Antony and Cleopatra

by William Shakespeare

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Published 1971 by Longman in London .
Written in English

Places:

• Egypt,
• Rome
Subjects:

• Antonius, Marcus, 83?-30 B.C. -- Drama,
• Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, d. 30 B.C. -- Drama,
• Romans -- Egypt -- Drama,
• Generals -- Rome -- Drama,
• Queens -- Egypt -- Drama,
• Egypt -- History -- 332-30 B.C. -- Drama

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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. civ-cv.

Statement	edited by John Ingledew.
Genre	Drama.
Series	New swan Shakespeare, advanced series
Contributions	Ingledew, John, ed.
Classifications
LC Classifications	PR2802.A2 I5
The Physical Object
Pagination	cx, 220 p.
Number of Pages	220
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL5326394M
ISBN 10	0582527430
LC Control Number	72179260

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