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Antony and Cleopatra - Characters in the Play

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Characters in the Play

Characters in the Play
Antony, a triumvir of Rome
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
Octavius Caesar, a triumvir of Rome
Octavia, sister to Caesar, later wife to Antony
Lepidus, a triumvir of Rome
Enobarbus, also called Domitius
Ventidius
Silius
Eros
Canidius
Scarus
Dercetus
Demetrius
Philo
A Schoolmaster, Antony’s
 Ambassador to Caesar

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accompanying Antony
in Egypt and elsewhere
Charmian
Iras
Alexas
Mardian, a Eunuch
Seleucus, Cleopatra’s treasurer
Diomedes
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serving in Cleopatra’s court
Maecenas
Agrippa
Taurus
Thidias
Dolabella
Gallus
Proculeius
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supporting and accompanying Caesar
Sextus Pompeius, also called Pompey
Menas
Menecrates
Varrius
Messengers
Soldiers
Sentries
Guardsmen
A Soothsayer
Servants
A Boy
A Captain
An Egyptian
A Countryman
Ladies, Eunuchs, Captains, Officers, Soldiers, Attendants, Servants (Lamprius, Rannius, Lucillius: mute characters named in the opening stage direction to 1.2)