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Antony and Cleopatra: HD Screening and Pre-Performance Discussion

National Theater of London Screening: Antony & Cleopatra
Presented by Irvine Barclay Theatre in Association with Arts Orange County

Broadcast in HD from the National Theatre in London

Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare’s famous fated couple in his great tragedy of politics, passion and power. Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire, the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love. In a tragic fight between devotion and duty, obsession becomes a catalyst for war.

Please purchase tickets directly from IBT

Please join the UCI Shakespeare Center and Illuminations for a pre-screening discussion with Professor Phil Thompson (Drama) at 5:00pm in the Jade Room, Irvine Barclay Theatre. Refreshments will be served.

Phil Thompson works as a voice and dialect coach for professional and university productions. Since 1999 he has worked as a resident voice and text coach for the Utah Shakespeare Festival. He is a frequent contributor to UCI Shakespeare Center programs. RSVP for Pre-Screening Discussion

Please contact Julia Lupton for information, jrlupton@uci.edu