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by William Shakespeare. Believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. First performed 16*.

First production in South Africa in 19* by **.

Produced at Maynardville Open-Air Theatre in 1972 with Michael Atkinson as Octavius Caesar, Cecilia Sonnenberg as Cleopatra and Roy Purcell as Antony.

A Take-Away Shakespeare Company production was staged at the 1999 Grahamstown Festival starring Sean Taylor as Antony and Jana Cilliers as Cleopatra. Directed by James Whyle, set and costume design by Sarah Roberts, lighting designer Michael Maxwell.

In 2010, Antony and Cleopatra played at Maynardville Open-Air Theatre in Wynberg, Cape Town. Directed by Marthinus Basson with Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots as Cleopatra, Andrew Laubscher as Caesar, André Weideman as Antony, Lionel Newton as Enorbarbus and Juliet Jenkin as Charmian.

Translated into Afrikaans by Anna Neethling-Pohl as Antonius en Cleopatra. (DALRO, 1969).

Teaterwoordeboek, Vaktaalburo, 1977.

Cape Times 15 June 1999.

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 by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_shakespeare William Shakespeare]. Believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. First performed 16*.
-== Performance history in South Africa ==First production in South Africa in 19* by **.
+== Performance history in South Africa ==
+First production in South Africa in 19* by **.
 Produced at [[Maynardville|Maynardville Open-Air Theatre]] in 1972 with [[Michael Atkinson]] as Octavius Caesar, [[Cecilia Sonnenberg]] as Cleopatra and [[Roy Purcell]] as Antony.