Antony and Cleopatra: Third Series

Description:

"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

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.

Brief description: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist, poet, and actor, generally regarded as the greatest playwright of all time.

Review Quotes:

"Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy, and a fascinating examination of the devious intricascies of politics." --Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph, 12.05.10

"The play is a wry examination of the wonder and the absurdity of love in middle ages." --Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph, 12.05.10

"Shakespeare's Antony is a charismatic leader, a reckless politician and a desperate, lust driven lover, with a touch of a demigod." --John Peter, Sunday Times, 16.05.10

"it combines hard politics with erotic fascination" --Libby Purves, The Times, 15.10.10

"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.'" --Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph, 15.10.10

"easily Shakespeare's finest historical foray" --Paul Callan, Daily Express, 15.10.10

"The legendary sex bomb Cleopatra, one of the toughest as well as the most fascinating of Shakespeare's heroines" --Georgina Brown, Mail on Sunday, 24.10.10

"This is a tragedy of love poisoned by politics and politics betrayed for love" --John Peter, Sunday Times, 24.10.10

"Shakespeare's tragedy of passion, politics, and performance" --Lyn Gardner, Guardian, 16.12.10

"'...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'." --Lyn Gardner, Guardian, 16.12.10

"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." --Caroline McGinn, Time Out London, 16.12.10