Questions tagged [caesar-and-cleopatra]

Questions about the play 'Caesar and Cleopatra' (1898) by George Bernard Shaw. Use this tag with the [george-bernard-shaw].

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What might be meant about Julius Caesar by Shaw in his notes to "Caesar and Cleopatra" by "He understands the paradox of money [...]"?

In Shaw's notes to Caesar and Cleopatra by Shaw it is written about Julius Caesar: He understands the paradox of money, and gives it away when he can get most for it: in other words, when its value ...
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How is G. B. Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) different from the eponymous characters' true relationship?

I know that Shaw's play is a fictionalized account of Caesar and Cleopatra's relationship. But how is G. B. Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) different from the eponymous characters' true ...
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