Antony and Cleopatra

Synopsis

Video recording of the Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre all-male production of Antony and Cleopatra with Mark Rylance as Cleopatra.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Recording date

1999

Credits

Director

Giles Block

Writer

William Shakespeare

Cast

Paul Shelley	Mark Antony
Mark Rylance	Cleopatra
Ben Walden	Octavius Caesar
John McEnery	Enobarbus
Benedict Wong	Scarus
Jimmy Gardner	Menecrates
Liam Hourican	Eros
Liam Hourican	Silius
Liam Hourican	Gallus
Mark Lewis Jones	Taurus
Michael Rudko	Ventidius
Michael Rudko	Canidius
Quill Roberts	Dolabella
Roger Gartland	Dercetus
Terence Maynard	Agrippa
Terence Maynard	Demetrius
Timothy Davies	Philo
Timothy Davies	Proculeius
Timothy Davies	Lepidus
Timothy Davies	Schoolmaster (Ambassador)
Toby Cockerell	Thidias
Toby Cockerell	Octavia

Additional Details

Theatre

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

Theatre company

Red Company

Production type

Stage Recordings

Historical period

Elizabethan

Plays

Antony and Cleopatra

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); All-male casts; Gender reversal

Notes

Notes

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre makes several recordings of a single production, using three fixed cameras, to enable practitioners and researchers to observe how the play has developed during the run.

History

The production ran 30 July - 26 September 1999

Reviews

Smallwood, Robert, Shakespeare Survey 53 (2000); 244-73 (especially 245-49).

Research Bulletin (Issue no. 14, 2000). Includes rehearsal and production notes and interviews with the cast. (Http://globe-education.org (accessed 6/2009).

Archive

Name

Shakespeare’s Globe

Contact

Librarian

Email

library@shakespearesglobe.com

Web

http://www.shakespearesglobe.com External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 7902 1433

Fax

+44 (0) 7902 1401

Address

21 New Globe Walk
Bankside
London
SE1 9DT