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"I read this for BA Lit and was fortunate to experience the play come alive at Stratford upon Avon with masterful actor, Alan Bates as Antony.
Frances de la Tour as Cleopatra: Passion and Politics, swords and strong words by the bard. Bravo! At 100quid a ticket(thanks Dad)and intimate seating to stage for one night I didn't mind being spat on!
Spinner of words, where depth of meaning is juice to neurons.

Nay, but this dotage of our general’s
O’erflows the measure . . .
His captain’s heart,
Which in the scuffles of great fights hath burst
The buckles on his breast, reneges all temper
And is become the bellows and the fan
To cool a gypsy’s lust. (1.1.1–2, 6–10)"