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 between an empire and love. Bold, rich, and splendid in its setting and emotions, Antony and Cleopatra ranks among Shakespeare`s supreme achievements.