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| − | by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_shakespeare | + | ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'' is a play by William Shakespeare (1564–1616)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_shakespeare William Shakespeare]. |
| − | + | ''Also found as '''[[Anthony and Cleopatra]]''' in some sources'' | |
| − | + | ==The original play== | |
| − | Return to [[ | + | With a plot based on Thomas North's 1579 English translation of Plutarch's Lives, the play is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607, and first performed by the King's Men, at either the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre in around 1607. In the First Folio it appeared under the title ''[[The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra]]'' and was first printed in the Folio of 1623. |
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| + | Translated into Afrikaans by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl|Anna S. Pohl]] as ''[[Antonius en Cleopatra]]''. ([[DALRO]], 1969). Broadcast as a radio drama under the direction of [[Suzanne van Wyk]] in 1967. (Article from the SABC Bulletin of 15 May 1967). | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| + | First production in South Africa in 19* by **. | ||
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| + | 1960: A [[Little Theatre]] production by [[Rosalie van der Gucht]] in May-June 1960, with [[Percy Sieff]] as Mark Anthony, [[Roger Dwyer]] as Diomedes and [[Babs Laker]] as Cleopatra. | ||
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| + | 1972: Produced at [[Maynardville|Maynardville Open-Air Theatre]] with [[Michael Atkinson]] as Octavius Caesar, [[Cecilia Sonnenberg]] as Cleopatra and [[Roy Purcell]] as Antony. | ||
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| + | 1975: Directed by English director David Giles for [[CAPAB]] starring [[Sandra Prinsloo]] as Cleopatra and [[Michael Atkinson]] as Antony, opening 16 August at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]]. Other members of the cast included [[Peter Curtis]], [[Peter Krummeck]], [[Michael Drin]], [[David Crichton]], [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]], [[Lois Butlin]], [[Patti Canning]], [[John Whiteley]], [[Roger Dwyer]], [[Robert Del Kyrke]], [[Colin Duell]], [[Mary Dreyer]], [[Keith Grenville]], [[Bill Jervis]], [[Pietro Nolte]], [[David Janes]], [[Pamela Buchner]]. Stage manager [[Brian Kennedy]] assisted by [[Barry Jarvis]]. Sets and costumes designed by [[Peter Cazalet]]. This production was staged at the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] 9-13 September and at the [[1820 Settlers Monument|Settlers' Memorial]] in Grahamstown 17-20 September. | ||
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| + | 1987: Opened on 13 June, staged by [[NAPAC]], in the [[Natal Playhouse]], directed by [[John Hussey]], with [[Eric Carte]] (Mark Antony), [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]] (Cleopatra), [[Gavin van den Berg]] (Octavius Caesar), [[James Irwin]] (Lepidus), [[Lynn Ellis]] (Octavia), [[Simon Heale]], [[Andre Smith]], [[Brian O'Shaughnessy]], [[Andrew Wilson]], [[Peter Gardner]], [[Rodney Prynne]], [[Pete Kruger]], [[Stephen Gurney]], [[Peter Holden]], [[Drummond Marais]], [[Ingride Mollison]], [[Thuli Mtshali]], [[Jabulani Chili]], [[Ken Jackson]], [[Madoda Ncayiyana]] and [[Bheki Mandlenkosi]]. Designed by [[Penny Simpson]] and lighting by [[Joe Freedman]]. | ||
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| + | 1990: Directed by [[Margaret Heale]] for [[SODA]], [[Wits Theatre Complex|Wits Theatre]]. | ||
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| + | 1993: Presented by [[CAPAB]] Drama at the [[Rhodes University Theatre Complex|Rhodes Theatre]], Grahamstown at the [[National Arts Festival]] from 8 to 11 July and at the [[Nico Malan Theatre|Nico Theatre]] from 17 July to 7 August. Direction was by [[Marthinus Basson]], assisted by [[Tomothy Greene]], design by [[Peter Cazalet]], lighting by [[Malcolm Hurrell]], music by [[Charl-Johan Lingenfelder]], stage director [[Patrick Curtis]], stage manager [[Howard Simms]]. The cast: [[Andrew Buckland]] (Antony), [[Neels Coetzee]] (Lepidus), [[Blaise Koch]] (Caesar), [[Mary Dreyer]] (Octavia), [[Keith Grenville]], [[Nicholas Ashby|Nic Ashby]], [[Timothy Greene]], [[Neels Coetzee]], [[Nkosinathi Gqotso]], [[Anthony Bishop]], [[Cedwyn Joel]], [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]] (Cleopatra), [[Claire Watling]], [[Jana van Niekerk]], [[Kurt Wustmann|Kurt Wüstman]], [[Andrew Bosses]], [[André Samuels]], [[Mark Hoeben]], [[Cedwyn Joel]], [[André Roothman]], [[Anthony Bishop]], [[Peter Butler]], [[Jamie Bartlett]], [[Matthew Roberts]], [[Timothy Mahoney]], [[Angus Douglas]], [[Morné Visser]]. | ||
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| + | 1999: A [[Take Away Shakespeare Company]] production was staged at the 1999 [[Grahamstown Festival]] starring [[Sean Taylor]] as Antony and [[Jana Cilliers]] as Cleopatra, and [[Greg Melvill-Smith]], [[Megan Willson]], [[Zane Meas]], [[Gerrit Schoonhoven]], [[Anthony Coleman]] and [[Annie Robinson]]. Directed by [[James Whyle]], set and costume design by [[Sarah Roberts]], lighting designer [[Michael Maxwell]]. The same production was staged in the [[Tesson Theatre]] at [[The Civic]] in July 1999. | ||
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| + | 2010: Staged 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. | ||
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| + | ==Sources== | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_and_Cleopatra | ||
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| + | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_shakespeare William Shakespeare | ||
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| + | Material held by [[NELM]] (Little Theatre production): [Collection: SIEFF, Percy]: 2013. 25. 14. 1 and Photographs [Collection: SIEFF, Percy]: 2013. 25. 2. 62. | ||
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| + | ''[[Teaterwoordeboek]]'', [[Vaktaalburo]], 1977. | ||
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| + | [[NAPAC]] theatre programme, 1987. | ||
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| + | [[CAPAB]] theatre programme, 1993 ([[ESAT Archive]]) | ||
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| + | [[Michael Venables]]. 1993. "Aletta's Cleopatra doesn't quite make it", ''[[Sunday Times]]'', 25 July 1993. | ||
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| + | ''[[Cape Times]]'' 15 June 1999. | ||
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| + | [[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection. | ||
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| + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | == Return to == | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:21, 3 June 2024
Antony and Cleopatra is a play by William Shakespeare (1564–1616)William Shakespeare.
Also found as Anthony and Cleopatra in some sources
Contents
The original play
With a plot based on Thomas North's 1579 English translation of Plutarch's Lives, the play is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607, and first performed by the King's Men, at either the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre in around 1607. In the First Folio it appeared under the title The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra and was first printed in the Folio of 1623.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans by Anna S. Pohl as Antonius en Cleopatra. (DALRO, 1969). Broadcast as a radio drama under the direction of Suzanne van Wyk in 1967. (Article from the SABC Bulletin of 15 May 1967).
Performance history in South Africa
First production in South Africa in 19* by **.
1960: A Little Theatre production by Rosalie van der Gucht in May-June 1960, with Percy Sieff as Mark Anthony, Roger Dwyer as Diomedes and Babs Laker as Cleopatra.
1972: Produced at Maynardville Open-Air Theatre with Michael Atkinson as Octavius Caesar, Cecilia Sonnenberg as Cleopatra and Roy Purcell as Antony.
1975: Directed by English director David Giles for CAPAB starring Sandra Prinsloo as Cleopatra and Michael Atkinson as Antony, opening 16 August at the Nico Malan Theatre. Other members of the cast included Peter Curtis, Peter Krummeck, Michael Drin, David Crichton, Nicholas Ellenbogen, Lois Butlin, Patti Canning, John Whiteley, Roger Dwyer, Robert Del Kyrke, Colin Duell, Mary Dreyer, Keith Grenville, Bill Jervis, Pietro Nolte, David Janes, Pamela Buchner. Stage manager Brian Kennedy assisted by Barry Jarvis. Sets and costumes designed by Peter Cazalet. This production was staged at the H.B. Thom Theatre 9-13 September and at the Settlers' Memorial in Grahamstown 17-20 September.
1987: Opened on 13 June, staged by NAPAC, in the Natal Playhouse, directed by John Hussey, with Eric Carte (Mark Antony), Dorothy-Ann Gould (Cleopatra), Gavin van den Berg (Octavius Caesar), James Irwin (Lepidus), Lynn Ellis (Octavia), Simon Heale, Andre Smith, Brian O'Shaughnessy, Andrew Wilson, Peter Gardner, Rodney Prynne, Pete Kruger, Stephen Gurney, Peter Holden, Drummond Marais, Ingride Mollison, Thuli Mtshali, Jabulani Chili, Ken Jackson, Madoda Ncayiyana and Bheki Mandlenkosi. Designed by Penny Simpson and lighting by Joe Freedman.
1990: Directed by Margaret Heale for SODA, Wits Theatre.
1993: Presented by CAPAB Drama at the Rhodes Theatre, Grahamstown at the National Arts Festival from 8 to 11 July and at the Nico Theatre from 17 July to 7 August. Direction was by Marthinus Basson, assisted by Tomothy Greene, design by Peter Cazalet, lighting by Malcolm Hurrell, music by Charl-Johan Lingenfelder, stage director Patrick Curtis, stage manager Howard Simms. The cast: Andrew Buckland (Antony), Neels Coetzee (Lepidus), Blaise Koch (Caesar), Mary Dreyer (Octavia), Keith Grenville, Nic Ashby, Timothy Greene, Neels Coetzee, Nkosinathi Gqotso, Anthony Bishop, Cedwyn Joel, Aletta Bezuidenhout (Cleopatra), Claire Watling, Jana van Niekerk, Kurt Wüstman, Andrew Bosses, André Samuels, Mark Hoeben, Cedwyn Joel, André Roothman, Anthony Bishop, Peter Butler, Jamie Bartlett, Matthew Roberts, Timothy Mahoney, Angus Douglas, Morné Visser.
1999: A Take Away Shakespeare Company production was staged at the 1999 Grahamstown Festival starring Sean Taylor as Antony and Jana Cilliers as Cleopatra, and Greg Melvill-Smith, Megan Willson, Zane Meas, Gerrit Schoonhoven, Anthony Coleman and Annie Robinson. Directed by James Whyle, set and costume design by Sarah Roberts, lighting designer Michael Maxwell. The same production was staged in the Tesson Theatre at The Civic in July 1999.
2010: Staged 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.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_and_Cleopatra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_shakespeare William Shakespeare
Material held by NELM (Little Theatre production): [Collection: SIEFF, Percy]: 2013. 25. 14. 1 and Photographs [Collection: SIEFF, Percy]: 2013. 25. 2. 62.
Teaterwoordeboek, Vaktaalburo, 1977.
NAPAC theatre programme, 1987.
CAPAB theatre programme, 1993 (ESAT Archive)
Michael Venables. 1993. "Aletta's Cleopatra doesn't quite make it", Sunday Times, 25 July 1993.
Cape Times 15 June 1999.
Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
