octavian. By far the best thing about the play is Cleopatra and Antony as characters and their relationship. Cleo...

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AlexeyBLOG rated it

9 years ago

http://aleksandardavidov.booklikes.com AlexeyBLOG 5.0

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An incredible take on the power of politics and the many ways it can change a man, and on the definition of love.

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The Bookchemist rated it

11 years ago

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An incredible take on the power of politics and the many ways it can change a man, and on the definition of love, and of the actual existence of a definition for love.Featured in my Top 5 Shakespearean Tragedies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX6rxhK4s2o

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Clif's Book World rated it

12 years ago

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Rulers fall in love. Rulers lose. Rulers commit suicide. That's the simplified synopses which I admit that I borrowed from Shelfari.com. There's an obvious parallel with Romeo and Juliet, but Antony and Cleopatra were old enough to know better. But I guess love is love, and what does age have to d...

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Grack21 rated it

12 years ago

http://Grack21.booklikes.com Grack21 5.0 Antony and Cleopatra (The Pelican Shakespeare)

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Liked this much better the second time around.Edit 2: OK, I'm not usually of the "you have to see it performed to really appreciate it crowd", but damn. DAMN.

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