NT Live: Antony & Cleopatra

Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play the ill-fated lovers in Simon Godwin’s critically acclaimed staging of Shakespeare’s gripping drama of power and passion, broadcast live from the stage of the National Theatre in London. Following the death of Caesar, Mark Antony rules the Roman Republic alongside fellow defenders Octavius Caesar and Lepidus. However, the general’s attention is repeatedly distracted by Egyptian Queen Cleopatra.