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Neil Bartlett reimagines Shakespeare's classic war drama 鈥淎ntony and Cleopatra鈥� 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鈥檚 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