Antony and Cleopatra

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 Caeser, André Weideman as Antony, Lionel Newton as Enorbarbus and Juliet Jenkin as Charmian.

Translated into Afrikaans by Anna Neethling-Pohl as Antonius en Cleopatra.

Sources

Cape Times 15 June 1999.

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