Antony’s Romans use English, Cleopatra’s Egyptians use British Sign Language (BSL), and the entire play is subtitled on a huge screen that centres the staging.

Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra has frequently been called a "problem play." The characters do not fit into familiar Shakespearean molds, and the play itself refuses to be classified as a ...

Julia Bullock as Cleopatra. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera. We learn much of what we know about Antony and Cleopatra in Shakespeare’s eponymous play through something of a non-entity.

Thirty-five years ago, John Adams’ first opera, which changed the way opera would be made and matter in America, had its first public workshop performance in a small theater, the Herbst, next ...

Be the first to get ticket offers, news, photos & more. Antony and Cleopatra has had 10 productions including Broadway which opened in 1909, Broadway which opened in 1924, Broadway which opened in ...

Antony and Cleopatra Poor Shadows of Elysium boils this powerful Shakespearean tragedy down to its essential elements Reviewed by Stacy Alexander Smith, Fri., May 16, 2014. Tweet. print.

Amina Edris as Cleopatra in John Adams’ “Antony and Cleopatra,” given its world premiere by San Francisco Opera Sept. 10. (Cory Weaver / San Francisco Opera) By Mark Swed Classical Music Critic ...

Jones’ play was drawn from Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra” and other sources, but it’s informed by Jones’ own experience as a strong Black woman, a mother and a poet.

The production of “Antony and Cleopatra” that opens at the Metropolitan Opera on Monday is by Elkhanah Pulitzer, who turns Shakespeare’s play of torn allegiances, thwarted love and ascendant ...

Historically, Cleopatra was a controversial figure due to her relationships with Roman men Mark Antony and Julius Caesar, and her reputation of being a “seductress.” ...