We learn much of what we know about Antony and Cleopatra in Shakespeare’s eponymous play through something of a non-entity. Enobarbus tells us that “Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her ...

15 min. If Antony and Cleopatra were on Facebook, their relationship status would read: It's Complicated. Theirs is an imperfect coupling fraught by marriages with other people, children born ...

Video by BILL MORRISON Supported by By Joshua Barone On the page, John Adams’s opera “Antony and Cleopatra” is a pretty straightforward adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy. But on the ...

Now Blanche McIntyre’s new Antony and Cleopatra at Shakespeare’s Globe goes a stage further. In McIntyre’s admirably ambitious, bilingual production of the great tragedy, with associate ...

Jeff Lunden reports. JEFF LUNDEN, BYLINE: John Adams says he's always loved Shakespeare - in particular, the tragedy "Antony And Cleopatra." JOHN ADAMS: I think what I loved about it is the fact ...

Antony’s Romans use English, Cleopatra’s Egyptians use British ... where miscommunication becomes the wheel on which comedy or tragedy turn. Here, there are countless times when characters ...

“Antony and Cleopatra,” though ... as we are once more reminded, forget their tragedy. The opera unfolds in two long acts (80 and 85 minutes, respectively). Shakespeare offers little room ...

“Antony and Cleopatra,” though ... as we are once more reminded, forget their tragedy. The opera unfolds in two long acts (80 and 85 minutes, respectively). Shakespeare offers little room ...