Cambridge University American Stage Tour: Anthony and Cleopatra September 11, 2012

Marking the launch of CAST's 13th stage tour, this year's production is a stark, visceral, physically powerful rendering of one of Shakespeare's most vibrant tragedies. Trouble is brewing in turbulent Rome. Mark Antony, triumvir and legendary soldier has abandoned his domestic duties in favour of his beguiling Egyptian queen. While pirates rush the shores, discontent seethes in the hearts of men and in none more so than the eminent Octavius Caesar. Into a spinning backdrop of furious wars, forced smiles and too firm handshakes, Antony must come home. Yet even the titans of Rome cannot sever him from the pull of Cleopatra, the volatile point around which Antony whirls and anchors his world.