* ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.] Among the entries in the books of the Stationers' Company, October 19, 1593, I find “A Booke entituled the Tragedie of Cleopatra." It is entered by Symon Waterfon, for whom fome of Daniel's works were printed; and therefore it is probably by that author, of whofe Cleopatra there are feveral editions; and, among others, one in 1594. In the fame volumes, May 20, 1608, Edward Blount entered "A Booke called Anthony and Cleopatra." This is the first notice I have met with concerning any edition of this play more ancient than the folio, 1623. STEEVENS. Antony and Cleopatra was written, I imagine, in the year 1608. See An Attempt to afcertain the Order of Shakspeare's Plays, Vol. II. MALONE. Taurus, Lieutenant-General to Cæfar. Canidius, Lieutenant-General to Antony. Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. Octavia, Sifter to Cæfar, and Wife to Antony. Iras, Officers, Soldiers, Meffengers, and other Attendants. SCENE, difperfed; in feveral Parts of the Roman Empire. |