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ACT I  
Scene 1. Mark Antony, together with Octavius Caesar and Lepidus, is one of the three triumvirs who  
rule the Roman Empire. But Antony is slavishly in love with Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, and shows  
no interest in affairs of state.  
Scene 2. Members of Cleopatra’s entourage amuse themselves consulting a soothsayer. Antony learns  
that his wife Fulvia, who has been in rebellion against Caesar, is dead. Forces opposed to the  
Triumvirs are having considerable success and he finally realizes that he must leave Egypt.  
Scene 3. Antony tells Cleopatra that he intends to return to Rome.  
Scene 4. Caesar is angered by Antony’s behavior and will not be mollified by Lepidus. News floods  
in of their enemies’ growing strength.  
Scene 5. Cleopatra languishes in Antony’s absence.  
ACT II  
Scene 1. Pompey, the Triumvirs’ principal enemy, is disturbed to hear of Antony’s return to Rome.  
Menas remains optimistic that the insurrection of Antony’s brother and wife has soured his relations  
with Caesar, but Pompey foresees that divisions will be forgotten in the face of an external enemy.  
Scene 2. A tense meeting between Caesar and Antony is smoothed over by Lepidus and Agrippa, who  
suggest that Antony marries Caesar’s sister Octavia. Enobarbus, Antony’s trusted lieutenant,  
remembers Antony’s first meeting with Cleopatra; he is sure that Antony will never leave her.  
Scene 3. A soothsayer tells Antony that he cannot shine when Caesar is near. He decides to return to  
Egypt. 

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Data di pubblicazione: 08/03/2020; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —

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