Antony and Cleopatra

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Antony and Cleopatra is the third instalment of the Stratford Festival’s HD series. Captured on film by director Barry Avrich, the film continues the festival’s initiative to create a complete HD anthology of Shakespeare’s works. The program will run for the next 10 years and bring all of the bard’s plays to movie theatres across North America and the rest of the world.

The steamy story of a midlife affair that shook the foundations of the ancient world comes to vivid life in the Stratford Festival production of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, starring Geraint Wyn Davies and Yanna McIntosh as the powerful rulers whose insatiable love leads to the greatest of tragedies. Director Gary Griffin paints an unforgettable landscape depicting the devastation wrought by the heart’s transgressions.

“I’m drawn to plays about the controllable and the uncontrollable,” explains the play’s director Gary Griffin. “Antony and Cleopatra explores that dichotomy. It’s about duality and the struggle to embrace it. It’s about struggling with your whole self when the world is demanding that you be just one part of yourself. We’ve tried to approach the play in a spirit of humility and simplicity, allowing us to recognize ourselves as we newly discover this great story.”

Antony and Cleopatra is rated 14A.