ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Antony and Cleopatra, tragedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written in 1606–07 and published in the First Folio of 1623 from an authorial draft in a more finished state than most of his working papers or possibly from a transcript of those papers not yet prepared as a playbook.

Detailed explanation-2: -The play’s tragedy stems from the irreconcilable division between the two, represented in the play’s two major movements: Antony’s abandoning Cleopatra and Egypt for Rome and his duties and his subsequent defection back to them.

Detailed explanation-3: -Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was first performed around 1607, by the King’s Men at either the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre. Its first appearance in print was in the First Folio published in 1623, under the title The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra.

Detailed explanation-4: -Antony and Cleopatra, tragedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written in 1606–07 and published in the First Folio of 1623 from an authorial draft in a more finished state than most of his working papers or possibly from a transcript of those papers not yet prepared as a playbook.