Marc Antony in Antony and Cleopatra | Playbill

 

Marc Antony in Antony and Cleopatra

CATEGORY: Performer

Cumberland Theatre
Cumberland, MD
US

CONTACT NAME

Cumberland Theatre

Job Details

DESCRIPTION

Marc Antony

Lead. Male. 30-45

Shakespeare presents Antony as a man who’s left behind the heroism of his youth and who has, in his middle age, fallen hopelessly in love with the entrancing but mercurial Egyptian queen, Cleopatra. For his many admirers in Rome, Antony’s affair with Cleopatra signals the great general’s decline. Antony must contend with this public image, which sparks an internal conflict between his love for Cleopatra and his sense of duty to the Roman Empire.

The two poles that draw him in opposite directions represent deep-seated conflicts between reason and emotion, duty and desire. As the play progresses, it becomes increasingly evident that Antony cannot bear the stress of these tensions. He often casts his thoughts back to his glory days as an accomplished young soldier. But now that he’s entangled in an affair with Cleopatra, his memories do little more than demonstrate how far he has strayed from his former self. Rather than amend his identity to accommodate these defeats, Antony chooses to take his own life, an act that symbolically restores him to his brave and indomitable former self.

DURATION

Mar 15, 2025 - Apr 13, 2025

SALARY

$1,000.00 – $1,500.00 per gig

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