Antony And Cleopatra; Author: Shakespeare, William; Editor: Mowatt, Barbara A.; Library Binding

Author: Shakespeare, William; Editor: Mowatt, Barbara A.
New Folger Library Shakespeare (Paperback); Library Binding
Published: October 1999
Econo-Clad Books
ISBN: 061302513X

The play that scholars see as a forerunner of the less comedies that followed, The Two Gentlemen of Verona remains one of the early Shakespeare finest achievements. A romp between two Veronese friends of this title, this classic romantic parody leaps to life. In Antony and Cleopatra, a grand drama of love and war, Shakespeare presents one of his greatest female characters -- the beautiful and cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra.The New Folger Library editions feature introductions to Shakespeare's language, illustrations from the Folger collection, scene-by-scene plot summaries, andexplanatory notes. Exhibiting a profound concern for stimulating a popular interest in the Elizabethan period, the esteemed and accessible Folger Library Shakespeare editions are favored by teachers,