Cultural Depictions of Cleopatra VII - Antony and Cleopatra, All for Love, Caesarion, Son of Hades, Asterix and Cleopatra, Cleopatra's Night (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Antony and Cleopatra, All for Love, Caesarion, Son of Hades, Asterix and Cleopatra, Cleopatra's Night, De Patre Vostro, A Necessary Fiction, Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus, Serpent of the Nile, La Cleopatra, Cleopatre, Cleopatra and the Society of Architects, The Memoirs of Cleopatra. Excerpt: Cleopatra VII and her reign have been the subject of literature, films, plays, television programs, and art. PLEASE NOTE: Only those with Wikipedia articles are cited Cleopatra as a Goddess; 1st century B.C. "La morte di Cleopatra" by Cagnacci Poster for Cleopatra One More Gaudy Night (1961) by Martha Graham, composed by Halim El-DabhCleopatra (2000) by Ben Stevenson for the Houston Ballet Cleopatra (2011) by David Nixon, composed by Claude-Michel Schonberg, for Northern Ballet Theda Bara in Cleopatra Claudette Colbert in Cleopatra Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra See also: Cleopatra (Character) imdb.com page Lyndsey Marshal as Cleopatra in Rome Puella Magi Madoka Magica: in episode 11 as a Puella MagiSee also: Cleopatra (Character) imdb.com page All for Love or, the World Well Lost, is a heroic drama by John Dryden written in 1678. Today, it is Dryden's best-known and most performed play. It is a tragedy written in blank verse and is an attempt on Dryden's part to reinvigorate serious drama. It is an acknowledged imitation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, and focuses on the last hours of the lives of its hero and heroine. Combining the unities of classical theatre and the style of Shakespearean drama, Dryden creates an elaborately formal production in which fashionable philosophies of the time could be discussed and debated in a public atmosphere. Dryden used the theatre as a forum for testing problematic philosophical, moral and political questions. The results of these investigations were to form the basis of his l...