- Drama, History, Rome Civil War, 49-45 B.C., British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)
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.
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Prestige, classical in form, contemplative and spare.
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- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- George Bernard Shaw
- First published
- 1900
- Pages
- 144
- Publisher
- Collins, Brentano's, Constable
- Editions
- 94
- Language
- German, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9798639918278
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“Peacel Be silent and hearken unto me, ye quaint little islanders.”
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