Note return to page 1 Garrick published this shortened acting text of ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, prepared with the help of the Shakespearean scholar and editor Capell, in advance of its lavish production in 1759, but despite this careful advance publicity the play was not an overwhelming success, and Garrick (who found the role of Antony exhausting) laid it aside after only four performances.

Note return to page 2 the rais'd empire

Note return to page 3 adorings.

Note return to page 4 her leave to

Note return to page 5 a ray of

Note return to page 6 should salve my

Note return to page 7 A great

Note return to page 8 reporters

Note return to page 9 of our

Note return to page 10 of your

Note return to page 11 well.

Note return to page 12 report:

Note return to page 13 noses

Note return to page 14 Antonias,

Note return to page 15 sail,

Note return to page 16 the man Brutus

Note return to page 17 Strew'd (or, Strow'd) in

Note return to page 18 caparisons

Note return to page 19 embrac'd

Note return to page 20 enfranchis'd

Note return to page 21 and float,

Note return to page 22 cheek

Note return to page 23 work, our opposition

Note return to page 24 disperge

Note return to page 25 drum's din early wakes

Note return to page 26 her Sichæus

Note return to page 27 these tidings,

Note return to page 28 dele, prophesying

Note return to page 29 passions,

Note return to page 30 look'd on

Note return to page 31 thanks for.

Note return to page 32 was nature's

Note return to page 33 By some external swelling: but she looks Like sleep, as she &c.

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