Mark Antony
General Marcus Antonius, also called Mark Antony, was a co-leader of Rome and the husband of Cleopatra VII. (PROSE: State of Change [+]Loading...["State of Change (novel)"], The Last Pharaoh [+]Loading...["The Last Pharaoh (novel)"])
He died in 30 BC. (PROSE: The Ruby's Curse [+]Loading...["The Ruby's Curse (novel)"])
Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]
Antony was featured in two plays by William Shakespeare, (AUDIO: The Time of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Time of the Daleks (audio story)"], PROSE: Antony and Cleopatra [+]Loading...["Antony and Cleopatra (short story)"]) namely Julius Caesar (AUDIO: The Time of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Time of the Daleks (audio story)"]) and Antony and Cleopatra. (PROSE: Antony and Cleopatra [+]Loading...["Antony and Cleopatra (short story)"])
When Charley, Mariah Learman, Professor Osric and Major Ferdinand observed the first performance of Julius Caesar in the mirrors of Learman's time machine, Mark Antony was in the middle of his speech in Act III. Learman bemoaned Osric for not catching the beginning of the play. (AUDIO: The Time of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Time of the Daleks (audio story)"])
Antony and Cleopatra depicted the death of Antony. In Act V Scene II, after being defeated in battle by Caesar and in mourning for Antony, Cleopatra plotted to kill herself. (PROSE: Antony and Cleopatra [+]Loading...["Antony and Cleopatra (short story)"])
Parallel universes[[edit] | [edit source]]
On the alternate Earth known as Terra Nova, he was known as Marcus Antonius. (PROSE: State of Change [+]Loading...["State of Change (novel)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- He was played by George Coulouris in the Orson Welles adaptation Caesar, Christopher Neame in The Cleopatras, Timothy Dalton in the 1984 version of Antony and Cleopatra, James Purefoy in the BBC/HBO series Rome and Ray Fearon in the 2012 version of Julius Caesar.
