Antony and Cleopatra

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Play closed 17 February 2007

Novello Theatre The Aldwych, London

The Royal Shakespeare Company present Shakespeare's play Antony and Cleopatra starring Patrick Stewart and Harriet Walter's in the title roles.

A tempestuous love affair struggles to survive as power politics and the demands of Ancient Rome and Egypt tear these two great leaders apart.

Antony and Cleopatra is directed by Gregory Doran with designs by Stephen Brimson Lewis and comes into London following a season at the RSC's Stratford home.

"Gregory Doran's magnificent production brings piercing intelligence to the central relationship" The Guardian

"In Greg Doran's marvellous new production of Antony and Cleopatra... sparks fly between Patrick Stewart's grizzled old soldier, Antony, and Harriet Walter's girlish, funny, capricious, emotionally extreme Cleopatra... Patrick Stewart's superb Antony is wholly believable... Harriet Walter can move us, too" The Mail on Sunday

"Burning with passion and intelligence, aims straight at the heart and hits it" The Daily Telegraph

"An absolute storming Antony and Cleopatra... Harriet Walter inhabits her role as the 'serpent of old Nile' to perfection... Patrick Stewart is a less obvious, oldish Antony, with fuzzy white hair, and his years bring an added pathetic quality to the soldier's fall. He has to work hard to stand out, however, for there are so many other superlative performances and potent stage presences here. In fact, where Gregory Doran's production really scores is in its furious, pumped-up macho energy" The Sunday Times

"Patrick Stewart's superb Antony and Harriet Walter's mesmerising Cleopatra" The Guardian

"In Gregory Doran's intense, driving production... Patrick Stewart and Harriet Walter are individually compelling. More importantly, this pair find each other essential... Stewart's performance will beam him up in the minds of theatre-goers... Harriet Walter is Stewart's wonderful match. She's not heavily voluptuous, but she's physically and emotionally agile... Robust and apparently unpretentious, Doran's production subtly re-makes a wonderful play." The Observer