Cleopatra wishes him to stay and is unhappy with his disobedience. This, combined with brewing revolt back home by a young man called Pompey, forces Antony to return home. Antony receives news of his wife’s death after she tried to rebel against Octavius to assert her husband’s power. At the start of the play, Antony is neglecting his duties as a ruler by spending too much time in Egypt as a consort and lover to Queen Cleopatra. This is the regime that followed the assassination of Julius Caesar Octavius is his great-nephew. The Roman Empire is ruled by a triumvirate, a political regime led by three prominent figures: Mark Antony, Octavius Caesar, and Lepidus. The play begins by introducing the political situation in Rome. Since one of Shakespeare’s previous plays, Julius Caesar, includes some of the same characters, Antony and Cleopatra is sometimes seen as a sequel despite having a standalone story. It was inspired by the real-life relationship between Mark Antony of Rome and Cleopatra, the famed queen of Egypt. Antony and Cleopatra is a tragic play by William Shakespeare first performed around 1607.
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