Under an Egyptian moon, the aging Julius Caesar meets teenage Cleopatra by chance one night. With turmoil afoot as Cleopatra and her younger brother vie for the throne, Caesar helps the young queen ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Caesar and Cleopatra is a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw that ...

Cleopatra is a famous historical figure. But how much do we really know about her? Virtually everything we’ve learned about the Egyptian’s queen’s 21-year rule and her relationships with the Roman ...

Veteran strategist Julius Caesar mentors the teenage queen of Roman-occupied Egypt. The celebrated wit of George Bernard Shaw makes sparkling comedy of political drama as veteran strategist Julius ...

When Laurence Olivier & Vivien Leigh decided to do Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra for last summer’s Festival of Britain, Stage Designer Roger Furse jokingly suggested that they do Shakespeare’s Antony ...

The Gingold Theatrical Group's revival of George Bernard Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra officially opened September 24, following previews that began September 3 at Theatre Row. Helmed by Artistic ...

Christopher Plummer will return to the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada, next season to play Julius Caesar in George Bernard Shaw’s “Caesar and Cleopatra.” Production will be directed by Des ...

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Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains pop off the screen in vivid Technicolor in Gabriel Pascal’s version of Shaw’s 1901 play about love and politics in ancient Rome and Egypt. At the time the most expensive ...

George Bernard Shaw's classic drama "Caesar and Cleopatra" graced the stage of Central High School as the first production of the 1957-58 school year. This photo by Betty Love captures a scene where ...