what does “being barber’d ten times o’er” mean?

i’m currently playing enobarbus in a production of antony and cleopatra (!!!) and i’m trying to do text work and figure out what all of my lines mean. unfortunately, i’ve hit a stumbling block at a line in the barge speech in 2.2: “Our courteous Antony, / Whom ne’er the word of No woman heard speak, / Being barber’d ten times o’er, goes to the feast”. my current working theory is that being barber’d ten times o’er is akin to needing to Look Bonita but i’m not 100% sure so thought i’d ask the class

Posted Jul 11, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC

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