| The False One | |
|---|---|
 frontispiece to The False One, 1711 edition | |
| Written by | John Fletcher and Philip Massinger |
| Date premiered | c.1619-20 |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | Julius Caesar meets Cleopatra |
| Genre | history play |
| Setting | Ancient Egypt |
The False One is a late Jacobean stage play by John Fletcher and Philip Massinger, though formerly placed in the Beaumont and Fletcher canon. It was first published in the first Beaumont and Fletcher folio of 1647.
This classical history tells of the meeting and romance of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra, and the betrayal and death of Pompey the Great at the hands of one of his own officers, the "false one" of the title.