The next meeting of Great Books KC will be July 28, 2023. We will discuss the play, Caesar and Cleopatra, by George Bernard ShawMeeting Date & Time:Date: July 28, 2023Time: 7:00 pm Zoom On-Line Meeting:— an email with link to join will be sent prior to meeting.— the link is sent to a limited mailing list of frequent attenders.— request mailing list addition, send to GreatBooksKC@gmail.com.
About the Play:Caesar and Cleopatra is a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shawthat depicts a fictionalized account of the relationship between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. It was first published in 1901 in a collection of three plays with the title Three Plays for Puritans with the two other plays being Captain Brassbound's Conversion and The Devil's Disciple. It was first performed in a single staged reading at Newcastle upon Tyne on March 15, 1899, to secure the copyright. The play was produced in New York in 1906 and in London at the Savoy Theatre in 1907.