Anthony & Cleopatra at Big Idea Theatre

Following the action of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, now one of the triumvirs of the Roman Republic, neglects his duty to rule the eastern provinces so that he may indulge his insatiable desire for Cleopatra, the alluring and ambitious Queen of Egypt. Their scandalous love affair, pitting personal obsession against political imperative, leaves Rome vulnerable as rebellion looms, vexing Octavius, Antony’s ally and Caesar’s heir. Shakespeare’s tragic historical drama of infatuation, power, jealousy and betrayal is provocatively realized in this sensual adaptation of the fatal romance that destroyed a dynasty and transformed a republic into an empire.