A magnificent drama of love and war this riveting tragedy presents one of Shakespeare's greatest female characters--the seductive cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The Roman leader Mark Antony a virtual prisoner of his passion for her is a man torn between pleasure and virtue between sensual indolence and duty . . . between an empire and love. Bold rich and splendid in its setting and emotions <b><i>Antony And Cleopatra</i></b> ranks among Shakespeare's supreme achievements.