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Antony and Cleopatra

Synopsis
The Arkangel series consists of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays, uncut, fully-dramatised and accompanied by original music. Based on the text of the Pelican Shakespeare editions. A performance with Estelle Kohler as Cleopatra, Ciaran Hinds as Mark Antony, Ian Hughes as Octavius Caesar and David Burke as Enobarbus.
Series
Arkangel Complete Shakespeare
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Audio

Credits

Director
Clive Brill
Producer
Bill Shepherd; Tom Treadwell
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Dominque Le Gendre
Cast
Ciaran HindsMark Antony
Estelle KohlerCleopatra
Tracy-Ann ObermanOctavius Caesar
Charles SimpsonSextus Pompey
David BurkeEnobarbus
Arthur CoxSoothsayer
Christopher LuscombeMardian
Emma GregoryIras
Eve MathesonCharmian
Gary BakewellCleopatra’s messenger (Messenger)
John McAndrewEros
Jonathan TaflerMenas
Mark BonnarScarus
Michael N. HarbourMenecrates
Richard DurdenAlexas
Steve HodsonPhilo
Trevor MartinLepidus
Will KeenDiomedes

Additional Details

Production type
Sound Recordings(Commercial)
Plays
Antony and Cleopatra
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
drama in English; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Reviews
For an assessment of the sound recordings from Arkangel, the Marlowe Society (Rylands) and the Caedmon Shakespeare Recording Society (Sackler) see Lanier, Douglas ‘Shakespeare on the Record’ in Hodgdon, Barbara & Worthen, W.B. (eds) A Companion to Shakespeare in Performance (Malden: Blackwell, 2005), pp415-436

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email
listening@bl.uk
Web
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Phone
020 7412 7676
Fax
020 7412 7441
Address
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Retail outlets

Name

Royal Shakespeare Company, Mail Order

Web
https://www.rsc.org.uk/buyonline/shopping/index.asp?category=65&sessionid=958647199122126557164598758&deptnum=2 External site opens in new window
Phone
01789 748114
Fax
01789 748115
Address
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
CV37 6B

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