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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

15 min. If Antony and Cleopatra were on Facebook, their relationship status would read: It's Complicated. Theirs is an imperfect coupling fraught by marriages with other people, children born ...

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 ...

Song Hee Lee as Cleopatra amid Ruckus at Hudson Hall. Photo: Paul Kheir Since it began its Carnegie series of Handel operas and oratorios, The English Concert has presented its offerings complete ...

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 ...

Jeff Lunden reports. JEFF LUNDEN, BYLINE: John Adams says he's always loved Shakespeare - in particular, the tragedy "Antony And Cleopatra." JOHN ADAMS: I think what I loved about it is the fact ...