Antony and Cleopatra (1959)

Directed by

Christopher Muir

Country

Australia

Runtime

2h 05m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a live television production of Shakespeare's tragedy about the Roman general Mark Antony and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Their passionate romance leads to political conflict and personal downfall.

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What happens

Antony and Cleopatra is a 1959 Australian television play based on the play by William Shakespeare. It was broadcast live in Melbourne then recorded and screened in Sydney. The ABC also broadcast a production of Hamlet at the same time, which was broadcast live in Sydney then recorded and screened in Melbourne. It was the ABC's first live Shakespeare play. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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