This doomed romance ended abruptly in 44 BCE when Caesar was quite literally stabbed in the back (and from all sides) by his ...

And she pretty soon hooked up with one of his closest allies. Queen meets consul When Caesar met Cleopatra, he was was 52 and had a wife back in Rome. But something about the 21-year-old Cleopatra ...

But this, in fact, enraged Caesar who set off for Egypt himself. Caesar demanded an explanation from Ptolemy, and Cleopatra and ordered them both to appear before him. This was tricky for Cleo as ...

SYNOPSIS: Roman emperor Julius Caesar meets the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra, courts her and tutors her in the ways of the politics of his land in George Bernard Shaw's 1898 play.

In the middle of the civil war that would bring him to power, Julius Caesar spent the winter of 48 BC in Egypt. There he met Cleopatra, the woman who would set Roman nerves on edge for most of the ...

After Caesar's assassination, his heir Octavian battled Antony for control of the Roman Empire for more than a decade; following Antony and Cleopatra's defeat at Actium, Octavian's forces entered ...

The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.

Stratford Shakespeare Festival presents: Caesar and Cleopatra. Shaw's legendary wit turns political drama into sparkling comedy when veteran strategist Julius Caesar becomes mentor to the ...