Antony and Cleopatra

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. What is the playwright?William Shakespeare
2. What is the first performance date?Circa 1607
3. Who are the main characters in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra?The main characters are Mark Antony, the Roman general; Cleopatra VII, the Egyptian queen; Octavius Caesar, the Roman leader; and Enobarbus, a loyal friend of Antony.
4. When was the play first performed?The play was first performed around the year 1607, during the early 17th century.

Tragedy: A dramatic genre characterized by a serious tone and the downfall of the protagonist, often due to a fatal flaw or external forces.
Ptolemaic Kingdom: A Hellenistic kingdom in ancient Egypt ruled by the Ptolemaic dynasty, founded by Ptolemy I Soter, a general of Alexander the Great.
Roman Republic: The period of ancient Roman history from the overthrow of the monarchy (c. 509 BCE) to the establishment of the Roman Empire (27 BCE).
Second Triumvirate: A political alliance of three men, notably the one formed by Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus in 43 BCE to rule Rome.