Shakespeare plays MARK ANTONY, a senator

Illustration: Shakespeare plays Mark Antony dressed in a toga; he looks very angry, standing with feet apart, one hand thrown out in a dramatic gesture

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Mark Antony arrives just after Caesar has been stabbed to death by conspirators who hope to seize power, and predicts terrible times ahead for all concerned.
Julius Caesar
Act 3 Scene 1

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What a citizen said
about Mark Antony:

"Poor soul, his eyes are red as fire with weeping; there's not a nobler man in Rome than Antony."

Julius Caesar
Act 3 Scene 2