Antony and Cleopatra: the Play and the Historical Figures: Shakespeare, Themes, Motifs, Costumes

Shakespeare Biography

“Shakespeare.” Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6^th Ed. 2021, pp1-4.

Impact of Shakespeare

Kay, Dennis. “William Shakespeare (ca. 23 April 1564—23 April 1616).” Bibliography.

Recent Articles of Interest:

John Yargo, “Messengers Were Harmed in the Making of This History: Narrating the Past in Antony and Cleopatra,” Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies, University of Pennsylvania Press, 20.3 (2020): 58-84.

Jennifer Park, “Discandying Cleopatra: Preserving Cleopatra’s Infinite Variety in Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra,” Studies in Philology 113.3 (2016): 595-633.

Jonathon Shelley, “Between the ‘triple pillar’ and ‘mutual pair’: Love, Friendship, and Social Networks in Antony and Cleopatra,” Renaissance Papers (2018): 43-53.

1. The name of Eros, the Greek god of passionate, erotic love, is given to a key character in Antony and Cleopatra, and Eros is the driving power of passion between Antony and Cleopatra.

2. The Greek myth of Hercules and Omphale shadows this play.

See the following:

“Antony and Cleopatra Characters & Descriptions: Eros.”

“Antony and Cleopatra Overview & Resources.”

“Antony, Hercules, and Cleopatra: ‘the bidding of the gods’ and ‘the subtlest maze of all.’”

The Comic Structures of Tragic Endings: The Suicide Scenes in Romeo and Juliet and Antony and Cleopatra

How Cleopatra has Influenced Pop Culture