Part 3 features close-readings of three key scenes in which Antony and Cleopatra articulate their cosmic self-conceptions in language so transcendent that it helps transform their vision into reality.
Speeches and Performers:
Enobarbus, Act 2, “The barge she sat in …” (Andrew Woddall)
Antony,...
Published 07/28/22
Part 2 explores the play’s varied and conflicting perspectives on its leading characters. From the Roman point of view, Antony and Cleopatra are figures who fall from greatness, and their story is a tragedy or even, at times, farce; but from other points of view, Antony and Cleopatra represent a...
Published 07/28/22