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Caesar and Cleopatra (Shavian: ·𐑕𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑮 𐑨𐑯𐑛 ·𐑒𐑤𐑰𐑩𐑫𐑐𐑨𐑑𐑮𐑩) is a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw that depicts a fictionalized account of the relationship between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.
- George Bernard Shaw
- 1909
Caesar and Cleopatra, four-act play by George Bernard Shaw, written in 1898, published in 1901, and first produced in 1906. It is considered Shaw’s first great play. Caesar and Cleopatra opens as Caesar’s armies arrive in Egypt to conquer the ancient divided land for Rome.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Caesar and Cleopatra is Shaw’s fictionalized account of the relationship between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. The play takes place in Ptolemaic Egypt, an Ancient Greek state founded around 304 or 305 B.C.E., when Ptolemy I, an Ancient Macedonian general in Alexander the Great’s army, became pharaoh of Egypt.
A wounded Egyptian soldier named Bel Affris staggers through the gate to warn the Egyptians that Julius Caesar’s powerful Roman army is on its way to conquer Egypt and will reach them soon. A Nubian sentinel runs inside the palace to warn everyone of the advancing army.
Jan 23, 2009 · The purple deepens in the sky. Caesar, glancing at Cleopatra, catches her pouring out her wine before the god, with gleaming eyes, and mute assurances of gratitude and worship. Apollodorus springs up and runs to the edge of the roof to peer down and listen. CAESAR (looking piercingly at Cleopatra).
Caesar and Cleopatra, a play by George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), premiered on Broadway in 1906 and debuted on the West End in London in 1907. George Bernard Shaw, an Irish-born playwright, wrote for the English stage in the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries.
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