Shakespeare: Love Across the Racial Divide | 5: Antony and Cleopatra

Duration: 15'00''

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown explores five Shakespeare plays that cross the racial divide. This edition focuses on the relationship between Antony and Cleopatra.

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