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Tony, meet Cleo: Bell Shakespeare does Antony and Cleopatra. (Theatre).
PICTURE THIS: a great captain of the ancient world awakes from an intoxicating night in the arms of Cleopatra--an Egyptian "dish for the gods", a "lass unparallelled"--and finds himself face to face with Glenda Jackson. This isn't a joke: it was an event observed by bemused playgoers and wondering critics at the time. There have even been British Cleopatras whose hauteur sounds only a starched syllable away from Lady Bracknell. Long on royal command, and short on allure, they illustrate the challenges which men playing Antony have faced on the London stage.
Nothing like this faced William Zappa in Sydney recently. What he saw before him was the attractive and ...
- Antony and Cleopatra: Act V, Scene II
- Reference information from: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Shakespeare, William January 1, 1994 700+ words
...have him grant thee. CLEOPATRA: What's thy name...My name is Proculeius. CLEOPATRA: Antony Did tell me of you, bade...understand not, madam. CLEOPATRA: I dream'd there was an Emperor Antony: O, such another sleep...
- Antony and Cleopatra: Act III, Scene XIII
- Reference information from: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Shakespeare, William January 1, 1994 700+ words
...Think, and die. CLEOPATRA: Is Antony or we in fault for...his navy gazing. CLEOPATRA: Prithee, peace. {Enter MARK ANTONY with EUPHRONIUS...principalities. CLEOPATRA: That head, my lord? MARK ANTONY: To him again...
- SHAKESPEARE'S 'ANTONY' INTERMINABLE 'ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA SPLIT FOCUS OF PLAY...
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) July 27, 1986 700+ words
...difficulty with Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" is that it operates on two...split focus relegates the Antony and Cleopatra affair to a position of subplot...production changes, leaving the Antony-Cleopatra affair behind. Octavius desires...
- Theater; `Antony and Cleopatra,' Sans Lust
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post David Richards September 28, 1988 700+ words
...seem bizarre to say that "Antony and Cleopatra" at the Shakespeare Theatre...Folger is better off when Antony and Cleopatra are not sharing the stage...sexuality that would bring "Antony and Cleopatra" up to boiling point. What...
- Historical Works of William Shakespeare: Antony And Cleopatra. Act 2: Scenes 4...
- Reference information from: Monarch Notes Shakespeare, William January 1, 1963 700+ words
...University Of New York Antony And Cleopatra. Act 2: Scenes 4...fishing once, with Cleopatra nearby, Antony wanted to show off...laughter of all. And Cleopatra reminisces about the...times she had with Antony, including one in...
- Cleopatra and Antony: Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World.(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Publishers Weekly February 9, 2009 700+ words
Cleopatra and Antony: Power, Love, and Politics...against Octavian. For his part, Antony remained loyal to Cleopatra, viewing her as a partner with...context and speculates that if Antony and Cleopatra had defeated Octavian, then...
- Antony's "secret house of death": suicide and sovereignty in Antony and...
- Magazine article from: Philological Quarterly Vanhoutte, Jacqueline March 22, 2000 700+ words
Just after Antony dies from a self...Shakespeare's Cleopatra asks, "is it...critics. While from Cleopatra's perspective Antony has rushed into...its aftermath. Cleopatra's eulogies enable...that emphasize Antony's achievement...
- Historical Works of William Shakespeare: Antony And Cleopatra. Act 2: Scenes 1...
- Reference information from: Monarch Notes Shakespeare, William January 1, 1963 700+ words
...State University Of New York Antony And Cleopatra. Act 2: Scenes 1 - 4 Act...is Scene 4 of Act 1) to Cleopatra to keep Antony with her by means of her...a grave threat indeed if Antony will leave Cleopatra just to fight against them...
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