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Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
4.0

a bit long but i can see how it would be a spectacular stage show 
i don’t know how they would do the multiple scene changes

follows the story of antony and cleopatra. It starts with their love in egypt but antony returns to rome to deal with conflict with caesar. they solve their conflict with a marriage. Antony was recently widowed and now marries Caesar’s sister Octavia. Cleopatra finds out and is upset.
?A war happens? and Antony goes to Cleopatra. Antony battles Caesar on sea but retreats like a coward. Then they fight again and he thinks he’s winning but he was tricked. He thinks cleopatra tricked him and orders her killed but she hides. After realizing what he’s done he wants to die too but none of his lieutenants will do it so he stabs himself but misses. He is carried to Cleopatra and dies in her arms.
Now Caesar has successfully won and wishes to parade Cleopatra around as a trophy of the battle but she realizes this and kill’s herself by snake.

I honestly don’t know too much about this history and have no idea if it’s accurate but it sure is wild