Biography of William Shakespeare
Summary of Antony and Cleopatra
Key Passages in Antony and Cleopatra
List of Characters in Antony and Cleopatra
Criticism Through the Ages
Antony and Cleopatra in the Seventeenth Century
1678 From the Preface to All for Love
1680 From "Address to Edward Tayler," in The Loyal General, a Tragedy
Antony and Cleopatra in the Eighteenth Century
1759 From "Some Remarks upon the New-revived Play of Antony and Cleopatra"
1765 From "Notes on the Plays," in The Plays of William Shakespeare
1774 From Bell's Edition of Shakespeare's Plays
1784 From Dramatic Miscellanies
Antony and Cleopatra in the Nineteenth Century
1809 From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature
1817 From Characters of Shakespear's Plays
1818 From Shakspeare, with Introductory Remarks on Poetry, the Drama, and the Stage
1832 From Shakespeare's Heroines: Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical, & Historical
1857 From Remarks on the Differences in Shakespeare's Versification in Different Periods of His Life
1875 From Shakspere: A Critical Study of His Mind and Art
1896 "The Dark Lady as a Model-The Fall of the Republic a World-Catastrophe," from William Shakespeare: A Critical Study
Antony and Cleopatra in the Twentieth Century
1901 From "Preface: Better than Shakespear?" from Three Plays for Puritans
1909 From "Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra," in Oxford Lectures on Poetry
1931 "The Diadem of Love: An Essay on Antony and Cleopatra," from The Imperial Theme: Further Interpretations of Shakespeare's Tragedies Including the Roman Plays
1951 "Antony and Cleopatra," from The Meaning of Shakespeare
1972 "'Nature's Piece 'Gainst Fancy': The Divided Catastrophe in Antony and Cleopatra," from An Inaugural Lecture (to the Hildred Carlile Chair of English Literature in the University of London tenable at Bedford College)
1974 "The Significance of Style," from Shakespeare's Living Art
1986 "Antony and Cleopatra," from Northrop Frye on Shakespeare
1988 "Enter a Messenger," from William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra
1988 "Introduction," from William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra in the Twenty-first Century
2000 "Antony's 'Secret House of Death': Suicide and Sovereignty in Antony and Cleopatra," from Philological Quarterly