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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist, poet, and actor, generally regarded as the greatest playwright of all time. John Wilders was a professor of English at Middlebury College, USA.Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy, and a fascinating examination of the devious intricascies of politics.
Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph, 12.05.10
'The play is a wry examination of the wonder and the absurdity of love in middle ages.'
Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph, 12.05.10
'Shakespeare's Antony is a charismatic leader, a reckless politician and a desperate, lust driven lover, with a touch of a demigod.'
John Peter, Sunday Times, 16.05.10
'it combines hard politics with erotic fascination'
Libby Purves, The Times, 15.10.10
Cleopatra's speech in which she mourns for Antony and 'transforms a vainglorious old roue into a god in perhaps the most transcendentally beautiful verse Shakespeare ever wrote.'
Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph, 15.10.10
'easily Shakespeare's finest historical foray'
Paul Callan, Daily Express, 15.10.10
'The legendary sex bomb Cleopatra, one of the toughest as well as the most fascinating of Shakespeare's heroines'
Georgina Brown, Mail on Sunday, 24.10.10
'This is a tragedy of love poisoned by politics and politics betrayed for love'
John Peter, Sunday Times, 24.10.10
'Shakespeare's tragedy of passion, politics, and performance'
Lyn Gardner, Guardian, 16.12.10
'...after all, this is a play about delusions and illusions, about the love affair between a drama queen and a great warrior who manages to botch everything he touches, including his own death'.
Lyn Gardner, Guardian, 16.12.10
'It's the die-hard lust for life and sheer overblown poetry of its middle aged lovers that makes 'Antony and Cleopatra' the hedonist's favourite tragedy.'
Caroline McGinn, Time Out London, 16.12.10
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