Queen Cleopatra was survived by her daughter, Cleopatra Selene, who would go on to rule a kingdom of her own in North Africa.

The first four chapters — almost half the book — are devoted to Antony and Cleopatra, their defeat at Actium and its aftermath, while the last two chapters focus on events that followed their ...

It’s a strange irony in Adams’ book (and in Shakespeare’s) that Cleopatra is more interesting in description than in actuality. But then again, so is Antony, whom everyone describes ...

In some ways, Cleopatra’s career mirrors her husband’s. She was born in Alexandria around 40 B.C. Antony was a largely ... She starts the book by asking, “How does one dare to attempt ...

However, this particular character has always held a special fascination for me, which is why I decided to write a book about Cleopatra», he explains. «Antony and Cleopatra begins with ...

Islam Issa, whose forthcoming book examines the enduring influence ... such as the Royal Shakespeare Company’s “Antony and Cleopatra,” which starred Janet Suzman as the monarch.

“Antony and Cleopatra,” the new opera by Bay Area ... Ovid, and the Egyptian Book of the Dead, brings in young Caesar as the third power player, one who intends to divide the lovers and ...

The book is interspersed with short sections ... In 1987, she was playing the title heroine in a production of Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra” at the National Theatre in London.

It runs up to May 24. William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra is an Ordinary Level IGCSC and Zimsec set book for Literature in English. The Repertory Players are on a drive to help the youth ...

John Adams has been called America's greatest living composer. His adaptation of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" opens at the Metropolitan Opera, in New York, next week. John Adams has ...