TONY and CLEO--A Play - Softcover

Howard Rubenstein

Softcover

ISBN 10: 192946813X ISBN 13: 9781929468133

Publisher: Granite Hills Press, 2008

Synopsis

TONY and CLEO is a play in two acts that tells the story of Mark Antony and Cleopatra's love affair based on historical sources. It begins in Rome in 44 BCE just before Julius Caesar's assassination and ends in Alexandria in 30 BCE right after the fall of that great city and Tony and Cleo's suicides.

About this title

About the Author:

Howard Rubenstein is a physician and writer. His other plays include an acclaimed translation of Aeschylus' Agamemnon, an award winning translation and adaptation of Euripides' The Trojan Women, Brothers All (based on Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov), and The Golem, Man of Earth. His epic Maccabee has been highly praised. All his works appear on amazon.com.

Review:

;"TONY and CLEO was entertaining and educational at the same time. The sex was not at all gratuitous in the production and was absolutely essential in the telling of this ruinous affair." --Barry Bosworth, Historian --San Diego Theatre Scene

;"This play . . . tells an erotic tale in the context of the period with a depth of understanding that nothing else has. The bits of Latin, with instant translation, added another touch of authenticity." --Louis Brown --San Diego Theatre Scene

;"Who needs the Super Bowl when you've got a new take on the classic lovers Antony and Cleopatra? The tragedy of the Queen of Egypt and Rome's supreme soldier is told using primary source materials, not Shakespeare. . . . Expect grand costuming (when the leads . . . are clothed), ancient Latin, and lots of pillow talk and morning after embraces. . . . Very entertaining . . . with some offguard comedy." --SignOnSanDiego.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Granite Hills Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 192946813X
• ISBN 13: 9781929468133
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144