Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

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 /><strong>Cast</strong><br />Narrator; “A voice within”: <a href="http://frickerjohn.wordpress.com/about">John Fricker</a><br />Agrippa, friend to Caesar: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5662">Michael Irskens</a><br />Alexas, attendant on Cleopatra: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6014">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">Algy Pug</a><br />Attendant/First Attendant; First Soldier/Soldier/All: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6035">Marty Kris</a><br />Canidius, lieutenant-general to Antony; Soothsayer: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3618">Timothy Ferguson</a><br />Captain: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5808">jeandelfrio</a><br />Charmian, attendant on Cleopatra: <a href="http://wildemoose.wordpress.com/">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">Amy Gramour</a><br />Clown: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3994">Miriam Esther Goldman</a><br />Demetrius, friend to Antony; Gallus, friend to Caesar; Varrius, friend to Pompey: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4402">Christopher Sanner</a><br />Dercetas, friend to Antony: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6019">DerekP</a><br />Diomedes, attendant on Cleopatra; Dolabella, friend to Caesar: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5661">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">bish</a><br />Eros, friend to Antony: <a href="http://portfolio.reecezone.net/">Matthew Reece</a><br />First Guard/Guard/All: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6159">Ted Garvin</a><br />First Servant; Octavius, (Octavius Caesar): <a href="http://amingledyarn.wordpress.com/">Elizabeth Klett</a><br />Fourth Soldier; Second Guard: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4015">JimOCR</a><br />Iras, attendant on Cleopatra: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5285">Sweetlilbirdy</a><br />Lepidus, (Marcus Antonius Lepidus): <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4570">Bill Mosley</a><br />Mardian, a eunuch, attendant on Cleopatra: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/3595">Martin Geeson</a><br />Mecaenas, friend to Caesar: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2911">David Lawrence</a><br />Menas, friend to Caesar: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2234">Lars Rolander</a><br />Messenger: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5255">Baggz</a><br />Octavia, sister to Caesar and wife to Antony: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4174">Availle</a><br />Pompey (Sextus Pompeius): <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4267">Ric F</a><br />Scarus, friend to Antony: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5784">Chris Donnelly</a><br />Second Messenger; Second Servant: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5796">Linette Geisel</a><br />Second Soldier: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/2990">Tom Crawford</a><br />Seleucus, attendant on Cleopatra: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/5051">Legentis</a><br /> Third Soldier: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6004">kingactorjon</a><br />Thyreus, friend to Caesar: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/4741">Nullifidian</a><br />Ventidius, friend to Antony: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/6098">Kancamagus</a><br />Song – Act 2 Scene 7: <a href="http://librivox.org/reader/123">Ezwa</a><br /><br /><strong>Audio edited by:</strong> Linette Geisel