Caesar and Cleopatra (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- First Published: 1901
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: October, 48 , to March, 47
- Setting: Egypt
- Principal Characters: Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Ptolemy Dionysus, Ftatateeta, Britannus, Rufio, Pothinus, Apollodorus
- 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
The Story:
Act I. Caesar was alone at night in the Egyptian desert, apostrophizing a statue of the Sphinx. Caesar was startled when a young girl, Cleopatra, addressed him from the paws of the Sphinx. He climbed up to her, thinking he was dreaming. She was full of superstitions about cats and Nile water. She told Caesar she was there because the Romans were coming to eat her people. Caesar saw that he was not dreaming and identified himself to Cleopatra as a Roman. She was terror-stricken, but Caesar told her that he would eat her unless she could show herself to him as a...
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