Antony and Cleopatra

Synopsis: Sound recording of Young Peoples Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra directed by Tarell Alvin McCraney with Jonathan Cake and Joaquina Kalukango in the title roles The touring production employs ten actors and is heavily edited.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Audio
Recording date: 13 Nov 2013
Duration: 160 mins

General: A new co-production by the Royal Shakespeare Company and US co-commissioning partners The Public Theater in New York and Miami’s GableStage, premiered in Stratford- upon-Avon before arriving in the US for engagements in Miami and New York. It is the latest RSC project presented in collaboration with The Ohio State University,
Stills: The play in the late 1700s against the backdrop of Saint-Domingue, on the eve of the Haitian Revolution against the French, bringing to light historical parallels with the story of Antony and Cleopatra.
Textual information: Dramaturgs, James Shapiro and Catherine Sheehy.
Reviews: Ben Brantley ‘Shakespeare Hits the Beach: an Antony and Cleopatra Set in the Caribbean’ in The New York Times (5 March 2014).

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
Web: https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
Address: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB

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