Caesar and Cleopatra (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- First Published: 1901
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: Autumn 48—Spring 47
- Setting: Egypt
- Genres: Drama, Problem play, Comedy
- Subjects: Love or romance, Kings, queens, or royalty, Egypt or Egyptians, Disasters, Natural disasters, Fire, Civil wars, Heads of state
- Locales: Egypt, ancient, Alexandria, Egypt
Characters Discussed
Julius Caesar, the dictator of Rome and conqueror of the world. A middle-aged, rather prosaic man, he meets the childish Cleopatra on a moonlit night in the desert. Although fascinated and rather amused by the beautiful child, he is too practical and detached to be enthralled by her charms. He forces her out of her childishness and teaches her statecraft that makes her truly the queen of Egypt.
Cleopatra, the sixteen-year-old queen of Egypt. An excitable schoolgirl, she is at war with her husband- brother, Ptolemy Dionysus, for the crown. She...
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