National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra

National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra

National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra

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National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra

2018

3h 8m

7.2(11 votes)

Drama

Overview

Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love. In a tragic fight between devotion and duty, obsession becomes a catalyst for war.

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National Theatre

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4 videos

Cast & Crew

15 members

Acting

Ralph Fiennes

Antony

Ralph Fiennes

Acting

Sophie Okonedo

Cleopatra

Sophie Okonedo

Acting

Tim McMullan

Enobarbus

Tim McMullan

Acting

Tunji Kasim

Octavius Caesar

Tunji Kasim

Acting

Nicholas Le Prevost

Lepidus

Nicholas Le Prevost

Acting

Hannah Morrish

Octavia

Hannah Morrish

Acting

Sargon Yelda

Pompey

Sargon Yelda

Acting

Fisayo Akinade

Eros

Fisayo Akinade

Acting

Gloria Obianyo

Charmian

Gloria Obianyo

Acting

Georgia Landers

Iras

Georgia Landers

Acting

Gerald Gyimah

Menas

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Acting

Sam Woolf

Thidias

Sam Woolf

Acting

Waleed Hammad

Varrius

Waleed Hammad

Acting

Alexander Cobb

Scarus

Alexander Cobb

Acting

Hiba Elchikhe

Soothsayer

Hiba Elchikhe

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