In this edition of the play David Bevington shows bow the theatricaI design ard imaginative vision of Antony and Cleopatra make it one of Shakespeare’s most remarkable tragedies．

  The edition iS throughout attentive to the pla， as theatre：a detailed，illustrated account of the stage history iS followord，in the commentary，by discussion of staging optic offered by the text The ommentary iS especially full and helpful．

  In this edition of the play David Bevington shows bow the theatricaI design ard imaginative vision of Antony and Cleopatra make it one of Shakespeare’s most remarkable tragedies．

  The edition iS throughout attentive to the pla， as theatre：a detailed，illustrated account of the stage history iS followord，in the commentary，by discussion of staging optic offered by the text The ommentary iS especially full and helpful．

List of illustrations

Preface

List of abbreviations and conventions

Introduction

 Date and sources

 The contrarieties of critical response

 The ironic gap between word and deed

 Transcending limits

 Genre and structure

 Stvle

 Stagecraft

 AntonyandCleopatrainperformance

Note onthetext

List of characters

THE PLAY

Supplementary note

Textual analysis

Reading list