Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. It was first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Life of Marcus Antonius and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the time of the Parthian War to Cleopatra's suicide. The major antagonist is Octavius Caesar, one of Antony's fellow triumviri and the future first emperor of Rome. The tragedy is a Roman play characterized by swift, panoramic shifts in geographical locations and in registers, alternating between sensual, imaginative Alexandria and the more pragmatic, austere Rome. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast Narrator; “A voice within”: John Fricker Agrippa, friend to Caesar: Michael Irskens Alexas, attendant on Cleopatra: Tina Nuzzi Antony (Marcus Antonius); Egyptian; Menecrates, friend to Pompey; Proculeius, friend to Caesar; Taurus, lieutenant-general to Caesar: Algy Pug Attendant/First Attendant; First Soldier/Soldier/All: Marty Kris Canidius, lieutenant-general to Antony; Soothsayer: Timothy Ferguson Captain: jeandelfrio Charmian, attendant on Cleopatra: Arielle Lipshaw Cleopatra, queen of Egypt; Second Attendant; Silius, an officer in Ventidius’s army; Third Guard: Amy Gramour Clown: Miriam Esther Goldman Demetrius, friend to Antony; Gallus, friend to Caesar; Varrius, friend to Pompey: Christopher Sanner Dercetas, friend to Antony: DerekP Diomedes, attendant on Cleopatra; Dolabella, friend to Caesar: Dianne Lanning Domitius Enobarbus, friend to Antony; Euphronius, an ambassador from Antony to Caesar; Philo, friend to Antony: bish Eros, friend to Antony: Matthew Reece First Guard/Guard/All: Ted Garvin First Servant; Octavius, (Octavius Caesar): Elizabeth Klett Fourth Soldier; Second Guard: JimOCR Iras, attendant on Cleopatra: Sweetlilbirdy Lepidus, (Marcus Antonius Lepidus): Bill Mosley Mardian, a eunuch, attendant on Cleopatra: Martin Geeson Mecaenas, friend to Caesar: David Lawrence Menas, friend to Caesar: Lars Rolander Messenger: Baggz Octavia, sister to Caesar and wife to Antony: Availle Pompey (Sextus Pompeius): Ric F Scarus, friend to Antony: Chris Donnelly Second Messenger; Second Servant: Linette Geisel Second Soldier: Tom Crawford Seleucus, attendant on Cleopatra: Legentis Third Soldier: kingactorjon Thyreus, friend to Caesar: Nullifidian Ventidius, friend to Antony: Kancamagus Song – Act 2 Scene 7: Ezwa Audio edited by: Linette Geisel