Shakespeare William:
The Oxford Shakespeare: Anthony And Cleopatra
Editor: MichaelNeill
Oxford University Press (United Kingdom), 2008
Paperback, 400 pages
Size: 196x129 mm
ISBN: 9780199535781
ISBN-10: 0199535787
List price: £7.99
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The Oxford Shakespeare: Anthony And Cleopatra
In its towering central characters, vast geographical and historical sweep, and its variety of style and mood, Antony and Cleopatra is perhaps the most ambitious of Shakespeare's designs. Yet the degree and nature of its success remain surprisingly contentious, and performances of the play have seldom matched the extravagant expectations of its admirers. Michael Neill's wide-ranging introduction from a number of angles, including those of gender and race. He examines the sources and discusses the theatrical challenge presented by Shakespeare's technique, with its extraordinary tensions between rhetoric and action. A full

