Antony and Cleopatra...

Went to see Antony and Cleopatra tonight. I've loved that play since we studied it in grade 13, and I thought it was delightfully slashy. Not just Antony and Enobarbus, but also Cleopatra and Charmian. And it's full of great bits.

I saw it in Windsor Park this evening, on the Rideau River, with deakat, , auriaephiala, random, commodorified, raynedaze, Lindsay, Beulah, and Beulah's friend Peggy. It was performed by Company of Fools, which I happen to think is the best group of actors in Ottawa. They do the most accessible Shakespeare I've ever seen. Kids love their productions. Heck, even dogs love their productions. And so do I.

As usual, my favourite character was Enobarbus, played here by Cari Leslie - who happens to be both female and beautiful, which inverted but did nothing to diminish my sense of the slash potential. Antony, sadly, was not as attractive, as interesting, or as charismatic as Cleopatra (played by Catriona Leger).

Since it was played out of doors, I was able to take photos:


Pompey's rowdy party.
Left to right: Pompey the Pirate (Cari Leslie), Menas (Katie Bunting), Octavian (Stewart Matthews), Lepidus (Geoff McBride), and Marc Antony (Richard Gélinas)

( The death of Antony... )