Make Death Love Me: Antony and Cleopatra Re-Imagined

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Neil Bartlett reimagines Shakespeare's classic war drama “Antony and Cleopatra” as a dysfunctional love story between an ageing black empress and a failing elderly white military hero, burning themselves out as they ransack the world for survival. Facing escalating intervention by a belligerent super-power, their destructive, mutual obsession writes itself indelibly into history. With strong parallels with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this classic drama has chilling relevance and resonance again today. Cleopatra’s court is very much an Egyptian court, with stellar performances from Adjoa Andoh (Lady Danbury in Bridgerton) as Cleopatra, and Tim McInnerny as the failing Antony. CAST Cleopatra ..... Adjoa Andoh Antony ..... Tim McInnerny Soothsayer ..... Omar Ebrahim Lepidus ..... Miltos Yerelemou Dolabella ..... Guy Henry Caesar ..... Barnaby Taylor Iras ..... Aarushi Ganju Charmian ..... Souad Faress Alexas ..... Tiran Aakel Enobarbus ..... James Clyde Pompey ..... Nabil Elouahabi Thidias ..... Michael Monroe Proculeius ..... Mark Holgate Octavia ..... Elizabeth Dulau Adapted for radio and directed by Neil Bartlett. Producer, Turan Ali A Bona Broadcasting production