Download or read book The Oxford Shakespeare: Anthony and Cleopatra written by William Shakespeare and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2008-04-17 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A newly edited text of the most formally ambitious and poetically brilliant of Shakespeare's tragedies. Always alert to the play's theatricality and boldly experimental design, the extensive introduction offers a fresh critical account of the play, exploring its paradoxical treatment of gender and identity.