Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra, (PROSE: Antony and Cleopatra [+]Loading...["Antony and Cleopatra (short story)"]) also known as Anthony and Cleopatra, (PROSE: Warlords of Utopia [+]Loading...["Warlords of Utopia (novel)"]) was a play written by William Shakespeare. (PROSE: Antony and Cleopatra [+]Loading...["Antony and Cleopatra (short story)"]) It was a tragedy (PROSE: Warlords of Utopia [+]Loading...["Warlords of Utopia (novel)"]) and focused on the two title characters of Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
The end of the play saw Cleopatra's forces defeated in battle by Caesar and Cleopatra in mourning for Antony. In Act V Scene II, she retreated to her monument where she plotted to commit suicide. (PROSE: Antony and Cleopatra [+]Loading...["Antony and Cleopatra (short story)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
Early drafts[[edit] | [edit source]]
In an early draft, the "pretty worm of Nilus" which a clown delivered to Cleopatra in Act V Scene II was not an ordinary asp but the Mara, with the clown doing his best to convince her to accept the Mara's power and take his hand over the course of the scene. He was unsuccessful, however, with Cleopatra stating she was "in thrall to no one" and claiming to have "won enough fortunes to not count the losing of them" when offered the chance to be Egypt's queen once again. She ultimately told the clown that what she most wished for was impossible to restore, the life of her Antony, a fact the clown admitted was true, leading Cleopatra to tell him "no snake can charm his place". He attempted once more to persuade her to "reach into the basket and find time's jaw" but she told him to leave and he complied, wishing her "joy o'th' worm" as he did so. Cleopatra then told her handmaidens to give her her robe and put on her crown, stating "I have Immortal longings in me". (PROSE: Antony and Cleopatra [+]Loading...["Antony and Cleopatra (short story)"])
Alternate timelines[[edit] | [edit source]]
In Roma I, Anthony and Cleopatra was a famous work of literature from Britannia written by Concuthasta.
Between the ages of 13 and 17, while living at a military academy in Britannia, Marcus Americanius Scriptor sponsored new clockwork productions of Anthony and Cleopatra and Julius Caesar. (PROSE: Warlords of Utopia [+]Loading...["Warlords of Utopia (novel)"])
