Word: fulvia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most noticeable shortcoming is an utter lack of a sense of humor. "Can Fulvia die?, "which is one of the most deliciously sly questions in literature, emerges as nothing more than a request for the salt. Actresses and directors are possibly misled by all the scholars who keep trying to increase the "four great tragedies" by one. We are not gripped by Antony and Cleopatra as we are by Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and Lear; we remain relatively detached. In fact, there is enough satire in Antony to make it possible to stage the work as Shavian high comedy...