Caesar and Cleopatra

Description:

Caesar and Cleopatra satirizes Shakespeare's use of history and comments wryly on the politics of Shaw's own time, but the undertone of melancholy makes it one of his most affecting plays.

subjects: Drama,  History,  Rome Civil War, 49-45 B.C.,  British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author),  Belletristische Darstellung

People: Cleopatra Queen of Egypt (d. 30 B.C),  Julius Caesar,  Marcus Antonius (83?-30 B.C)

Places: Egypt,  Rome

Times: 332-30 B.C.,  Civil War, 49-45 B.C.