Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar and Cleopatra satirizes Shakespeare's use of history and comments wryly on the politics of Shaw's own time, but the undertone of melancholy makes it one of his most affecting plays.
Caesar and Cleopatra satirizes Shakespeare's use of history and comments wryly on the politics of Shaw's own time, but the undertone of melancholy makes it one of his most affecting plays.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143039778 (0143039776)
Publish date: June 27th 2006
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Humor,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
20th Century,
Irish Literature,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
19th Century,
Egypt
The problem I face when I approach this play is that there is so much in it I simply do not know where to start. There is the character of Julius Caesar that Shaw seems to capture perfectly, from the wise and kind leader to the man who would repetitively show mercy to his enemies: which resulted in ...
Cleopatra can't arrange a meeting with Caesar, so she rolls herself up in a large rug, and has herself delivered as a present. Security must have been really basic in those days. There was a period when I was working for a boss who was never available during office hours. Either he wasn't there at a...
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