The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne
Burn'd on the water
— Enobarbus, Act II Sc 2
Mark Antony is one of the three most powerful men in the Roman Empire. But his late-flowering love for the Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, threatens the political allegiances that hold the empire together.
In Shakespeare’s full-blooded romance, Antony and Cleopatra are torn between their feelings as leaders and lovers, while allegiances form and break between the Roman and Egyptian armies.
Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety.
— Enobarbus, Act II Sc 2
I am dying, Egypt, dying; only
I here importune death awhile, until
Of many thousand kisses the poor last
I lay up thy lips
— Antony, Act IV Sc 15
Cast
Mark Antony | Richard Carwardine |
Enobarbus | Simon Bainbridge |
Decretas | Joseph Kao |
Canidius | Chris Mepham |
Eros | Henry Morris |
Demetrius | Ian Wood |
Octavius Caesar | Will Long |
Octavia | Katie Weatherall |
Maecenas | Tony Shepherd |
Proculeius Agrippa | Martyn Wigley |
Dolabella | Ed Long |
Thidias | Andrew Frank |
Lepidus | Andrew Frank |
Pompey | Ed Long |
Menas | Henry Morris |
Cleopatra | Heledd Hart |
Charmian | Kathryn Daw |
Iras | Angharad Evans |
Alexas | Georgina Ferry |
Mardian | Cynfelyn Wakefield |
Soothsayer | Linda Kirk |
Seleuca | Jane Morris |
Countrywoman | Ann Christys |
Servants | Hermione Miltiadou & Ann Shepherd |
Crew
Director | Ian Wood |
Composers & Musical Directors | Richard Morris & Henry Ward |
Lighting Designer & Technical Director | David Long |
Stage Carpenter | William Martin |
Wardrobe | Stephanie Ross, Jane Kipling |
Props | Penny Miltiadou, Ann Shepherd |
Poster | Ed Long |
Front of House | Emma Hall, Jane Hall, Sue Jones, Penny Miltiadou, Janet Paynter |
Musicians
Clarinet/Tenor Sax | Ann Macleod |
Recorder | Ann Christys |
Bassoon | Ben Hardy |
Trumpet/Guitar | Dan Webster |
Keyboards | Henry Ward, Jane Morris, Ed Long |
Percussion | Ann Christys, Ann Shepherd |
Viola | Bea Munby |
Nightclub Singer | Jane Morris |
Voices (Bacchanal) | Simon Bainbridge, Richard Carwardine, Andrew Frank, Ed Long, Chris Mepham, Henry Morris, Tony Shepherd, Martyn Wigley |