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Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw · Booklabria

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First published: 1900
Editions: 94 in 3 languages

Synopsis

Caesar and Cleopatra satirizes Shakespeare's use of history and comments wryly on the politics of Shaw's own time, but the undertone of melancholy makes it one of his most affecting plays.

Subjects: History
Drama
British and irish drama
Belletristische Darstellung
Rome Civil War, 49-45 B.C
Set in: Rome
Egypt
Time: 332-30 B.c; Civil War, 49-45 B.C
Characters: Julius Caesar
Cleopatra Queen of Egypt
Marcus Antonius

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94 in 3 languages

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English88 German2 Spanish1

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