{"product_id":"caesar-and-cleopatra-9780143039778","title":"Caesar and Cleopatra","description":"\u003cb\u003eExclusive to Penguin Classics: the definitive text of one of Shakespeare's most affecting plays--part of the official Bernard Shaw Library\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a cheeky nod to Shakespeare's towering reputation, Shaw reinvents two of his historical characters but sets his own play in a period predating both \u003ci\u003eJulius Caesar\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAntony and Cleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e. Shaw's Cleopatra is a kittenish girl with a streak of cruelty, while his Caesar is a world-weary philosopher-soldier who is as much a stranger in Rome as in the barbaric court of Egypt. With wit, irony, and an undertone of melancholy, \u003ci\u003eCaesar and Cleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e satirizes Shakespeare's use of history and comments wryly on the politics of Shaw's own time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the definitive text prepared under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence. The volume includes Shaw's preface of 1900.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143039778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.74h x 5.24w x 0.43d","brand":"George Bernard Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44776021328053,"sku":"9780143039778","price":11.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4e2d5e96-9d12-4ce0-8aa2-5ccf53dc2e93.jpg?v=1730821703","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/caesar-and-cleopatra-9780143039778","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}