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By (author) Shakespeare, William; Edited by Wilders John

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John Wilders – literary advisor to the BBC TV Shakespeare series – brings thorough scholarship and a practical understanding of performance needs to this new edition. Clarity, accessibility and rigour are the hallmarks of an edition which will provide invaluable guidance for all its readers. “This edition has a very helpful introduction and good clear text, as well as the exceptionally excellent and detailed notes.” Dr Michael Herbert, St Andrews University “a useful treatment of a complex play”Barry Gaines, University of New Mexico, Shakespeare Quarterly

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Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy, and a fascinating examination of the devious intricascies of politics.

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”The play is a wry examination of the wonder and the absurdity of love in middle ages.”

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”Shakespeare”s Antony is a charismatic leader, a reckless politician and a desperate, lust driven lover, with a touch of a demigod.”

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”it combines hard politics with erotic fascination”

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Cleopatra”s speech in which she mourns for Antony and ”transforms a vainglorious old roue into a god in perhaps the most transcendentally beautiful verse Shakespeare ever wrote.”

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”easily Shakespeare”s finest historical foray”

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”The legendary sex bomb Cleopatra, one of the toughest as well as the most fascinating of Shakespeare”s heroines”

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”This is a tragedy of love poisoned by politics and politics betrayed for love”

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”Shakespeare”s tragedy of passion, politics, and performance”

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”…after all, this is a play about delusions and illusions, about the love affair between a drama queen and a great warrior who manages to botch everything he touches, including his own death”.

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”It”s the die-hard lust for life and sheer overblown poetry of its middle aged lovers that makes ”Antony and Cleopatra” the hedonist”s favourite tragedy.”

Biographical note:
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist, poet, and actor, generally regarded as the greatest playwright of all time. John Wilders was a professor of English at Middlebury College, USA.

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