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Title: Antony and Cleopatra (BBC Radio 3: Drama On 3)
Author: William Shakespeare
Narrator: Frances Barber, David Harewood
Format: Original Recording
Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-06-11
Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes
Genres: Radio & TV, Entertainment
Publisher's Summary:
A BBC Radio 3 full-cast enactment of Shakespeare's last great tragedy, 'Antony and Cleopatra', with David Harewood and Frances Barber in the title roles.
Originally broadcast as part of the 'Drama on 3' series on 27 June 2010. Telling the story of one of history's most famous couples, 'Antony and Cleopatra' contains some of the most beautiful poetry in the English Language. Shakespeare's last great tragedy is an epic play of action set against a huge political and geographical backdrop, but at the centre of the play is a story about what happens when two people fall in love. In this play, love is a madness that leads to excess and imbalance. Antony and Cleopatra is middle-aged people who have loved before and often, and they seize this late love as if it is their last chance. Their love possesses them and destroys all rational behaviour. Antony and Cleopatra live their lives in public and wield tremendous power. Both are preoccupied with the figure they will cut in history, but they are also driven by common human emotions. Shakespeare shows that great natures can produce great vices as well as great virtues - we see their vanity, cruelty and irresponsibility. Like glamorous stars, Antony and Cleopatra are both deeply attractive and open to harsh judgement.
Starring Frances Barber as Cleopatra, David Harewood as Mark Antony, Roger Allam as Enobarbus and Colin Tierney as Ocatavius Caesar. Also featured in the cast are Ewan Hooper, Amanda Root, Garry Cooper, Claire Rushbrook, Helen Longworth, Paul Hilton, Ben Onwukwe and Martin Hyder. With original music composed by Sylvia Hallett, the play was directed by Mary Peate.
Members Reviews:
Arden Shakespeare is Magnificent
The Arden Shakespeare are both scholarly and inviting to read. Antony and Cleopatra is an underappreciated and under-read play; it is "essential Shakespeare," among the great plays such as Hamlet, Lear, Macbeth and Othello.
Ancient Power Couples
This is a vastly underrated play. It is excellent and terribly complex; it features Shakespeare's take on this famous relationship, one of the first power couples. It plays off Plutarch's Lives, so having background with that is helpful. Cleopatra is one of Shakespeare's best female characters.
Our Shakespeare reading group loved it
This is one of Shakespeare's least performed plays, but merits reading. After reading this, our Shakespeare play-reading group also read Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra and loved it
Great book, helpful.
This book was very helpful with insights posted throughout for those who may have trouble with Shakespeare's writings. Would recommend it highly.
More strange review questions from Amazon to get here but the book is excellent, commentary top-knotch and overall condition gre
OK, it is fictional but who buys this & doesn't already know the plot?
More strange review questions from Amazon to get here but the book
is excellent, commentary top-knotch and overall condition great. I just
bought this so I wouldn't have to lug my RSC Shakespeare into bed
each nite!