This book writes a performance history of Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeares most ambiguous play, from 1606 to the present. It observes the choices that actors, directors, designers, musicians and adapters have made each time they have brought the plays thoughts on power, race, masculinity, regime change, exoticism, love, dotage and delinquency into alignment with a new present. Informed by close attention to theatre records promptbooks, stage managers reports, reviews it offers indepth analyses of fifteen international productions by (among others) the Royal Shakespeare Company, Citizens Theatre Glasgow, Northern Broadsides, Berliner Ensemble and Toneelgroep Amsterdam. It ends seeing Shakespeares black Egyptian Queen Cleopatra whitedout in performance for centuries restored to the contemporary stage. Written in a lively and accessible style, this book will be of interest to students, academics, actors, directors and general readers alike.

Binding: Hardcover;346 pages; Publisher: Manchester University Press (P648); Classification: N/A; Weight: 668.39 g; Dimensions: N/A

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