The complete five-act version of Caesar and Cleopatra for performance and study includes both prologues and the author's own stage directions and explanatory notes. Elizabeth T. Forter's introduction focuses on Shaw's calculated and integral development of the plot, juxtaposition of characters, and use of dramatic devices to convey the play's central theme, the measure of the truly heroic. Also included are a list of principal dates in the life of Bernard Shaw, and a selected bibliography.