| Caesar and Cleopatra Contributor(s): Shaw, George Bernard (Author), Weintraub, Stanley (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0143039776 ISBN-13: 9780143039778 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $11.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2006 Annotation: "Caesar and Cleopatra" satirizes Shakespeares use of history and comments wryly on the politics of Shaws own time, but the undertone of melancholy makes it one of his most affecting plays. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.912 |
| LCCN: 2005056722 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.24" W x 7.74" (0.29 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Exclusive to Penguin Classics: the definitive text of one of Shakespeare's most affecting plays--part of the official Bernard Shaw Library A Penguin Classic In a cheeky nod to Shakespeare's towering reputation, Shaw reinvents two of his historical characters but sets his own play in a period predating both Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra. Shaw's Cleopatra is a kittenish girl with a streak of cruelty, while his Caesar is a world-weary philosopher-soldier who is as much a stranger in Rome as in the barbaric court of Egypt. With wit, irony, and an undertone of melancholy, Caesar and Cleopatra satirizes Shakespeare's use of history and comments wryly on the politics of Shaw's own time. This is the definitive text prepared under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence. The volume includes Shaw's preface of 1900. |