2+ week, 6+ day ago   (250+ words) The Past website Cleopatra: A Reference Guide to her Life and Works Cleopatra VII now joins such luminaries as Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill, and Henry VIII, as the latest historical celebrity to have her own volume in Bloomsbury’s ‘Significant Figures…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago   (187+ words) Imagine becoming queen at just 18 years old — and discovering that almost everyone around you wants you dead. That was the world Cleopatra …...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (100+ words) Rating Click if you liked this article With a simple reframe, the Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s ‘Cleopatra & Antony’ signals a deviation from the norm long before curtains up. Shakespeare’s original play centres the Roman general Mark Antony, but this production flips…...