Antony and Cleopatra (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare
Rome, Égypte, 44 av. J.-C. : Mark Antoine, général romain, et Cléopâtre, reine d’Égypte, s’aiment au mépris de l’Empire. Leur passion, aussi flamboyante que destructrice, défie Octave et scelle leur destin tragique.
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Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, written in 1606. The play was first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Lives and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the time of the Sicilian revolt to Cleopatra's suicide during the Final War of the Roman Republic. Cleopatra, the ambiguous Queen of Egypt, has bewitched the great Mark Antony, soldier, campaigner and now one of the three rulers of the Roman Empire. When Antony quarrels with his fellow leaders and throws in his lot with Cleopatra, his infatuation threatens to split the Empire in two.
Life of William Shakespeare is a biography of William Shakespeare by the eminent critic Sidney Lee. This book was one of the first major biographies of the Bard of Avon. It was published in 1898, based on the article contributed to the Dictionary of National Biography.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain.
Sir Sidney Lee (1859 - 1926) was an English biographer and critic. He was a lifelong scholar and enthusiast of Shakespeare. His article on Shakespeare in the fifty-first volume of the Dictionary of National Biography formed the basis of his Life of William Shakespeare. This full-length life is often credited as the first modern biography of the poet.
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Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, written in 1606. The play was first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Lives and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the time of the Sicilian revolt to Cleopatra's suicide during the Final War of the Roman Republic. Cleopatra, the ambiguous Queen of Egypt, has bewitched the great Mark Antony, soldier, campaigner and now one of the three rulers of the Roman Empire. When Antony quarrels with his fellow leaders and throws in his lot with Cleopatra, his infatuation threatens to split the Empire in two.
Life of William Shakespeare is a biography of William Shakespeare by the eminent critic Sidney Lee. This book was one of the first major biographies of the Bard of Avon. It was published in 1898, based on the article contributed to the Dictionary of National Biography.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain.
Sir Sidney Lee (1859 - 1926) was an English biographer and critic. He was a lifelong scholar and enthusiast of Shakespeare. His article on Shakespeare in the fifty-first volume of the Dictionary of National Biography formed the basis of his Life of William Shakespeare. This full-length life is often credited as the first modern biography of the poet.
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Ce livre offre une immersion unique dans l’une des tragédies les plus ambitieuses de Shakespeare, où se mêlent passion, pouvoir et trahison. La pièce Antony and Cleopatra explore la relation tumultueuse entre Mark Antoine et Cléopâtre, tandis que la biographie de Sidney Lee éclaire la vie et l’œuvre du dramaturge, permettant de mieux comprendre son génie. L’édition numérique enrichie permet aussi d’interroger directement le texte grâce à la fonction smartbook.
La pièce aborde des thèmes universels : l’amour et le pouvoir, la chute des empires, la fatalité, et la complexité des personnages historiques. La biographie de Sidney Lee, quant à elle, retrace le parcours de Shakespeare, son époque élisabéthaine, et l’impact de son œuvre sur la culture mondiale. Ensemble, ces textes interrogent aussi la frontière entre mythe et réalité.
Ce livre s’adresse aux amoureux du théâtre classique, aux étudiants en littérature, et à tous ceux qui s’intéressent à l’Antiquité romaine ou à la Renaissance anglaise. Les passionnés d’histoire apprécieront la dimension documentaire, tandis que les lecteurs occasionnels découvriront une tragédie romantique et politique, accessible grâce aux outils numériques.
Vous pourrez interroger le texte sur les motivations de Cléopâtre, les stratégies politiques de Mark Antoine, ou encore les sources historiques de Shakespeare. La fonction smartbook permet aussi d’approfondir la biographie de Shakespeare, ses influences, ou de comparer cette tragédie à d’autres œuvres comme Jules César ou Roméo et Juliette.
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La tragédie de Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, popularise sur les planches la « mythistoire » de Cléopâtre ; mais ce sont les grandes comédiennes, de Sarah Bernhardt à Liz Taylor, qui vulgarisent son destin à l’ère médiatique, désormais femme seule en haut de l’affiche mais toujours incarnation fantasmatique d’un ailleurs orientalisant.
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