TY - BOOK AU - Shaw,Bernard TI - Caesar and Cleopatra AV - PR PY - 2002/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Caesar, Julius -- Drama KW - Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C. -- Drama KW - Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C. -- Drama N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_and_Cleopatra_(play); Release date is 2002-07-01; Produced by Eve Sobol, and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Caesar and Cleopatra" by Bernard Shaw is a play written in 1898 that depicts a fictionalised account of the relationship between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. Shaw portrays the sixteen-year-old Egyptian queen meeting the Roman conqueror, deliberately avoiding romantic overtones to focus on political themes and parallels with British imperialism. Drawing from Mommsen's admiring historical account rather than Shakespeare's treatment, Shaw presents Caesar as a wise leader guiding a fearful young ruler. The play contrasts sharply with Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra," offering Shaw's vision of "real" characters over "love-obsessed" ones. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3329 ER -