The cast of Antony and Cleopatra
The people who make Antony and Cleopatra move — what they want, who they love, who they hate, and how each one fits the story. Tap any name to read more.
Mother of Caesarion (child by Julius Caesar)s
Roman triumvir; adopted son of Caesars
Sister of Octavius Caesar; widow of Caius Marcellus
Sister is Octavias
Son of Pompey the Greats
Other characters
Domitius Enobarbus
Antony's loyal soldier and conscience; astute observer whose honesty becomes unbearable
Charmian
Cleopatra's principal attendant and closest confidante
Messenger
News-bearer whose reports of war and domestic crisis drive the play's action
Menas
Pirate captain and trusted lieutenant of Pompey; the voice of naked ambition
Lepidus
The third triumvir; a weak mediator caught between Caesar and Antony
Agrippa
Caesar's trusted general and strategist; voice of political reason
Eros
Antony's devoted servant and instrument of his final will
Dolabella
Caesar's officer; witness to Cleopatra's final transformation
Iras
Cleopatra's attendant and confidante
Alexas
Cleopatra's attendant and messenger; go-between in her correspondence with Antony
First Soldier
Sentinel and witness to Antony's divine abandonment
Mecaenas
Roman officer and counselor to Octavius Caesar
The Soothsayer
Egyptian fortune-teller and herald of Antony's doom
A Soldier
Voice of military experience and honest counsel
Proculeius
Caesar's trusted emissary and instrument of mercy toward Cleopatra
Scarus
Antony's loyal officer and wounded soldier; voice of military clarity amid defeat
Thyreus
Caesar's cunning diplomat and seducer, sent to divide Antony from Cleopatra
First Guard
Soldier in Mark Antony's household; witness to his final moments
Second Soldier
Egyptian sentinel who hears the mysterious music of Hercules departing
Canidius
Antony's military commander; voice of military reason against folly
Third Soldier
Watchman and witness to supernatural omens before the final battle
All
Collective voice of soldiers, attendants, and court members; chorus of reaction and witness
Clown
Comic rustic bearing the asp; messenger of death
Diomedes
Cleopatra's loyal messenger and servant
Mardian
Eunuch attendant to Cleopatra; a figure of longing and absence
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