Shakespeare Uncovered

Antony and Cleopatra with Kim Cattrall

Cattrall has played Cleopatra twice. Now she explores the real character of the great Queen of Egypt, and travels to Rome, ironically Marc Antony’s city, in her quest to find out more about the historical Cleopatra. She also meets with her director, Dame Janet Suzman, who herself made an iconic Cleopatra at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1973.

Kim Cattrall Discusses Playing Cleopatra's Character

3m 22s

Kim Cattrall joins The Globe actors while they are rehearsing a scene from Antony & Cleopatra. Cattrall and the actors discuss Celopatra's wildly fluctuating mood swings and her variety of moods.

Previews + Extras

  • Kim Cattrall on Shakespeare's Performance Space: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Kim Cattrall on Shakespeare's Performance Space

    S2 E5 - 2m 46s

    Kim Cattrall visits a recently completed copy of the Blackfriars, a space where was thought that Shakespeare and his company performed. Cattrall meets with the Globe's artistic director, Dominic Dromgoole for a tour.

  • Anthony & Cleopatra with Kim Cattrall | Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Anthony & Cleopatra with Kim Cattrall | Preview

    S2 E5 - 34s

    Kim Cattrall has played Cleopatra twice. Now she explores the real character of the great Queen of Egypt, and travels to Rome, Marc Antony’s city, in her quest to find out more about the historical Cleopatra. She also meets with her director, Dame Janet Suzman, who herself made an iconic Cleopatra at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1973, and with Harriet Walter and Vanessa Redgrave.

  • The Lovers Untangled : asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Lovers Untangled

    S2 E5 - 2m 14s

    The mixed-up story of the young lovers Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius, and Helena in Shakespeares’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream can be quite confusing. This two-minute animation sums up what you need to know.

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