Abstract:Antony and Cleopatra was probably completed by the end of 1606 and perhaps performed at court over Christmas of that year. When it was first performed at the Globe remains uncertain, since the public ...Antony and Cleopatra was probably completed by the end of 1606 and perhaps performed at court over Christmas of that year. When it was first performed at the Globe remains uncertain, since the public theatres remained closed for long periods in 1607 as a result of plague. It is possible, though not certain, however, that Samuel Daniel was influenced by having seen a production of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra in writing his own Cleopatra (1607), which describes Cleopatra raising Antony to the monument thus:Read More
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-03-08
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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