Jan 7, 2009

Caesar and Cleopatra | Caesar and Cleopatra

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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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Caesar and Cleopatra | Caesar and Cleopatra

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