Shakespeare's work is haunted by death from the start, and his self-referential lovers live in a dream of passion.

Antony, a battle-hardened soldier, is one of the three rulers of the Roman world. But he is also a man in the grip of an irresistible passion for the tempestuous and enchanting queen of Egypt, Cleopatra. When the life of pleasure they share is threatened by rising politics, the clash between love and duty has disastrous consequences. A tragic drama of love and loss, sex and power, told with a language of poetic subjectivity, Antony and Cleopatra is one of Shakespeare's highest imaginative achievements.

Recommended by the National Theatre

General Editor: Stanley Wells

Edited by: Emrys Jones

Introduction: René Weis

Pages: 336, Dimensions: 12.8x12.8cm