Antony and Cleopatra

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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 FrickerAgrippa, friend to Caesar: Michael IrskensAlexas, attendant on Cleopatra: Tina NuzziAntony (Marcus Antonius); Egyptian; Menecrates, friend to Pompey; Proculeius, friend to Caesar; Taurus, lieutenant-general to Caesar: Algy PugAttendant/First Attendant; First Soldier/Soldier/All: Marty KrisCanidius, lieutenant-general to Antony; Soothsayer: Timothy FergusonCaptain: jeandelfrioCharmian, attendant on Cleopatra: Arielle LipshawCleopatra, queen of Egypt; Second Attendant; Silius, an officer in Ventidius’s army; Third Guard: Amy GramourClown: Miriam Esther GoldmanDemetrius, friend to Antony; Gallus, friend to Caesar; Varrius, friend to Pompey: Christopher SannerDercetas, friend to Antony: DerekPDiomedes, attendant on Cleopatra; Dolabella, friend to Caesar: Dianne LanningDomitius Enobarbus, friend to Antony; Euphronius, an ambassador from Antony to Caesar; Philo, friend to Antony: bishEros, friend to Antony: Matthew ReeceFirst Guard/Guard/All: Ted GarvinFirst Servant; Octavius, (Octavius Caesar): Elizabeth KlettFourth Soldier; Second Guard: JimOCRIras, attendant on Cleopatra: SweetlilbirdyLepidus, (Marcus Antonius Lepidus): Bill MosleyMardian, a eunuch, attendant on Cleopatra: Martin GeesonMecaenas, friend to Caesar: David LawrenceMenas, friend to Caesar: Lars RolanderMessenger: BaggzOctavia, sister to Caesar and wife to Antony: AvaillePompey (Sextus Pompeius): Ric FScarus, friend to Antony: Chris DonnellySecond Messenger; Second Servant: Linette GeiselSecond Soldier: Tom CrawfordSeleucus, attendant on Cleopatra: Legentis Third Soldier: kingactorjonThyreus, friend to Caesar: NullifidianVentidius, friend to Antony: KancamagusSong – Act 2 Scene 7: EzwaAudio edited by: Linette Geisel