Burton, who portrayed Mark Antony in the film, had met Taylor years before working together. Their romance began after he showed up to the Cleopatra set with a hangover. “He wasn’t a snob. He was the ...
What did Cleopatra look like? Millennia after the historical figure reigned as queen of Egypt, the question is still hotly debated by academics and artists. "After much hang-wringing and countless ...
"Cleopatra: A Life" (Little, Brown, $29.99), by Stacy Schiff: It's as though Cleopatra lives and breathes once again in the pages of Stacy Schiff's exquisitely researched and well-written "Cleopatra: ...