Antony and Cleopatra

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"I am and not/I freeze and yet am burned

Since from myself/another self I turned."

... In the decaying kingdom of Alexandria, Cleopatra thrives on the public gaze. Her relationship with Roman military general Mark Antony, her noted excesses, her victories in war -- all of these are part of her carefully crafted image. But when the harsh realities of Roman politics intrude upon her isolated kingdom, Cleopatra soon finds that her days in the spotlight are numbered, as public splendor gives way to private tragedy.

Set in the twilight of the silent film era, re-imagining Cleopatra's Alexandria as a decadent Weimar-Berlin-inspired film set, this new version of Antony and Cleopatra combines video, music, and Shakespeare's classic text to explore how identities can shift, collide, and dissolve into madness...