Antony and Cleopatra: who's who, timeline and places
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- AntonyAntony neglects Roman news and military duty to spend time with Cleopatra.First seen in scene 1
- CleopatraCleopatra tests Antony’s love and teases him about Caesar’s authority and Fulvia’s anger.First seen in scene 1
- CaesarCaesar is an authority whose orders Cleopatra invokes while teasing Antony.First seen in scene 1
- PhiloPhilo complains that Antony’s devotion to Cleopatra has displaced his military strength.First seen in scene 1
- EnobarbusEnobarbus jokes about women and grief as Antony prepares to leave Egypt.First seen in scene 2
- CharmianCharmian jokes with a fortune-teller, who predicts her fortune alongside Iras’s.First seen in scene 2
- IrasIras joins Charmian in joking with a fortune-teller about their fortunes.First seen in scene 2
- AlexasAlexas is sent by Cleopatra to find Antony and report a contrasting mood.First seen in scene 3
- PompeyPompey commands growing naval strength and attracts people dissatisfied with Caesar.First seen in scene 4
- LepidusLepidus defends Antony’s character while preparing military resources alongside Caesar.First seen in scene 4
- MenasMenas reports to Pompey that Caesar and Lepidus are campaigning.First seen in scene 6
- OctaviaOctavia is the proposed bride whose marriage to Antony would strengthen his alliance with Caesar.First seen in scene 7
- AgrippaAgrippa proposes Antony’s marriage to Octavia as a way to secure an alliance.First seen in scene 7
- ErosEros brings Enobarbus news of Lepidus’s imprisonment and Antony’s anger.First seen in scene 17
- Scene 1
Antony refuses news from Rome and chooses pleasure with Cleopatra.
- Scene 2
Antony learns of Fulvia’s death and political trouble, then prepares to leave Egypt.
- Scene 7
Antony and Caesar accept Agrippa’s proposal that Antony marry Octavia to strengthen their alliance.
- Scene 10
Cleopatra attacks the messenger who tells her that Antony has married Octavia.
- Scene 11
Pompey accepts Sicily and Sardinia in return for suppressing piracy and supplying Rome with wheat.
- Scene 12
Pompey refuses Menas’s offer to murder the three rulers during their feast aboard his galley.
- Scene 16
Antony allows Octavia to seek peace with her brother while he prepares for war.
- Scene 17
Eros reports that Caesar has imprisoned Lepidus after using his help against Pompey.
- Scene 18
Caesar tells Octavia that Antony has rejoined Cleopatra and gathered allied rulers for war.
- Scene 19
Antony chooses battle at sea despite warnings that his land forces offer a better chance.
- Scene 22
Antony follows the fleeing Egyptian fleet, abandoning the battle, while Enobarbus decides to remain loyal.
- Scene 24
Caesar rejects Antony’s request and makes Cleopatra’s acceptance depend on removing or killing Antony.
- Scene 25
Antony orders Thidias whipped, accepts Cleopatra’s declaration of love, and prepares another attack.
- Scene 30
After learning that Enobarbus has deserted, Antony orders his treasure returned with a kind farewell.
- Scene 31
Antony’s generosity deepens Enobarbus’s guilt, and he refuses to fight against him.
- Scene 33
Antony celebrates driving the enemy back and announces another attack before sunrise.
- Scene 34
Enobarbus begs Antony’s forgiveness and dies while watchmen listen nearby.
- Scene 37
Antony reports his fleet’s surrender, blames Cleopatra for betrayal, and drives her away with threats.
- Scene 38
Cleopatra hides in the tomb and sends Mardian to tell Antony she is dead.
- Scene 39
Believing Cleopatra dead, Antony wounds himself, then learns she lives and asks to be carried to her.
- Scene 40
Cleopatra and her attendants lift Antony into the monument, where he dies in her arms.
- Scene 41
Caesar mourns Antony but orders Proculeius to prevent Cleopatra’s suicide so she can appear in his victory parade.
- Scene 42
Cleopatra dies by snakebite to escape public display, and Caesar orders her burial beside Antony.
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- RomeRome is the source of news that Antony refuses to hear.First seen in scene 1
- AthensAthens is where Ventidius prepares to meet Antony after defeating the Parthians.First seen in scene 13
- AlexandriaAlexandria is where Antony publicly grants territories and royal titles to Cleopatra and her children.First seen in scene 18
- Cleopatra’s PalaceA palace in Alexandria where soldiers keep watch before the next day’s battle.First seen in scene 28
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