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Antony and Cleopatra Part 3 - The Language

Shakespeare For All
Shakespeare For All
Episode • Jul 28, 2022 • 35m
Part 3 features close-readings of three key scenes in which Antony and Cleopatra articulate their cosmic self-conceptions in language so transcendent that it helps transform their vision into reality.
Speeches and Performers:

 Enobarbus, Act 2, “The barge she sat in …” (Andrew Woddall)

Antony, Act 4, “I will o’ertake thee, Cleopatra …” (Scott Ripley)

Cleopatra, Act 5, “I dreamt there was an emperor Antony … ” (Dame Harriet Walter and Dame Janet Suzman)

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