ADA 鈥� 成人B站 SCREENS continues its fall season with William Shakespeare鈥檚 Antony and Cleopatra at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, in the Raymond J. Estep Multimedia Center inside the Bill S. Cole University Center. The recorded live stage production is open to the public. General admission tickets are $10 each; tickets for 成人B站 students are $5.
Ralph Fiennes (Harry Potter, Schindler鈥檚 List) and Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda, A Raisin in the Sun) play the fated couple in Shakespeare鈥檚 tragedy of politics, passion and power. In the aftermath of Julius Caesar鈥檚 assassination, General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But Antony and the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra have fallen fiercely in love. Having neglected his political duties while in Egypt, Antony returns to Rome to attempt to restore his political position. But he is torn between his duty to Rome and his devotion to Cleopatra and his actions spark a war that threatens to destroy their love.
Director Simon Godwin鈥檚 modern dress production features a huge revolving set, live snakes and gorgeous costumes. Time Out praised the production as 鈥渟lick, stylish and action-packed鈥�. Fiennes and Okonedo 鈥渙ffer blazing star power鈥� (Independent) and 鈥渁re simply terrific as the lovers who tempt fate one too many times鈥� (The Times).
The runtime is 3 hours and 40 minutes and includes an intermission, when audience members will be served free ice cream. The production has a BBFC rating of 12A, the equivalent of PG-13 in the U.S.
National Theatre Live is the National Theatre鈥檚 groundbreaking project to broadcast the best of British theatre to cinemas around the world. 成人B站 SCREENS will continue its season with a new, timely political drama I鈥檓 Not Running at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3.
To learn more about 成人B站 SCREENS, like the 成人B站 SCREENS Facebook page. For more information about the Royal National Theatre in Great Britain and National Theatre Live screenings, please visit www.nationaltheatre.org.uk. Dr. Steve Benton, co-director of 成人B站 SCREENS, may be contacted at (580) 559-5877 or sbenton@ecok.edu.
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