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The masks of Anthony and Cleopatra

Author: Marvin Rosenberg; Mary Rosenberg
Publisher: Newark : University of Delaware Press, ©2006.
Edition/Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"The Masks of Anthony and Cleopatra follows the pattern of Marvin Rosenberg's four earlier Masks books and offers a sensitive interpretation of the play based on extensive reading of both literary criticism and performance reviews." "In the middle of this play of clashing values and great conflicting personalities, the unhappy Octavia - sister of the ambitious Octavius Caesar and newly married to the heroic Mark
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Rosenberg, Marvin.
Masks of Anthony and Cleopatra.
Newark : University of Delaware Press, ©2006
(OCoLC)607813642
Named Person: William Shakespeare; Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt; Marcus Antonius; William Shakespeare; Marcus Antonius; Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Marvin Rosenberg; Mary Rosenberg
ISBN: 0874139244 9780874139242
OCLC Number: 60348999
Description: 605 pages ; 25 cm
Responsibility: Marvin Rosenberg ; edited and completed by Mary Rosenberg.
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A scene by scene, act by act analysis of Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra. As in his earlier Masks books, Marvin Rosenberg has gathered impressions from performance reviews, comments by actors and  Read more...

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<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/43957907#Place\/egypt<\/a>> # Egypt<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Place<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Egypt<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/43957907#Place\/newark<\/a>> # Newark<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Place<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Newark<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/43957907#Place\/rome<\/a>> # Rome<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Place<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Rome<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
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<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/43957907#Topic\/egypte_dans_la_litterature<\/a>> # \u00C9gypte dans la litt\u00E9rature<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"\u00C9gypte dans la litt\u00E9rature<\/span>\"@fr<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/43957907#Topic\/rome_dans_la_litterature<\/a>> # Rome dans la litt\u00E9rature<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Rome dans la litt\u00E9rature<\/span>\"@fr<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
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<http:\/\/id.worldcat.org\/fast\/1208755<\/a>> # Egypt.<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Place<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Egypt.<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
<http:\/\/id.worldcat.org\/fast\/1356313<\/a>> # Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William)<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:CreativeWork<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare, William)<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
<http:\/\/id.worldcat.org\/fast\/999953<\/a>> # Literature<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Literature<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
<http:\/\/viaf.org\/viaf\/34145542348296640070<\/a>> # Mary Rosenberg<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Person<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:familyName<\/a> \"Rosenberg<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:givenName<\/a> \"Mary<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Mary Rosenberg<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
<http:\/\/viaf.org\/viaf\/66512011<\/a>> # Marvin Rosenberg<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Person<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:familyName<\/a> \"Rosenberg<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:givenName<\/a> \"Marvin<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Marvin Rosenberg<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
<http:\/\/viaf.org\/viaf\/67762941<\/a>> # Queen of Egypt Cleopatra<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Person<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:deathDate<\/a> \"30 BC<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:givenName<\/a> \"Cleopatra<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Queen of Egypt Cleopatra<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
<http:\/\/viaf.org\/viaf\/88759462<\/a>> # Marcus Antonius<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Person<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:birthDate<\/a> \"83 B.C.?<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:deathDate<\/a> \"30 BC<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:familyName<\/a> \"Antonius<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:givenName<\/a> \"Marcus<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Marcus Antonius<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
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<http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/607813642<\/a>>\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:CreativeWork<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nrdfs:label<\/a> \"Masks of Anthony and Cleopatra.<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:description<\/a> \"Online version:<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:isSimilarTo<\/a> <http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/60348999<\/a>> ; # The masks of Anthony and Cleopatra<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
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<http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/-\/oclc\/60348999#Review\/1047353442<\/a>>\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Review<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:itemReviewed<\/a> <http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/60348999<\/a>> ; # The masks of Anthony and Cleopatra<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:reviewBody<\/a> \"\"The Masks of Anthony and Cleopatra follows the pattern of Marvin Rosenberg\'s four earlier Masks books and offers a sensitive interpretation of the play based on extensive reading of both literary criticism and performance reviews.\" \"In the middle of this play of clashing values and great conflicting personalities, the unhappy Octavia - sister of the ambitious Octavius Caesar and newly married to the heroic Mark Anthony - sums up the ambiguity of her divided world in her heart-wrenching lament:\" \"Husband win, win brother, Prays and destroys the prayer; no midway \'Twixt these extremes at all.\"<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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