William Shakespeare - Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. It was first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Life of Marcus Antonius and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the time of the Parthian War to Cleopatra's suicide. The major antagonist is Octavius Caesar, one of Antony's fellow triumviri and the future first emperor of Rome. The tragedy is a Roman play characterized by swift, panoramic shifts in geographical locations and in registers, alternating between sensual, imaginative Alexandria and the more pragmatic, austere Rome. (Summary by Wikipedia)<br /><br />Cast<br />Narrator; “A voice within”: <a href="http://frickerjohn.wordpress.com/about" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">John Fricker</a><br />Agrippa, friend to Caesar: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5662" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Michael Irskens</a><br />Alexas, attendant on Cleopatra: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6014" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tina Nuzzi</a><br />Antony (Marcus Antonius); Egyptian; Menecrates, friend to Pompey; Proculeius, friend to Caesar; Taurus, lieutenant-general to Caesar: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4705" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Algy Pug</a><br />Attendant/First Attendant; First Soldier/Soldier/All: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6035" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Marty Kris</a><br />Canidius, lieutenant-general to Antony; Soothsayer: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3618" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Timothy Ferguson</a><br />Captain: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5808" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">jeandelfrio</a><br />Charmian, attendant on Cleopatra: <a href="http://wildemoose.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Arielle Lipshaw</a><br />Cleopatra, queen of Egypt; Second Attendant; Silius, an officer in Ventidius’s army; Third Guard: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4744" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Amy Gramour</a><br />Clown: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3994" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Miriam Esther Goldman</a><br />Demetrius, friend to Antony; Gallus, friend to Caesar; Varrius, friend to Pompey: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4402" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Christopher Sanner</a><br />Dercetas, friend to Antony: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6019" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">DerekP</a><br />Diomedes, attendant on Cleopatra; Dolabella, friend to Caesar: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5661" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dianne Lanning</a><br />Domitius Enobarbus, friend to Antony; Euphronius, an ambassador from Antony to Caesar; Philo, friend to Antony: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6037" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">bish</a><br />Eros, friend to Antony: <a href="http://portfolio.reecezone.net/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Matthew Reece</a><br />First Guard/Guard/All: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6159" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ted Garvin</a><br />First Servant; Octavius, (Octavius Caesar): <a href="http://amingledyarn.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Elizabeth Klett</a><br />Fourth Soldier; Second Guard: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4015" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">JimOCR</a><br />Iras, attendant on Cleopatra: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5285" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sweetlilbirdy</a><br />Lepidus, (Marcus Antonius Lepidus): <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4570" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bill Mosley</a><br />Mardian, a eunuch, attendant on Cleopatra: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3595" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Martin Geeson</a><br />Mecaenas, friend to Caesar: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2911" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">David Lawrence</a><br />Menas, friend to Caesar: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2234" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lars Rolander</a><br />Messenger: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5255" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Baggz</a><br />Octavia, sister to Caesar and wife to Antony: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4174" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Availle</a><br />Pompey (Sextus Pompeius): <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4267" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ric F</a><br />Scarus, friend to Antony: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5784" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chris Donnelly</a><br />Second Messenger; Second Servant: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5796" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Linette Geisel</a><br />Second Soldier: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2990" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tom Crawford</a><br />Seleucus, attendant on Cleopatra: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5051" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Legentis</a><br />Third Soldier: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6004" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">kingactorjon</a><br />Thyreus, friend to Caesar: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4741" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nullifidian</a><br />Ventidius, friend to Antony: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6098" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kancamagus</a><br />Song – Act 2 Scene 7: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/123" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ezwa</a><br /><br />Audio edited by: Linette Geisel

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