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National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra

National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra

Genres

Drama

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Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love. In a tragic fight between devotion and duty, obsession becomes a catalyst for war.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

188 mins

Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

06 December 2018

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes

Antony

Sophie Okonedo

Sophie Okonedo

Cleopatra

Tim McMullan

Tim McMullan

Enobarbus

Tunji Kasim

Tunji Kasim

Octavius Caesar

Nicholas Le Prevost

Nicholas Le Prevost

Lepidus

Hannah Morrish

Hannah Morrish

Octavia

Sargon Yelda

Sargon Yelda

Pompey

Fisayo Akinade

Fisayo Akinade

Eros

Gloria Obianyo

Gloria Obianyo

Charmian

Georgia Landers

Georgia Landers

Iras

Gerald Gyimah

Gerald Gyimah

Menas

Sam Woolf

Sam Woolf

Thidias

Waleed Hammad

Waleed Hammad

Varrius

Alexander Cobb

Alexander Cobb

Scarus

Hiba Elchikhe

Hiba Elchikhe

Soothsayer

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