Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Caesar and Cleopatra; by George Bernard Shaw.

Here is a fresh look at Cleopatra as the young girl she must have been, compared to the much older Ceasar - and while it is delightful in seeing a petulant young pretty girl getting her education rather expensively, through life and war, it is also a scathing commentary on various issues around war and morality and dealing with enemy, with Ceasar above his fellow men - and women - providing them insight about why it was wrong what they did wrong.

Most delightful remains the prologue, a monologue by the Egyptian god Ra, addressing the audience disdainfully.

A sample - "O you compulsorily educated people!"