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Produced at [[Maynardville|Maynardville Open-Air Theatre]] in 1972 with [[Michael Atkinson]] as Octavius Caesar, [[Cecilia Sonnenberg]] as Cleopatra and [[Roy Purcell]] as Antony. | Produced at [[Maynardville|Maynardville Open-Air Theatre]] in 1972 with [[Michael Atkinson]] as Octavius Caesar, [[Cecilia Sonnenberg]] as Cleopatra and [[Roy Purcell]] as Antony. | ||
| − | A Take | + | 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]]. |
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| + | 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. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 07:09, 6 October 2014
by 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 **.
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, 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.
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.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans by Anna S. Pohl as Antonius en Cleopatra. (DALRO, 1969).
Sources
Teaterwoordeboek, Vaktaalburo, 1977.
Cape Times 15 June 1999.
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