Shakespeare: Love Across the Racial Divide | 5: Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra
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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- Type: Factual, Plays
- Channel: BBC Radio 4
- Duration: 15'00''
- Broadcast date: 2016
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Shakespeare Archive Resource
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Prefaces to Shakespeare | Antony and Cleopatra
A personal introduction to the play by Barbara Jefford, who talks of her experience of playing Cleopatra in various productions. "What a combination they should have been, she and Antony! What a combination they indeed were - but in the wrong way. They loved each other and ruined each other."
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This Cultural Life | Sam Mendes
How the work of Shakespeare came alive for him while watching productions at the RSC, and in particular, a memorable performance of Antony and Cleopatra starring Michael Gambon and Helen Mirren.