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Antony & Cleopatra

A man with a beard is gently holding a woman who is lying on the ground. Both are dressed in casual clothing. The scene appears dramatic, with warm lighting. The background is dark.

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Simon Godwin directs Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo as the famous fated couple.

Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love.

In a tragic fight between devotion and duty, obsession becomes a catalyst for war. Politics and passion are violently intertwined in Shakespeare’s gripping tale of power.

 

This production was performed in the Olivier Theatre from 18 September 2018 to 19 January 2019.

Performed 18 September 2018 — 19 January 2019 in the Olivier Theatre.