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Shakespeare plays CLEOPATRA, Queen of Egypt


Illustration: Shakespeare plays Cleopatra dressed in Egyptian style, with a black wig; he looks heavenwards tragically

Cleopatra, her armies defeated and her lover dead, prepares for death.
Antony and Cleopatra, Act 5 Scene 2

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The tragical history of HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK, as it hath been divers times acted (with great applause) by his Highness's servants in the city of London.

At the Globe, Aug 3rd 1607

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