| 单词 | Antony |
| 例句 | Mark Antony’s absence gave Octavian another chance to remind Rome of Cleopatra’s spell. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony had to do something to break the deadlock. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The celebration appealed to many of Mark Antony’s weaknesses besides his inability to pass up a good party. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Fighting for Mark Antony’s Affection In the spring of 35 BCE, Mark Antony received word that Octavia was on her way to meet him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Further evidence of Cleopatra’s hold on Mark Antony came to light when Octavian read what was reported to be a copy of Mark Antony’s will. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s troops soundly defeated the Republican general who had been connected to Cassius. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As Octavian’s guards took up their positions at the city gates, Mark Antony retreated. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The stakes were small compared with the grand scale expedition Mark Antony had hoped to wage against Parthia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Reunited Once he reached Antioch, Mark Antony’s first order of business was to send for Cleopatra, and this time, she readily complied. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In the summer of 32 BCE, Mark Antony formally divorced Octavia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She not only convinced Mark Antony that she should stay, she talked him into letting her lead her own fleet. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian called Mark Antony’s behavior disgusting and outrageous. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra would cheer for Mark Antony as he scuffled good-naturedly with rowdy toughs. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They urged Mark Antony to send Cleopatra back to Egypt. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z This could only mean that Mark Antony intended to move the capital from Rome to Egypt if the Republic fell into his hands. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian’s Agenda In September of 36 BCE, while Mark Antony struggled in the snows of the eastern frontier, Octavian was celebrating. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As predicted, Cleopatra’s overpowering personality, incalculable wealth, and persuasive speech put Mai Antony’s fears to rest and captured his heart. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian capitalized on Mark Antony’s rejection of his respectable Roman wife. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian would receive 120 of Mark Antony’s ships to add to his fleet. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Outrage in Rome Mark Antony expected the Romans to see that his actions strengthened his master plan for successfully ruling the east on Rome’s behalf. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As the weeks dragged on, Mark Antony grew more and more depressed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z At the battle on October 3, Brutus beat Octavian, but Cassius lost to Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Both Mark Antony and Cleopatra must have realized the strength of their combined political power as their personal feelings for each other took hold. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As critical as the situation was in Syria, Mark Antony had to deal with Rome first. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Her servants confided in Mark Antony, saying that Cleopatra would take her own life if he left her. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The outpost fell quickly into Octavian’s hands, breaking Mark Antony’s chain at a critical point and disrupting his communication and supply route. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Whatever Mark Antony wished to pursue at any given moment, Cleopatra gladly provided. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Caesar had been planning to invade Parthia at the time of his death, and Mark Antony made Caesar’s mission his own. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony made sure that Cleopatra received the most heavily forested parts of the region. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When Octavian’s troops moved to the outskirts of Alexandria, Mark Antony launched an assault that temporarily forced the Romans to retreat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She reminded Mark Antony of the long and mutually beneficial relationship the Ptolemies and Rome enjoyed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z This tactic meant that Cleopatra would either have to leave her fleet and travel with Mark Antony or be separated from Mark Antony to lead her fleet by herself. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Within a very short time, Mark Antony joined Cleopatra in Alexandria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra provided a lifestyle that was tailor-made to suit Mark Antony’s cheerful, carefree nature. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra, Iras, and Charmion used ropes to lift Mark Antony through a window. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Fleeing Back to Egypt As the Romans chose sides between Mark Antony, Octavian, and Marcus Lepidus, the Republic was once again plunged into civil war. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He then marched on Mark Antony’s camp at Actium, overtaking his troops, seizing his equipment, and scattering his allies. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s troops that had been camped in Syria lacked organization and leadership. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony rowed from ship to ship, giving last minute instructions as his fleet got underway. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra was also held responsible for Mark Antony’s desertion. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Those last to the party were the last to leave: the Ptolemaic Empire outlived its rivals, largely with the same borders, until the Romans defeated Queen Cleopatra VII and her lover Antony in 30. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Cleopatra was well aware of how highly the Greeks regarded Mark Antony and how fondly they remembered Octavia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Antony is first appealing to his crowd on a human level, as friends: establishing a bond of common feeling which he hopes to extend to Caesar. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z As relations with Mark Antony broke down, Cicero moved to open condemnation, delivering no fewer than fourteen Philippics* denouncing Antony. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z What he did on those occasions was to turn up his cuffs, stick up his hair, and give us Mark Antony’s oration over the body of Caesar. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z To get started, she had Mark Antony arrange the marriage of their son Alexander Helios to the daughter of the Armenian king. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Admirers hailed Mark Antony as “the new Dionysus,” named for the Greek god of wine and foolishness. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Whether Mark Antony figured this out on his own or was helped by Cleopatra and her emotional outburst is impossible to say. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Donations of Alexandria hurt Mark Antony’s reputation and caused a lot of ill will in Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony told her to send the provisions on to Syria and go back to Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony thought he could easily conquer Octavian’s inferior forces. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As Mark Antony and Cleopatra made their way north from Patras to Actium, they were not worried. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The next night Cleopatra hosted a superb banquet, but Mark Antony must have felt confident. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It could not have been a more inconvenient time for Mark Antony to drop everything and arrange to go to Italy. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Even Mark Antony’s most faithful supporters criticized his behavior, but Octavia still refused to say anything bad about him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s navy joined Octavian’s fleet and attacked the city. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She returned to Alexandria to resume her place on the throne and waited for Mark Antony to come to her. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z However, Mark Antony and Cleopatra’s outlook soon changed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z For example, after a night of drinking, she and Mark Antony often dressed as beggars. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z At last, in the spring of 40 BCE, Mark Antony’s neglect put Rome’s eastern territory in danger. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Even though it was a political match, it was widely held that if anyone could win Mark Antony’s heart, Octavia could. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z However, Mark Antony’s men would not back down, leaving Octavian no other choice. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra traveled with Mark Antony as far as the Euphrates River. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She needed to stabilize her position in order to help support Mark Antony’s faltering efforts. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony, ready to redirect his attention to the Parthian campaign, moved his family to Athens to set up his headquarters. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z However, news of Actium had traveled quickly across the sea, prompting Mark Antony’s commanders to pledge their loyalty to Octavian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z According to Octavian, this was ongoing proof of Cleopatra’s evil power over Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As the hot summer dragged on, morale and strength began to break down in Mark Antony’s camp. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Together she and Mark Antony would work toward a common goal to fulfill their common destiny. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z If Mark Antony did not feel that his role was compromised by Cleopatra’s royal presence, his loyal supporters did. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian did not want to burn Mark Antony’s fleet. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She had brought Caesar to ruin and would do the same to Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s Suicide When Mark Antony arrived at the palace, news reached him that Cleopatra was dead. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian knew that strengthening the east and having access to Egypt’s resources made Mark Antony a serious threat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Rumors of plots and conspiracies calling for the death of both Cleopatra and Mark Antony had been circulating for months. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony turned his attention to the Roman holdings in the east. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They believed that Mark Antony would not support Caesarion’s right to rule over that of his own flesh and blood. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony then gave the two of them power over Egypt, the western and southern portion of Syria, and Cyprus. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The news of Mark Antony and Cleopatra’s wedding shocked the Romans. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z If the agreement was not renewed, Mark Antony would automatically lose his power as head of the eastern part of the Republic without any action or force on Octavian’s part. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z However, whenever Octavian’s ships drew close, Mark Antony’s soldiers attacked with poles and battle-axes. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony asked to be allowed to stay in Egypt or move to Athens. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Instead of blocking Octavian’s troop ships as planned, Mark Antony’s warships sailed to defend supply stations that were under siege. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z With Cleopatra’s help and the support of the allies, Mark Antony raised an army of more than 100,000 men. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavia would expect to accompany Mark Antony and their children living in Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Standoff Mark Antony, forced to take action, tried to engage Octavian’s forces in battle, but Octavian refused to fight. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Others said she was selfish, and that in the face of danger, she acted in her own best interests with no regard for Mark Antony or his men. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Peralta shouted when Antony carelessly stepped into Roosevelt Avenue without looking. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z This noble remark shows the faith she put in Mark Antony’s leadership and might. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s army set up camp on the south side of the strait. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Antony, in other words, puts the interests of the conspirators in one corner—and those of every living and dead Roman, himself included, in the other. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Mark Antony sent word to her, inviting her to join him for dinner. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra was a key player in Mark Antony’s master plan for finally gaining total control. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z To make Cleopatra believe that he intended to show her compassion, Octavian allowed her to bury Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The movement of Mark Antony’s ships caused confusion in the center of the line. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s Parthian expedition proved to be a disaster. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, there is evidence that she encouraged Mark Antony’s military ambition and never lost sight of his political strength and his ultimate goals. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z What’s more, bigamy could now be added to Mark Antony’s many shortcomings. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Rumors circulated about Mark Antony’s inability to think for himself thanks to Cleopatra’s power over him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony, a brilliant general who served under Caesar, took on Caesar’s duties as head of state. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She suggested that Mark Antony and his friends come dine with her on board her vessel instead. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They looked upon Mark Antony as their kind-hearted patron, bringing joy and goodwill to his subjects. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony directed athletic events held in his honor. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z At first Bell and her supervisor, Antony Hewish, thought they might have made contact with an alien civilization in the galaxy! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Keeping silent, she continued to live in Mark Antony’s home and to raise all of his children from his various marriages. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s trusted general advised him to march north and challenge Octavian to a major confrontation in Macedonia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s marriage to Octavia in 40 BCE gave the people of Rome a reason to celebrate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In the winter, Mark Antony contacted Cleopatra from White Village, a fishing port on the Mediterranean coast. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian would govern the west, including the parts of Gaul that had been under Mark Antony’s control. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Eros raised his sword, but instead of stabbing Mark Antony, he stabbed himself. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian pointed out that Mark Antony could now raise armies and reward his veterans with land from his own territories instead of needing to come to Italy. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z During their brief stay, Mark Antony learned the extent of his defeat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Citizens of Rome renewed their hatred toward Cleopatra and their resentment of her influence over Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony and Cleopatra were its two main members, along with an exclusive, select group of Alexandrians. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It was only a matter of time before the verbal battles between Octavian and Mark Antony became more deadly. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She wept over Mark Antony’s body, clawing at her skin and tearing her hair. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Fleeing from the Enemy From behind Mark Antony’s line, Cleopatra anxiously watched the events unfold. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When word reached Octavian that Mark Antony was dead, he feared that Cleopatra would kill herself or burn up her treasury or both. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z What’s more, only a handful of Octavian’s ships were needed at the mouth of the strait to keep Mark Antony and Cleopatra’s fleet trapped in the bay. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra sent her soldiers to guard strongholds on Egypt’s borders, expecting Mark Antony’s troops to engage Octavian on land, but Mark Antony no longer had an army. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony sent his plan for governing the east to Rome, hoping that the senate would give its approval. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She had to prevent Mark Antony and Octavia’s meeting from taking place. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Those that were not part of the restored Ptolemaic Empire were not really Mark Antony’s to give in the first place. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony landed in the southernmost region of Italy with a fleet of troops. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Creating a Supply Chain By the fall of 32 BCE, Mark Antony and Cleopatra had moved their base of operation to the coastal city of Patras near the Gulf of Corinth. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z If Mark Antony rejected her, all of Rome would be watching. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As a peace offering, Mark Antony transferred several of King Herod’s cities in Judea to Cleopatra’s control. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Francie recited passages she knew by heart—Portia’s speech, Marc Antony’s funeral oration, “Tomorrow and tomorrow”—the obvious things that are remembered from Shakespeare. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Building an Army and Navy In restoring Cleopatra’s lands, Mark Antony was as practical as he was generous. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Public sympathy sided with the patient and true Octavia, Mark Antony’s wronged wife. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Judging by her previous associations with Caesar... she hoped to conquer Mark Antony even more easily.' Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Instead of gloating over Mark Antony’s failure in Media, Octavian praised Mark Antony’s efforts and shared the glory, pretending that both of them were victors. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Extravagant Pleasures Shortly after Mark Antony’s arrival, he and Cleopatra formed a club called “The Order of the Inimitable Life.” Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The attraction between Mark Antony and Cleopatra was immediate and strong. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony realized that once he reclaimed the regions that the Parthians had seized, he needed to find a way to hold onto them. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s boyish charm helped set an informal tone that marked how he and Cleopatra would communicate with each other. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In a brief campaign, Mark Antony’s troops reclaimed parts of Syria that had fallen into Parthian hands. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She executed opponents caught gloating over the beating she and Mark Antony suffered. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The pair had a heated encounter, and then Mark Antony left to try to save his position in the Triumvirate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It probably did not take much for Mark Antony to determine what was best for him and what course of action he should take. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Whether Cleopatra went to Mark Antony as soon as she could is open to debate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian pointed out Mark Antony’s faults and failings: Look at the shabby way he had treated Octavia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She may have been inspired by her love for Mark Antony, unwilling to bear being away from him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z With their forces assembled and in place, Mark Antony and Cleopatra confidently settled in at Patras for the winter and waited for the war to come to them. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian did not want to appear to go to war against Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She would support Mark Antony in all he did without trying to control or upstage him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Making Final Arrangements The reunion at the palace between Cleopatra and Mark Antony must have been bittersweet when he finally returned to her. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z —Plutarch The Parthians were not about to wait for Mark Antony to challenge them. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian knew full well that Mark Antony, having announced his marriage to Egypt’s queen, would never agree to attend. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Start of the Battle Once it sailed out of the strait, Mark Antony’s fleet held a tight formation facing Octavian’s fleet of 400 ships. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s behavior in Alexandria stirred up Rome’s long-standing contempt for Cleopatra and her exotic ways. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Antony opened the ceremony with a speech, likely delivered in Greek. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z This agreement enabled Mark Antony to take up arms again and finish what he so disastrously started. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Bargaining with Octavian As Mark Antony sailed for Italy, Cleopatra had every reason to celebrate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z During the day, Cleopatra arranged all kinds of activities and diversions meant to keep Mark Antony amused, and she never left his side for a moment. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She would convince Mark Antony that she fully supported Rome and respected the authority of the Triumvirate, even though for her, Egypt’s best interests always came first. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It protected the sea-lanes so that Mark Antony’s supply ships could travel safely between Egypt and Greece. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z —Plutarch While Mark Antony was holding court at the marketplace in Tarsus and awaiting Cleopatra’s arrival, word spread that the queen was approaching. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Fulvia and Mark Antony’s brother, Lucius Antonius, took sides against Octavian, but their complaint had nothing to do with whether or not Octavian’s policy was fair. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, Antony survived and Cicero was marked for death. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z At the end of July, Mark Antony completed his preparations for a full-scale attack on Octavian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Critics said that Mark Antony’s failure stemmed from having waited too long to get started or from leaving the fight too early. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra urged Mark Antony to run the blockade and break through to freedom. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony could not very well contradict this statement without admitting that he actually had suffered a crushing defeat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When Mark Antony finally did order Cleopatra to go home to Alexandria and wait for him there, she persuaded him to reconsider. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s comical explanation of his shortcomings amused the queen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony went along with the sham, but it cost him dearly. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Without hesitation, she drank the mixture and then flashed Mark Antony a victorious smile. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z —Appian According to legend, Mark Antony hosted a magnificent feast for Cleopatra and waited for praise from Egypt’s powerful queen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony may have meant to spend at least some of his time planning the Parthian expedition, but he did not get the chance. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As before, Cleopatra provided the extravagance, luxury, and excitement that Mark Antony adored. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z War was declared on Cleopatra, but in fact the declaration was aimed at Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In order to expand her borders, she wanted Mark Antony to get rid of him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Early in 36 BCE, Mark Antony sent an advance force into Armenia to conquer the region. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When Cleopatra finally arrived to take Mark Antony and the survivors back to Alexandria, she found the soldiers in rags and Mark Antony in despair. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The battle earned him a small victory, and Mark Antony returned to Alexandria and to Cleopatra in triumph. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He had finished shouting the whole of Mark Antony’s speech and most of Lochinvar before he realized that he had lost his audience. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark Antony would need the support from both dependent and independent provinces across the region to launch such an ambitious campaign. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As Cleopatra sailed on the Cydnus, Mark Antony’s audience deserted him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The queen believed that kinship would strengthen their bond and ensure Mark Antony’s devotion to her cause. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony had his servants carry him to Cleopatra’s mausoleum to say a final good-bye. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony, dressed as the god Dionysus-Osiris, wore Greek robes and a crown of ivy. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Tested Loyalty Fine wine, delicious food, endless pampering, and growing affection did not completely distract Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It was located on a narrow strait leading into a bay that was large enough to hold Mark Antony and Cleopatra’s fleet. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Many assumed that Mark Antony would claim Caesar’s power for himself because Octavian lacked experience. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony loved women, and among women, Cleopatra had no equal. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony had traded ships for men and needed to rebuild his fleet. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra anticipated this discussion, and she undoubtedly had her version of events eloquently prepared so that she could give compelling answers to all of Mark Antony’s questions. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony had studied public speaking in Athens as a young man and had developed a keen appreciation for the Greek customs practiced throughout the region. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z —Plutarch Mark Antony intended to continue his journey and visit the rest of the eastern provinces under his domain. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian’s Fury While Mark Antony and Cleopatra hosted lavish parties for their allies in Greece, Octavian struggled in Italy. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The marriage bond that Cleopatra wanted for herself was about to tie Mark Antony to the power of her archrival in Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The opening words of Antony’s funeral oration in Julius Caesar are, covertly, an ethos appeal par excellence: a positioning of the speaker with relation to the crowd. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z As his support eroded, Octavian lashed out against Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He would also receive Parthia from the western frontier to India just as soon as Mark Antony gained control of it. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Forging a union with Cleopatra implied that Mark Antony— already known as the new Dionysus—was divine, too. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z To keep them on his side, Mark Antony issued a coin in Rome that depicted himself with his eldest son, Antyllus. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra agreed to make her wealth and resources available to Mark Antony in his bid to overtake Parthia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony tried and failed to hold off the western advance, losing forty vessels out of what little was left of his fleet. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Combining resources with Mark Antony would allow Cleopatra to make her son’s future secure. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It seemed, he did not need to meet with Mark Antony after all. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Herod would soon be in a position to help Mark Antony’s cause, and Antony needed to be able to count on him when the time came. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She was helping Mark Antony develop a strategy for governing the east. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Republican troops that fought with Cassius had joined forces with the Parthians; so had many of the local kings who were once friendly to Mark Antony’s cause. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony stopped off in Cyrenaica to begin planning a land battle in Asia Minor. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Having established their defensive line, Mark Antony and Cleopatra sent a majority of their troops north to Actium to extend the chain. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He could simply wait for Mark Antony’s supplies to run out. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony would have taken his life if his friends had not intervened. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Aside from his personal feelings, it is likely that Mark Antony realized he could never hope to carry out his Parthian campaign strategy without Egypt as his ally. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra’s End On August 12, Cleopatra asked to visit Mark Antony’s tomb, a request that Octavian granted. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z —Cassius Dio In April of 32 BCE, Mark Antony and Cleopatra traveled from Ephesus to the island of Samos in the Aegean Sea. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony, on the other hand, acted merely as the queen’s guest. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As it turned out, Mark Antony needed all the encouragement Cleopatra could give him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The men represented only a fraction of the number Octavian had previously promised to Mark Antony but had never supplied. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony needed to agree to certain conditions and meet certain demands if he expected to have her full cooperation. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony clearly could no longer live without her. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Either way, many people felt that Cleopatra’s spell over Mark Antony clouded his ability to make sound decisions. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She explained that in his absence, she and his brother had launched a revolt against Octavian, a conflict that could destroy Mark Antony’s position in Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She had threatened to take control of every Roman—just as she had taken control of Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Two Wives Cleopatra was only too glad to resume her romantic alliance with Mark Antony and to form a political alliance as well. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Roman historians who later reported on the events at Actium were quick to blame Cleopatra for Mark Antony’s loss. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony liked nothing better than to have a good time. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As the fighting raged on, Octavian proceeded to destroy the rest of Mark Antony’s fleet, sinking all but a small number of his ships. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Coins minted in the city at the time showed Mark Antony and Octavia on one side and symbols of religious rites on the other. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony summoned Cleopatra to Tarsus to answer for her conduct. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In Tyre, Mark Antony received a letter from his wife, Fulvia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He wanted the Romans to believe that in the Donations of Alexandria Mark Antony had given his vast holdings, present and future, to Egypt—a foreign power—and had not given the Romans anything. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z A Marriage to Seal the Alliance To seal the accord with Octavian and prove his loyalty to Rome, Mark Antony—who was newly and conveniently single— agreed to marry Octavian’s sister, Octavia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony needed money to pay his men. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As the Parthians reclaimed old territory, many of Mark Antony’s troops switched their loyalty to the stronger side. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony Fights Back While Cleopatra prepared to go into hiding, Mark Antony pulled himself together to fight. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Before Mark Antony could solicit help from Egypt, he needed to ascertain Cleopatra’s allegiance. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Even so, Mark Antony managed to get to Italy as directed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Donations of Alexandria A few days after his triumphant procession, Mark Antony invited all of Alexandria to join in a public ceremony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony traded his Roman clothes for the Greek style of dress that Alexandrians favored, and he was soon taking full advantage of the wealth and privilege Cleopatra enjoyed. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They placed it in a sacred temple near the center of the city next to a statue of Mark Antony as the new Dionysus. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In her dreams, Cleopatra could imagine the ironclad grip she and Mark Antony would have on the eastern world. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Of all the states that fell under the influence of Rome, Mark Antony needed Egypt’s resources the most. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In a move that historians cannot explain, Mark Antony immediately left his command when he saw Cleopatra’s fleet break free. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony may have spared no expense, but Cleopatra could not be outdone. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Four Nights When Mark Antony and his men boarded the barge that evening, they found a lavish banquet arrayed before them. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Except for Parthia, which Mark Antony had yet to conquer, most of the lands Mark Antony gave to Cleopatra and their children fell under Cleopatra’s authority already. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z At that moment, Cleopatra’s secretary arrived and told Mark Antony that the queen was still alive. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Her efforts to support Mark Antony became more and more critical as Octavian’s power grew in the west. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony may have appreciated her insight and needed her support, but he probably did not like being upstaged by her as he followed her procession through the streets of Ephesus. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z After lengthy discussions about how to redistribute power and land, Octavian and Mark Antony reached a compromise. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Request Denied Mark Antony had his sights set on Parthia—long an archenemy of Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She made sure that Mark Antony caught her weeping whenever he crossed paths with her. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony toured his newly acquired territories to introduce himself as the ruling authority representing Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Moved by such devotion and such courage, Mark Antony picked up the sword and plunged it into his stomach. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It is possible that in spite of Octavia’s generous and gentle spirit, Mark Antony had never stopped thinking about Cleopatra. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She had long hoped that Mark Antony would cut his ties with Octavian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The ships were left over from those that Mark Antony had given to Octavian the year before. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Historians suggest that Mark Antony planned for Cleopatra to set sail for safety if she had the chance. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Any contact with Mark Antony would be on her terms. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Rome Divided Instead of launching military campaigns to gain territory, Octavian and Mark Antony focused on attacking one another. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony could expect these kings to be loyal to him as the presiding ruler. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Anything that dimmed Mark Antony’s popularity or clouded his reputation played right into Octavian’s hands. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Expecting to engage with Octavian, Mark Antony needed to pull his army and navy together. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavia behaved as an exemplary Roman wife in spite of Mark Antony’s appalling conduct. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In it, Cleopatra asked that her body be buried next to Mark Antony’s. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They went out of their way to make sure that Mark Antony was not seriously hurt during these nighttime antics. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She must have waited for news of Mark Antony’s glorious victory with great anticipation. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She could not afford for Mark Antony to lose the battle. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Even so, there were still those in the Senate who supported Mark Antony over Octavian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Troops on land stood by to engage Octavian’s army once Mark Antony’s ships broke through the blockade. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He doesn’t do much boasting about himself—but by interpellating the crowd in particular terms, Antony is casting himself as one of their number.* Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Mark Antony marked the occasion by hosting what might be his final banquet, drinking and feasting in the light-hearted, easy-going manner that characterized more carefree days. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony and Cleopatra divided their time between discussing military plans and tactics and enjoying the merrymaking in their honor. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Aftermath After the deaths of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, Octavian changed his name to Augustus Caesar and assumed sole power as emperor. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z A Small Victory When Mark Antony returned to Alexandria in the fall of 34 BCE, he returned as the victor. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In preparing for the sea battle, Mark Antony burned all but sixty of Cleopatra’s ships. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Late in 38 BCE, Octavian called a meeting and insisted that Mark Antony attend. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It is likely that both Cleopatra and Mark Antony tried to strike a deal with Octavian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Would Mark Antony cave in to the sweet charms of his Roman wife? Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Fortune-tellers said that it was the god Dionysus, departing from Alexandria and leaving Mark Antony behind. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Romans who had been loyal to Mark Antony for so long felt angry and cheated, but it was nothing compared with the betrayal to come. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The commander in Cyrenaica not only refused to see Mark Antony, but also he executed the soldiers sent to arrange the meeting, as well as any of his own men who objected to his tactics. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z With everyone assembled, Mark Antony and Cleopatra sat overlooking the crowd. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Mark Antony caught up with Cleopatra and boarded her vessel. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z At that moment, Mark Antony learned a valuable lesson. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, she would have been glad that the division of Rome had turned out well for Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He wanted to lure Mark Antony’s ships farther out into the open water where they could more easily be surrounded. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z All along the way, Mark Antony took the opportunity to collect gifts, tributes, and revenues and happily mixed business with pleasure. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Early in the afternoon, one of Mark Antony’s commanders finally grew impatient. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony had to find out what Cleopatra’s role had been in the recent chaos that rocked the Republic. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z A Life of Fun and Frolic In Alexandria, Mark Antony and Cleopatra happily picked up where they had left off in Tarsus. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra’s hold on Mark Antony may indeed have been very powerful. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Octavian used Mark Antony’s actions to keep stirring up trouble. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When it came to enjoying all the richness that life had to offer, Mark Antony and Cleopatra truly had no equals. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Although he already had a wife in Rome, Mark Antony married Cleopatra in an Egyptian ceremony that overlooked his marriage to Octavia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He offered to send Mark Antony part of his fleet and 2,000 troops to help him complete the Parthian campaign. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z —Cassius Dio On the morning of August 1, 30 BCE, Mark Antony assembled his troops to face Octavian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony settled there in order to prepare for his next big conquest. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In 37 BCE, Mark Antony again traveled to Italy to meet with Octavian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z In return, he would send Mark Antony 20,000 troops to continue the Parthian expedition. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Cleopatra’s Capture The aide had a messenger distract Cleopatra by the door while he climbed a ladder and entered through the same window used to admit Mark Antony. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Her future depended both on Mark Antony’s success and his devotion. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Others suggest that gathering resources for Mark Antony simply took time. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Now Matilde tries to sell Mary Kay products to other mothers at Public School 12, which their son Antony, who is eight, attends. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z One account of it has it that his severed head was brought to where Antony was having supper. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z —Cassius Dio In the spring of 34 BCE, Mark Antony again set out from Syria on a journey to conquer the east. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When Mark Antony landed at the city of Tyre on the Mediterranean coast, reports from the battlefield revealed a bad situation. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Not only did Mark Antony hold the traditional Roman ceremony on foreign soil, he presented the war spoils to Cleopatra instead of to the people of Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Contempt from Rome To outsiders—especially Romans—it seemed likely that Cleopatra manipulated Mark Antony in order to keep him under her closely supervised control. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The extensive cedar, cypress, and oak groves now belonging to her would provide the raw materials that Mark Antony required. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony was on the march in the footsteps of Alexander. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Mark Antony needed to be with the woman he loved. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They objected because Mark Antony’s soldiers were not given an equal share, and they wanted to generate hostility toward Octavian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z However they were only as secure as Mark Antony’s position in Rome and her favor with him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z What was more confusing to Murphy was that, in other documents, Sherman was also described as the “representative of the client Antony Stark” in Stark’s application to convert the Golden Lion into flats. The death and life of the great British pub | Tom Lamont 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z He first emerged from the New York underground scene with Antony and the Johnsons in 1998 and shot to prominence with the Mercury prize-winning album I am a Bird Now. Meltdown 2012: What are you looking forward to? 2012-07-31T14:27:23Z Since then I've watched Antony achieve enormous success and grow into a political force. Meltdown 2012 – Joan as Police Woman: 'I've watched Antony Hegarty grow into a political force' 2012-07-29T23:05:05Z Later, she studied at the Ballet Guild, where she was again the only Black student, and was spotted there by the British choreographer Antony Tudor, who invited her to take his class. Moving Over: A Powerhouse of Black Dance Is Retiring (Mostly) 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Antony and Cleopatra Shakespeare’s tragic tale of politics and passion in ancient Egypt and Rome. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Nov. 26-Dec. 3: 'Pang!' at 24th Street Theatre and more 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z With the sucked-in movement and sharp gestures, it looks a bit like the work of ballet choreographer Antony Tudor, a master of social anxiety in the 1930s and ’40s, and with whom Taylor studied. ‘Creative Domain’: Film takes us into mystery of Paul Taylor’s dances 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Page's, created in collaboration with designer Antony McDonald, is much darker. Scottish Ballet Alice ? review 2011-04-13T18:01:01Z And the award was to be presented after a matinee performance of “Antony and Cleopatra,” Cohen’s favorite Shakespearean work - he’d directed it three times himself. Montgomery native honored for work in Shakespeare 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z I want to see all of Antony's choices. Meltdown 2012 – Marina Abramovic: 'Artists can do whatever they want' 2012-07-29T23:05:00Z Sometimes Mr. Wolfert will offer genuinely persuasive analyses, like dark and insightful readings of Antony’s speech in “Julius Caesar” or a section of “Henry V,” but mostly the iambs gum up his own story. Review: A Warrior, Leaning on Shakespeare, in ‘Cry Havoc!’ 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z In Washington, Kent brought star power and a low-key leadership style as she worked to reinvigorate the 46-year-old company, commissioning 26 new pieces and staging 20th-century repertory, like Antony Tudor’s “Lilac Garden.” Julie Kent, Renowned Former Ballerina, Will Lead Houston Ballet 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z On 2 October 2014, the Planning Inspectorate rejected the Stark camp’s appeal – a final no – and suddenly, unexpectedly, Dave Murphy was made aware that Antony Stark might sell him the pub. The death and life of the great British pub | Tom Lamont 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z The two starred together in a 1998 stage production of Antony and Cleopatra. 'We are all so devastated': tributes pour in to Alan Rickman from acting world 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z It was a sensation, a love affair of such planet-shattering importance, that they were almost comparable to the real Antony and Cleopatra. Elizabeth Taylor: born to be Cleopatra 2011-03-23T19:59:58Z OK, perhaps I wander a little in the second half, after the escalator scene and Brutus's and Antony's big speeches, before all the suicides. TV review: Julius Caesar 2012-06-24T21:30:01Z According to the concept statement for “I Like This,” a collaboration between Antony Hamilton and Byron Perry, “objects wait patiently in stasis for a purpose, a beginning.” Dance Review: Changing Ideas Drive Some Celestial Searches 2011-04-08T20:54:47Z Another of the artists taking part, Antony Gormley, agreed that a careful interpretation of the weapon is of paramount importance. AK-47 rifles to be 'refashioned' 2012-07-12T16:00:38Z Designed and directed in a new staging by Antony McDonald, it was a tour de force. Lohengrin; Ariadne auf Naxos; La Donna del Lago – review 2013-05-25T23:05:56Z In emails to his team, Antony Stark said he intended them to pursue a two-pronged strategy. The death and life of the great British pub | Tom Lamont 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z It's little exaggeration to say Antony worships George: he admitted as much during this combined interview/performance. Boy George/Antony Hegarty – review 2012-08-09T16:08:14Z Over the years, it's been whittled down to Antony & the Johnsons. Six Songs of Me: Joe Taylor from the Music Hoarder 2012-08-14T13:00:00Z Yes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister were both written and created by Lynn and Antony Jay, with the first episode broadcast in 1980. BBC 'missed' Yes, Prime Minister 2013-01-04T16:52:15Z The building’s southernmost exterior is crowned by the British artist Antony Gormley’s inhabitable sculpture of a crouching man, which doubles as the property’s priciest and most conceptual suite. New Destination for Art: Upscale Hotels 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z In the crowd were Bjork and Antony, both masters of hypertrophied singing, each maybe wondering when Mr. Blake was going to fill in the blanks. Music Review: Beat After Beat, by the Book 2011-03-15T22:18:13Z Spectators remember Antony as quiet and awkward offstage but mesmerising when he was singing. Antony Hegarty's Meltdown: New York pioneers who walked on the wild side 2012-07-28T23:05:37Z It pays homage to British choreographer Antony Tudor, whose works were introduced to her during her training at Arizona's Ballet Tucson. PNB's 'All Premiere': 4 new works, including 1 by Mark Morris 2012-10-24T20:52:05Z Darrell D'Silva has also enriched his portrait of Mark Antony as a beefy boozer by suggesting that he actively relishes the slippery rhetoric by which he manages to win over the Roman people. Julius Caesar ? review 2011-01-11T21:30:00Z She teaches classical repertory as well as selections from ballets by Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and Antony Tudor, among others. A Former Renegade Spirit Becomes a Headmistress 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z When I arrive he is having his photograph taken by his friend Antony. Alan Bennett: 'I've often wanted to be bolder' 2010-11-23T08:00:00Z We did 100 performances of Antony and Cleopatra, and I always knew one of my lines was meant to be a joke. Shakespeare and me: Dame Judi Dench 2012-06-30T23:07:04Z “Antony and Cleopatra” has the least idiosyncrasy of his nine stage works so far, and the least inspiration. Review: In ‘Antony and Cleopatra,’ John Adams Goes Conventional 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Taylor met Burton while playing the title role in the 1963 epic, in which the brooding, womanizing Welsh actor co-starred as Mark Antony. Quintessential star Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79 2011-03-24T10:32:15Z It looks creaky now, making its points all too obviously and clearly influenced by Martha Graham and Antony Tudor, the two masters of psychological choreography and social consciousness. ‘Carousel’ Dances Are a New Feather in the Enigmatic Justin Peck’s Cap 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z David's first musical season was as assistant director at the St James's theatre in 1951 with Laurence Olivier in Antony and Cleopatra, and Caesar and Cleopatra. David Tod Boyd obituary 2012-11-15T15:25:29Z There are unidentified storyboards that may relate to a film about Caesar that never got off the ground, but which was to have starred Richard Burton as Mark Antony. Brush with genius: the hidden talent of Orson Welles 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z And suddenly I was talking to Antony in Moscow. 'It's like a remote sleepover': my week meeting quarantined strangers 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z But it is the decision to appear in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra in her birthplace of Liverpool that has really piqued public interest. Kim Cattrall: A New York doll returns to the UK 2010-05-08T23:08:00Z But it's the music that binds everything together, with the chilling ululation of traditional Serbian singer Svetlana Spaji´c merging into fragile songs written and performed by Antony Hegarty, of Antony and the Johnsons. The Life and Death of Marina Abramovi? ? review 2011-07-10T17:01:01Z "I am pleased and mightily relieved that this contaminant slime has been exposed to the light and begun to be scrubbed clean," said Service, who is professor of Russian history at St Antony's College Oxford. Historian Orlando Figes admits posting Amazon reviews that trashed rivals 2010-04-23T21:26:00Z Sir Antony, whose performance as Falstaff was honoured last month at the London Critics' Circle Theatre Awards, played the Fool to Michael Gambon's King in 1982. Sir Antony Sher to play Lear for RSC 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z You could well understand why Antony's ghost turned up to take one last look at his Egyptian queen. Antony and Cleopatra – review 2012-05-28T16:08:31Z The Royal Shakespeare Company was forced to delay its production of Antony and Cleopatra after an actor was seriously injured by a prop firearm. The year in entertainment 2010-12-29T05:13:22Z It includes more than 200 of Rodin’s works, as well as sculptures and drawings by later artists such as Constantin Brancusi, Pablo Picasso, Georg Baselitz and Antony Gormley, giving a wider context for his legacy. A Centenary and Recent Discoveries Shine a Spotlight on Rodin 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z That role, in turn, gives the earthy and robust Darrell D’Silva, the company’s latest Mark Antony, the opportunity to play a visionary living on “the edges of the air.” Theater Review: At the National Theatre in London, Other People's Pain 2011-05-03T13:00:07Z Ensconced in the bulky pelt of an indeterminate beast, Antony Sher’s King Lear enters, separate and unequal, carried aloft in a smudged plexiglass box. Review: A ‘King Lear’ in Which You Feel for All the Daughters 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Santa suits are a no-go; instead the lads – let's call them Antony, Lee, Duncan and Simon – show how mature they are by ram-raiding Dolce & Gabbana. One Direction and the seven ages of the boyband 2012-11-12T16:27:54Z The orchestra is not top-flight, but Antony Walker coaxed sweetness from its strings. Review | Lost heroes return in two local concerts 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Antony knows his audience, and his jabs at the jugular are in keeping with the tenor of the times. | 'Julius Caesar': Cry Havoc! The Blood Sport Called Politics 2011-07-31T22:23:03Z Elizabeth Marvel as Marc Antony brings down the house with the funeral oration, spicing its pentameter cadence with the gumbo drawl of a southern senator. Review: Can Trump Survive in Caesar’s Palace? 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z But happily it seems that if, as rumoured, Jolie's partner Brad Pitt is cast as Antony, the screenplay can accurately reflect a passionate relationship. Angelina Jolie's Cleopatra will show Egypt's queen as more than a sex kitten 2011-01-09T00:06:49Z But after adopting her 4-year-old Chihuahua mix, Marc Antony, Cobián, 32, began to take better care of herself by taking care of her dog. In a pandemic, these pups have made all the difference She still won’t hear a word against “Antony and Cleopatra,” though she knows how tough the initial reviews were. Leontyne Price, Legendary Diva, Is a Movie Star at 90 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Antony quietly and carefully sings “Landslide” with spare guitar backing. New Music: New Albums Include ‘A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac’ 2012-08-13T22:29:39Z A collaboration among the Public, the Royal Shakespeare Company of Britain and GableStage of Miami, everything about this “Antony and Cleopatra” is dampened by its soggy high reconception. Theater Review: An ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ Set in the Caribbean 2014-03-06T03:00:17Z It is at the point of death that Kissoon's Antony is most ridiculous and most sublime. Antony and Cleopatra ? review 2010-10-16T23:07:00Z But Cattrall also wittily highlights Cleopatra's equivocal relationship with Antony, one which blends sexual fascination with political exasperation. Antony and Cleopatra - review 2010-10-15T00:54:00Z Mendelssohn's horn writing derives from Weber, whose First Clarinet Concerto formed a vehicle for Antony Pay, the orchestra's principal clarinettist. OAE/Zinman ? review 2011-02-10T17:38:23Z As Mark Antony, Ray Fearon ripples with eloquence and is quite comically persuasive: he makes you aware of his manipulation even as he cajoles – and in doing so makes you the more manipulated. Julius Caesar; The Physicists; Wah! Wah! Girls – review 2012-06-09T23:08:07Z Written by Kurt Johnstad, “Atomic Blonde” is based on “The Coldest City,” a darkly shadowed, minimalist graphic novel written by Antony Johnston and illustrated by Sam Hart. Review: Dressed to Kill, ‘Atomic Blonde’ Also Shoots to Kill 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Another highlight is a sculpture by Antony Gormley called Pole II, an abstract sculpture on the human body and the space it inhabits. Artwork on sex, passion and sensuality up for sale at Sotheby's 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z The true rock bottom, however, was when Blue appeared on the show and Antony Costa sheepishly showed the crew around his mum and dad’s four-bed semi, complete with Spurs posters Blu-Tacked to the bedroom door. When good TV goes bad: how Blue’s Antony Costa closed the door on MTV Cribs 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z British sculptor Antony Gormley puts people's relationships with urban construction at the forefront of his latest exhibition "Fit", creating a sort of labyrinth in a London gallery space. Sculptor Antony Gormley creates labyrinth for new London show 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z This short season also features works by Balanchine, Antony Tudor and Twyla Tharp. The best dance in 2011 2011-01-03T11:42:33Z They meet, and the rest is history, as the tempestuous love affair of Mark Antony and Cleopatra combusts into betrayal, treachery and suicide, and a battle for geopolitical domination. Local shows of note: 'Antony and Cleopatra,' Tom Lehrer tunes, Mexico City troupe 2012-11-02T14:31:04Z Cicero’s beloved daughter and grandson die, for example, and subsequently assassins arrive to saw off the statesman’s head and hands; Mark Antony’s wife then attacked his severed tongue with needles. ‘On Consolation’ Searches for Solace in the Face of Grief and Misery 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z I thought at times of the Antony Tudor classic “Lilac Garden” and of Mr. Wheeldon’s bewitching ballet from 2007, “The Nightingale and the Rose.” Dance Review: Morphoses Performing at Jacob’s Pillow 2012-06-29T21:29:09Z Poor old Cleo, mourning her Antony in between blasts of grandeur and self-pity. Critic?s Notebook: Performa 11?s ?Me, Michelle? and ?Antigone Jr.? - Review 2011-11-16T23:59:21Z All eyes would otherwise be on Antony Sher, who is essaying this most daunting of tragic roles in the Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Barbican directed by Gregory Doran. A tale of two Lears: Glenda Jackson and Antony Sher scale Shakespeare's mightiest tragedy 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Antony Gormley's Horizon Field, 100 statues of himself in the Austrian Alps, is the most ambitious of his projects. Antony Gormley poses lofty questions in the Austrian mountains 2010-07-30T16:35:00Z “The Sharps are the better angels of America,” said Deputy Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken last week at a White House screening for scholars, diplomats, Holocaust survivors and other dignitaries. They risked their lives to rescue scores of people from the Nazis. Few knew their story until now. 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z In the corridor is a glass case containing, among other objects, a dried lizard that Antony Penrose bought in a Mexico City market while he was staying with the Surrealist painter Leonora Carrington. The Bloomsbury Bohemians in the British Countryside 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z She's a dead ringer for Antony, and nails the high notes no longer available to George. Antony's Meltdown – review 2012-08-11T23:06:00Z "Antony and Cleopatra": Mirren has revisited the role of ancient Egypt's most famous queen a number of times throughout her stage career. Helen Mirren in 'The Audience': Royalty becomes her 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z I'm rehearsing for Antony and Cleopatra so I'll be in the rehearsal room all day. Meltdown 2012 – Kim Cattrall: 'I'll be talking about the most powerful woman who ever lived' 2012-07-29T23:05:03Z Cattrall's Cleopatra loves Antony most in his absence; and she clinches the point beautifully when, after his death, she rhapsodises a lover who, in a sense, existed only in her dreams. Antony and Cleopatra - review 2010-10-15T00:54:00Z Antony and Constantine toured the streets and clubs, recruiting downtown characters to perform in their theatrical extravaganzas, which would always climax in a song by Antony. Antony Hegarty's Meltdown: New York pioneers who walked on the wild side 2012-07-28T23:05:37Z It was fitting to hear a stirring chorus from Barber’s “Antony and Cleopatra,” the opera that inaugurated the house on Sept. 16, 1966. Review: Can a Five-Hour Performance Capture 50 Years of Opera? 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Antony Beevor, saw no fundamental problem with the caricature of "a dash for fame among freshly-hatched PhDs", couldn't name a single one. 'From PhD to BBC': are academic historians too hungry for fame? 2012-07-12T16:38:00Z Sir Antony is best known in the UK as the creator of the Angel of the North, a metal figure with outstretched wings that towers over the landscape near the town of Gateshead. Gormley show 'pulled after suicide' 2014-05-13T16:43:39Z He invites special guests – Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson – but in the middle of all this, Antony opens his mouth and sings one song called Snowy Angel. From Yoko Ono to Lady Gaga: how pop embraced performance art 2011-07-07T21:00:03Z Antony Barone Kolenc Jr., a friend of the couple who now lives in Amsterdam, sang “How Long Will I Love You?” at the reception. In Harmony for 14 Years 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z He submerges us in the centre of the story; like the crowd in the forum listening to Mark Antony, we are swayed by each competing argument. Power and glory: how to tackle Shakespeare's revolutions 2012-06-20T17:59:07Z “If you play ball with Antony Stark,” the man said, “he’ll be fair with you.” The death and life of the great British pub | Tom Lamont 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Mark Antony's famous "Friends, Romans, countrymen" speech has long been admired as a masterpiece of rhetorical irony, but it's not particularly subtle. A high-style, intermittently substantive 'Caesar' 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Cornejo, who withdrew due to an injury, was scheduled to perform in “Don Quixote” on May 19 and in Antony Tudor’s “Shadowplay” on May 24 and 25. ArtsBeat: ABT's Herman Cornejo Injured, Exits 'Don Quixote' 2011-05-12T19:19:01Z And the conductor Antony Walker and his young cast did their best to show it off. Review | Silly humor of dated plot underlines joy of opera 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z After Mark Antony commits suicide, a grief-stricken Cleopatra summons Sekhmet, goddess of death and destruction. Local books: Cleopatra as vampire, plus histories of the E.coli outbreak and an elite Army Air Force unit 2011-05-23T20:56:06Z Lopez was due to jet in to northern Cyprus, a breakaway statelet recognized only by Ankara, accompanied by her husband, singer Marc Antony, and her twin children. Greek Cypriots get loud over Lopez gig in north 2010-07-07T15:07:00Z Antony Hegarty, who appeared in the stage production of Mr. Reed’s album “Berlin,” performed a slow, poignant, tremulous “Candy Says.” Critic’s Notebook: Lou Reed’s Complex Spirit Is Invoked at a Reunion of His Inner Circle 2013-12-17T22:39:52Z While Plutarch admires, more or less, Pompey’s martial prowess, Caesar’s single-mindedness and Brutus’s patriotism, he shows clear contempt for Mark Antony. ‘The Age of Caesar’: A fresh look at the key players in a time of historic unrest 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Ms. Nair, the director of “Monsoon Wedding,” took a moment to wax nostalgic about a college production of Antony and Cleopatra that she and Mr. Ghosh performed in at Delhi University in the 1970s. ArtsBeat: Indian Fiction Rising 2011-07-06T13:53:24Z This is an Antony who has indeed made his will lord of his reason. Review|Theatre|Antony and Cleopatra, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon|Michael Billington 2010-05-10T23:18:00Z As Mark Antony orates over Caesar’s casket, Barry McEvoy slyly lathers them up, but even this famed sequence is a thin-skinned blitz. Review | Shakespeare’s ‘Caesar’ and Gaiman’s ‘Neverwhere’ miss big 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Antony & the Johnsons – Her Eyes Are Underneath the GroundI've played this game throughout my life many times, during boring bus journeys and long nights awake. Six Songs of Me: Joe Taylor from the Music Hoarder 2012-08-14T13:00:00Z Antony in “Julius Caesar”: Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. Style Invitational Week 1380: Both sides now 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Every single actor was remarkable but the most astonishing performance was that of Hans Kesting who played Mark Antony. The best performance I've ever seen: Simon Stephens 2011-04-01T19:36:30Z But Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's "comedy" has none of the incisiveness of the original telly series. Birdsong; On Ageing; The Big Fellah; Yes, Prime Minister 2010-10-02T23:07:00Z Antony Hegarty of Anthony and the Johnsons took charge this year, with a lineup that included an appearance by the reclusive Cocteau Twins singer Elizabeth Fraser. Yoko Ono named Meltdown festival curator 2012-11-07T17:25:58Z The show still runs 2½ hours as it watches Antony squirm between his attraction to Cleopatra and his duty to the Roman empire. Review | ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ amps up the glamour at Folger 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Photograph: Todd Antony/Adrian Rogers/1 fans will get a glimpse of Pond Life in a new mini-series about the Time Lord's sidekicks. Doctor Who sidekicks to feature in new BBC mini-series Pond Life 2012-08-22T15:23:32Z Most moving, though, was a duet with Antony on the latter's You Are My Sister – five minutes of tender communion from two very different men. Boy George/Antony Hegarty – review 2012-08-09T16:08:14Z Hawass, whom visitors may recognize from his appearances on archaeological documentaries, describes in a brief video his quest for the lost tomb of Cleopatra and her lover, the Roman general Mark Antony. Philly hosts world premiere of Cleopatra exhibit 2010-06-04T20:09:00Z Four Larks is back with its latest musical fever dream, "The Temptation of St. Antony," at an undisclosed location in Downtown L.A. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 8-15: 'The Temptation of St. Antony' and more 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z This is particularly true of a singer such as Antony Hegarty, of Antony and the Johnsons. Can opera singers sing pop ? and vice versa? 2011-07-28T22:00:03Z She fell, hard, for her rugged co-star Richard Burton, playing Mark Antony, despite the fact both were married to other people. Elizabeth Taylor: born to be Cleopatra 2011-03-23T19:59:58Z Next season opens with "Antony and Cleopatra" in the former Intiman digs — a hall Mount hopes to use on occasion but has no interest in taking over full time. Seattle Shakespeare Co.'s 'As You Like It' opens June 1 2012-05-31T20:23:10Z This silence will be broken this summer when Fraser sings her own songs on stage for the first time this century, at the invitation of Antony Hegarty for his Meltdown festival at the Southbank Centre. Elizabeth Fraser: 'I'm so excited to have made this decision to perform' 2012-06-23T23:05:30Z As Arias puts it, "I see why it's called Meltdown: it's all the influences that make Antony what he is." Antony's Meltdown – review 2012-08-11T23:06:00Z Jessica 6 is also the name of the second New Band of the Day chosen for guardian.co.uk/music this week by guest editor Antony Hegarty. New band of the day ? No 885: Jessica 6 2010-10-12T15:37:00Z In a recent interview with the Observer, Antony Hegarty spoke about the acts he's chosen as curator of the forthcoming Meltdown festival. New music: Planningtorock – Patriarchy Over & Out 2012-07-05T06:00:00Z Under guest conductor Antony Walker’s baton, the 158-member chorus and 51-piece orchestra plumbed the depths of a liturgical work and highlighted an assortment of bel canto arias with bravura, gravitas and dynamism. Review | Choral Arts hits the mark with a serious Rossini 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z “Turning against the people who invited you to make the speech is very reminiscent of Marc Antony,” he said. The Drama of Ted Cruz: A Little Bit of Shakespeare in That Speech? 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z No soliloquies of any note, although Cleopatra comes nearest, achieving a Lear-like clarity about her place in the world after the death of Antony. Are Shakespeare's women second-class citizens? 2012-07-19T11:09:28Z Adapted from Antony Johnston’s graphic novel The Coldest City, this film is basically a tour of crushed ribs, cracked skulls and busted femurs. Review: 'Atomic Blonde' Kicks You Where It Hurts 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z In May 2011, Admiral Taverns sold the pub to a private individual, Antony Stark. The death and life of the great British pub | Tom Lamont 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Beginning Wednesday, New York Theater Ballet brings Antony Tudor’s somber 1937 masterpiece “Dark Elegies” and an original work by young choreographers set to Philip Glass and steel drums. Dance Listings for July 29-Aug. 4 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z I first heard of Antony and his music from David Tibet of Current 93 and I met him for the first time at L'Esqualita, a Puerto Rican drag club in New York. Meltdown 2012 – Marc Almond: 'I first met Antony Hegarty in a drag club' 2012-07-29T23:04:01Z Works by Stephen Mills and Antony Tudor complete the program. Dance Listings for March 13-19 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The internationally acclaimed British sculptor Antony Gormley is best known in the US for his giant figures placed on the top of iconic buildings around the world. VIDEO: Antony Gormley: Can art replace politics and religion? 2012-06-01T01:28:14Z Instead, he ladles a quavering falsetto, frequently reminiscent of Antony Hegarty, over gorgeous trip-hop-hued electronic abstractions such as the skeletal, tremulous I Never Learnt to Share. James Blake – review 2013-04-10T15:15:01Z She successfully auditioned for the Royal Academy — “a culture shock” — where she felt lost and insecure until a teacher harshly criticized her performance of a speech from “Antony and Cleopatra.” Juliet Stevenson Returns to ‘The Doctor,’ and the New York Stage 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z An emailed statement from Sir Antony, sent to the BBC, said that he still hoped to show his work in the city. Gormley show 'pulled after suicide' 2014-05-13T16:43:39Z The piece will be accompanied by “Little Improvisations,” Antony Tudor’s dance about two children who are inventing games in an attic on a rainy day. Spare Times for Children Listings for Sept. 30-Oct. 6 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z A gift like this reminds me of the choreographer Antony Tudor. Dance Review: Trey McIntyre Project?s Ballets at Jacob?s Pillow 2010-08-06T20:54:00Z Antony has also invited his friend and previous collaborator Lou Reed to perform – which looks set to be a must-see event. Sleeve notes: Sixty years of No 1 singles 2012-06-01T13:28:00Z This year alone, Art Fund members have helped save the Staffordshire hoard, install Antony Gormley's 6 Times in Edinburgh and buy the first Picasso for a Welsh public collection. Letters: Philanthropy and arts funding 2010-07-14T23:05:00Z In Balanchine’s “Sonatine,” Woodward, a recently named principal, and Antony Huxley, were delicate and lyrical; together, their bodies sang. Winter Season at City Ballet: ‘Now Is the Time for a New Generation’ 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Things look up with Antony Tudor's Lilac Garden, in which Julie Kent is a luminously beautiful Caroline, and with Herman Cornejo and Reyes's fizzing account of Balanchine's "Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux". American Ballet Theatre; LOL (Lots of Love) ? review 2011-02-06T00:06:02Z As each of the rebellious Roman senators is wiped out by Antony with barbaric efficiency, you watch the step-by-step snuffing out of a dream. Perspective | How London sometimes outshines the lights of Broadway 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The Boy Who Bit Picasso by Antony Penrose Filled with his mother's photographs and Picasso's artwork, it is a gem. Tony Penrose 2010-08-21T23:04:00Z Their mixed bill at the 92nd Street Y includes Stephen Mills’s “Hush” and Antony Tudor’s “Little Improvisations,” alongside excerpts from the pyrotechnic “Le Corsaire” and Merce Cunningham’s more subdued “Duets.” Dance Listings for Nov. 14-20 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Did Marc Antony really say ‘Friends, Romans, countrymen’? I have no idea! Not just a football movie: How ‘Remember the Titans’ became a hit and inspired a nation 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Even the political battle between Marc Antony and Octavian to succeed the murdered Julius Caesar engaged the use of fake news. You are now the gatekeeper of news 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z But the dance itself, fashioned in the classical ballet style of Antony Tudor, is a bit too abstract to connect with emotionally. A night of 4 world premieres, including 1 by Mark Morris, at PNB 2012-11-04T15:35:35Z With Helena, it was a mix of Tom Waits and Antony and the Johnsons. Here's How Tatiana Maslany Gets into Character on 'Orphan Black' 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Grand Central Publishing this week is releasing the first book as “One Step to You,” translated by Antony Shugaar, followed in October by “Two Chances With You” and “Three Times You” in 2022. His Books Inspired Lovestruck Teens to Put Locks on Bridges 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z The truth: If the Shoes are any measure, Mike Skinner is going to be guardian.co.uk/music's best guest editor since Antony Hegarty. New band of the day ? No 962: The Shoes 2011-02-07T16:29:02Z Cries From the Heart, Crashing Like Waves Wonderment and sorrow course through the songs of Antony Hegarty, who leads Antony and the Johnsons. Music Review: Antony and the Johnsons at Radio City Music Hall 2012-01-28T01:02:07Z Warmly satisfying is this version’s portrayal of a mature love between Cleopatra and her Mark Antony, played as a warrior spent from all the battle-testing by the rough-hewn Clive Wood. In London, stages are set for pleasure "Antony and Cleopatra" is one of a handful of Shakespeare texts SSC has not yet staged. Seattle Shakespeare Co.'s 'As You Like It' opens June 1 2012-05-31T20:23:10Z Roman writers also posthumously painted her as nothing more than a cold-hearted seductress of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Philly hosts world premiere of Cleopatra exhibit 2010-06-04T20:09:00Z The great speeches of Brutus and Mark Antony at Caesar’s funeral were addressed to the chorus, which responded with volatile moods: aroused, becalmed, confused, manipulated. Verdi’s Shakespeare Resonates Across Italian Opera Houses 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Antony Fuller, Batali's attorney, claimed that the accuser was an "admitted liar," and said that "in her world, truth is a flexible concept." Mario Batali not guilty of sexual misconduct: judge 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z But Jeffery Kissoon admirably brings out Antony's echoes of lost grandeur even if, in the present, he exists in a state of sexual enthralment and is sustained by constant recourse to a hip flask. Antony and Cleopatra - review 2010-10-15T00:54:00Z While its theater at Lincoln Center was inaugurated in 1966 with a world premiere, Samuel Barber’s “Antony and Cleopatra,” new operas were perceived as box-office poison and arrived rarely. A Black Composer Finally Arrives at the Metropolitan Opera 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Antony Sher plays the man more sinned against than sinning when the Royal Shakespeare Company brings this tragedy to Brooklyn. 10 Plays and Musicals to Go to in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Other film winners were Best Supporting Actor Antony Starr and original screenplay writers Kieran Darcy-Smith and Felicity Price for "Wish You Were Here," a thriller set partially in Cambodia. 'The Sapphires' sparkles at Australian film awards 2013-01-31T07:39:08Z Antony had Cicero hunted down and stabbed to death. Perspective | Trump says he’s the victim of a witch hunt. These politicians were treated worse. 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z “Far from strengthening the case for the existence of God,” Anthony Gottlieb wrote in The New York Times Book Review, the book “rather weakens the case for the existence of Antony Flew.” Antony Flew, 87, Philosopher and Ex-Atheist, Dies 2010-04-17T02:21:00Z Photo: Todd Antony/BBC Deathless celebration of all things Man, forged from windscreen washer fluid and molten denim. Top Gear, New Tricks, Lewis ? the television shows that won't die 2011-08-12T23:11:04Z But Cicero fell into disfavor with Marc Antony, who ruled Rome. Perspective | Trump says he’s the victim of a witch hunt. These politicians were treated worse. 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z In 1962 he played Mark Antony in the New York Shakespeare Festival’s production of “Julius Caesar.” Richard Roat, Seen on ‘Cheers,’ ‘Friends’ and ‘Seinfeld,’ Dies at 89 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z William Shakespeare's version of the saga, his romantic tragedy "Antony and Cleopatra," is having a rare local staging by Seattle Shakespeare Company at Intiman Playhouse. Local shows of note: 'Antony and Cleopatra,' Tom Lehrer tunes, Mexico City troupe 2012-11-02T14:31:04Z Antony Gormley created Flare II, a shimmering, almost abstract form which revolves mysteriously below Wren's geometric staircase. Faith should harness art's appeal 2010-07-12T15:00:00Z His Seattle Shakespeare Company airing of "Antony and Cleopatra" opens this week, at Intiman Playhouse. ACT names John Langs to associate artistic director post 2012-11-01T20:26:08Z To me, its poignant edge and enigmatic classicism bring to mind the work of Antony Tudor. Electric Counterpoint, Asphodel Meadows, Carmen; Dystopian Wonders; Breakin' Convention 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z The “New Met” opened with the lavish premiere of Samuel Barber’s “Antony and Cleopatra,” tailored to Ms. Price’s radiant voice and prima donna grandeur. Leontyne Price, Legendary Diva, Is a Movie Star at 90 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z From Henry Moore to Antony Gormley, even our "modern" artists seem stuck in the fussy world of the figurative, while American painters such as Rothko transport me to a heightened reality. Are we a nation of abstract art snobs? 2011-07-07T16:37:59Z You miss the sly, sinuous process by which Antony descends from respectful to scornful iterations of the idea that Caesar was put to death for his “ambitious” spirit by the “honorable” Brutus. | 'Julius Caesar': Cry Havoc! The Blood Sport Called Politics 2011-07-31T22:23:03Z Perhaps new wars – Iraq, Afghanistan – played their part; perhaps it was the books of Max Hastings, Patrick Bishop and Antony Beevor. London is now full of war memorials, but the oldest are still the best 2012-11-09T22:29:02Z It's a thorny question, posed, if inadequately answered, by Antony McDonald's new staging for Opera North. Mary Stuart 2010-06-06T20:30:00Z Ray Fearon's Mark Antony has a wonderfully dangerous charisma but could make more use of a middle-register in his manipulation of the mob. Julius Caesar – review 2012-06-07T00:13:00Z A bit further along is the most famous suicide with Harriet Walter as Cleopatra, just bitten by the asp and talking about meeting Antony. British Museum Shakespeare exhibition to include prized Robben Island copy 2012-07-17T17:11:20Z An obituary on Tuesday about Antony Jay, a creator of the British television series “Yes Minister,” misstated the name of the fictional government agency depicted in that show. Antony Jay, a Machiavelli Scholar and a Creator of ‘Yes Minister,’ Dies at 86 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z The Bard's romantic dramas "Antony & Cleopatra" and "Romeo & Juliet" are the next plays under discussion on "Shakespeare Uncovered." TV This Week Feb. 8 - 14: 'The Slap' on NBC and more 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z It is her resilience in the face of disaster that, for the musician Antony Hegarty – who has collaborated with her on performances – makes her a personal as well as an artistic model. The Guardian profile: Yoko Ono 2012-06-08T15:40:20Z He read out the name he’d scribbled on a piece of paper: Antony Stark. The death and life of the great British pub | Tom Lamont 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Antony and the Johnsons toured Europe and beyond, performing with local orchestras, and in 2012 the Museum of Modern Art commissioned an elaborately staged concert with a 60-piece orchestra at Radio City Music Hall. Anohni: Embracing a New Name, and Sound 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Antony Sher's Freud subtly combines intellectual gravitas with the escalating panic of a man whose ordered life dissolves into chaos. Hysteria – review 2012-08-07T16:00:06Z The production, by the R.S.C., starred Antony Sher, who played the malevolent king as an arachnoid monster, scuttling around the stage on a pair of crutches. Encounters with Shakespeare 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Photograph: Mike McGregor for the Observer When you arrange to meet Antony Hegarty, you don't have to worry about questions like "How will I recognise you?" Antony Hegarty: 'We need more oestrogen-based thinking' 2012-05-19T23:04:35Z By now, Antony Stark had gathered around him a formidable cladding of specialists and consultants, and his bid to convert the Lion into flats was gathering pace. The death and life of the great British pub | Tom Lamont 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z If forced to choose, Shakespeare would side with Dido, not Aeneas, and he honors the incandescent passion between Antony and Cleopatra as worth more than all of eternal Rome. Review | Who art thou, Shakespeare? 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z There was no end of pleasure in this program, which included an incandescent production of Antony Tudor’s “Pillar of Fire” and a shining if slightly blurred “Theme and Variations” by Balanchine. A sparkling start to American Ballet Theatre’s D.C. engagement 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Antony Tudor was a British original, choreographing his early ballets with a rare and lethally observational eye. American Ballet Theatre: Programme 2 - review 2011-02-03T16:55:03Z I could have called up Antony and said: 'Will you do a song with me?' Gavin Friday: 'You can't be what you were' 2010-03-25T22:10:00Z “Romeo and Juliet,” “Antony and Cleopatra,” “The Winter’s Tale” and “The Merchant of Venice” are among the works sampled, yet when Ms. Wolpe speaks those plays’ words, she doesn’t summon character or mood. Review: Weaving Memoir With Shakespeare to Find Her Father 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z This year – after recent efforts by Ray Davies and Jarvis Cocker – it's the turn of Antony Hegarty, a musician whose whole career to date screams "eclectic arts festival". This week's new live music 2012-07-27T23:05:00Z This week, our temporary boss Antony Hegarty wanted us to interview the five people that he'd chosen as his New Bands of the Day for extra insights and info and stuff. New band of the day ? No 888: The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black 2010-10-15T15:33:00Z "My God hated my guts," says Antony, of his Catholic upbringing. Antony's Meltdown – review 2012-08-11T23:06:00Z Figure in a landscape . . . part of Antony Gormley's Horizon Field, near Lech in the Austrian Alps. The iron men 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z The only drawback to this reading is that it faintly diminishes Antony himself. Antony and Cleopatra - review 2010-10-15T00:54:00Z Antony asked, astonished, after he had to justify himself in several German interviews. What us Germans think of your taste in our music 2011-03-18T15:01:54Z If you’ve seen Ben Daniels, he looks amazing as Antony Armstrong-Jones — he’s got the most piercing blue eyes — and I think he’s going to smash it out of the park. Matthew Goode Knows How to Charm. Just Ask Lady Mary and Princess Margaret. 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z When Antony Hegarty took over guardian.co.uk/music in October, he picked a handful of his favourite bands and Jessica 6 were among the chosen few. New music: Jessica 6 ? White Horse 2011-02-04T16:23:27Z Taking its title from Mark Antony’s speech over the slain Caesar in “Julius Caesar,” it intercuts Mr. Wolfert’s own memories with text borrowed from Shakespeare. Using Shakespeare to Ease the Trauma of War 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Antony the soldier having been bested in battle by Caesar, it is now the turn of Cleopatra the seductress to be spurned by the self-satisfied Roman. Antony and Cleopatra ? review 2010-10-16T23:07:00Z Anohni — the songwriter and singer formerly known as Antony Hegarty — decided a few years ago to utterly transform the sound and message of her music. Anohni: Embracing a New Name, and Sound 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z It also features interviews with the secretary of state, Antony J. Blinken; the national security adviser, Jake Sullivan; the secretary of defense, Lloyd Austin; and The New York Times’s very own David E. Sanger. What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Vow’ and ‘American Horror Story’ 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Hetfield, in turn, was introduced to the sounds of Antony Hegarty, the androgynous, quavering singer of Antony and the Johnsons. Music: Lou Reed and Metallica Team Up on ?Lulu? 2011-10-27T12:00:00Z In his buttoned-up Roman way, he, too, loves Antony, praising his military virtues with a starry-eyed admiration. Antony and Cleopatra ? review 2010-10-16T23:07:00Z At the time, it was likened to Antony Gormley's Angel of the North, but the changed financial landscape quickly stalled the project. Angel of the south 2013-03-05T15:19:23Z Macbeth and his lady, perhaps Antony and Cleopatra. Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater: A Midsummer Night’s Couple 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z “Antony and Cleopatra” is a departure in more ways than one. John Adams, an American Master at 75 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, compared with those earlier works — among them true glories of opera history — “Antony and Cleopatra” is a dreary disappointment. Review: In ‘Antony and Cleopatra,’ John Adams Goes Conventional 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z And there’s a modern treasure, a haunting lead statue of a man, by eminent contemporary sculptor Antony Gormley. A London day trip to Winchester, England’s former royal capital 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z With the revival airing this week on GOLD, it seems an apposite time to revisit Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's vintage political satire. Catch-up TV guide: from Grand Hotel to Yes, Prime Minister 2013-01-12T06:00:00Z The Royal Shakespeare Company, meanwhile, will continue their revived association with the Barbican by bringing upcoming productions of Henry IV Parts I & II starring Sir Antony Sher to the capital. Shaw brings Toibin play to Barbican 2013-10-29T10:43:46Z In addition to Graham and Limón, who were both on the faculty, he came into the orbit of the British ballet choreographer Antony Tudor, whom he still considers one of his strongest influences. Lar Lubovitch: Confessions of a Former Go-Go Dancer 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z The grown-ups get “Legends,” a retrospective of Antony Tudor, the British master choreographer celebrated for merging psychological tension with startling elegance. Dance Listings for May 9-15 2014-05-08T22:46:10Z She’s concluded that many in the department have decided it is “not viable” to secure her son’s release, even though Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been publicly and privately supportive. 10 years after Austin Tice’s abduction in Syria, his parents still fight for him 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z But, while D'Silva gives us the "old ruffian" side of Antony, he misses some of the pathos of the later scenes. Review|Theatre|Antony and Cleopatra, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon|Michael Billington 2010-05-10T23:18:00Z That, in truth, was one of the few surprising aspects of Bilginer's stolidly reliable Antony. Antony and Cleopatra – review 2012-05-28T16:08:31Z The works include excerpts from Peck’s ballet “Chutes and Ladders” and Antony Tudor’s 1975 “The Leaves Are Fading” and other pieces. Perspective | Justin Peck, Misty Copeland curate ‘Ballet Across America’ series 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z He was — like Jerome Robbins and Antony Tudor in the United States — a bringer of neurosis, psychological drama and real-life grit to the rarefied world of ballet. Kenneth MacMillan’s School of Ballet Sex, Neurosis and Grit 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Justice Antony Zacaroli said Tuesday he would deliver his judgment “as soon as I can.” Ed Sheeran awaits verdict over copyright court battle 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Officially, however, Antony Gormley's latest monumental sculpture is known as Exposure, and will be formally unveiled in the Netherlands on 17 September. Antony Gormley drops 60-tonne load for monumental sculpture 2010-08-27T17:05:00Z The Metropolitan Opera gave the premiere of “Vanessa” in 1958 and commissioned his “Antony and Cleopatra” to open the new opera house in 1966. Two Composers, Honored Silently 2011-07-30T04:00:25Z Then something magical happens: The language is so transparent and powerful, and Goldstein is such a compelling performer--he makes Antony's struggle between emotion and guile palpable--that substance trumps style for a moment. A high-style, intermittently substantive 'Caesar' 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z One of the similarities between Antony and me is that in the moment of performance you really step to your higher self. From Yoko Ono to Lady Gaga: how pop embraced performance art 2011-07-07T21:00:03Z Although the council owns the angel, we agreed with Antony Gormley to protect the integrity of the sculpture and ensure that it is enjoyed by the public at all times. Angel of the North won't turn green for St Patrick's Day 2011-03-17T12:41:37Z That makes Antony’s dilemma vivid, even if his feelings about it churn and obscure his thinking, which is worth exploring. Review | ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ amps up the glamour at Folger 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z It’s a chess move, and it draws you to Antony to see how shrewdly Nickell balances the options. Review | ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ amps up the glamour at Folger 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Jupiter Artland — which features oversize sculptures by artists like Antony Gormley — now opens for around four months every summer, on sprawling acres on the outskirts of the city. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Secretary of State Antony Blinken was scheduled to give remarks, but he canceled at the last minute after testing positive for the coronavirus. How Rima Al-Sabah became a force in Washington’s social scene 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z In this sense, she suggests, the call from her friend Antony Hegarty came at a propitious moment. Elizabeth Fraser: 'I'm so excited to have made this decision to perform' 2012-06-23T23:05:30Z In its open-air home on the South Bank, I was in the thrall of its “Antony and Cleopatra,” shepherded inspirationally by director Jonathan Munby. In London, stages are set for pleasure Antony Sher was gorgeous in the show, but one of the notes I gave was about the confrontation scene in the third play. How we made ... Harvey Fierstein and Antony Sher on Torch Song Trilogy 2012-05-28T18:07:36Z Having first displayed her vindictive fury, she went into gales of screeching laughter at the messenger's description of Antony's wife, Octavia. Antony and Cleopatra – review 2012-05-28T16:08:31Z Ballet Theatre also brought in the Englishman Antony Tudor, who rethought the art form, whittling away its ornamental frou-frou to express the inner life in a startling modern way. How American Ballet Theatre spun cowboys and killers into international fame Six works have followed, including Antony Gormley's One & Other, with members of the public standing on the plinth an hour at a time, and the present incumbent, Yinka Shonibare's Nelson's Ship in a Bottle. Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth faces huge cock up 2010-08-19T14:10:00Z Singer and drag artist Joey Arias sees this Meltdown as a kind of biography of both Antony and the scene that nurtured him. Antony Hegarty's Meltdown: New York pioneers who walked on the wild side 2012-07-28T23:05:37Z He especially excelled in the title role of Eugene Loring’s “Billy the Kid” and dramatically tinged ballets by Antony Tudor and Mr. Feld. Daniel Levins, Classically Trained Ballet Dancer, Dies at 62 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z “Song of the Earth” also features many recognizable borrowings; there are strong echoes of specific lines, shapes, gestures and phrases from choreography by Balanchine, Ashton and Antony Tudor as well as from modern dance. Review: From Royal Ballet, a Blend of Enchantment and Intensity 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Later, when the Ides of March has come and gone, and Caesar with it, she will practise the same wiles on Ashley Dixon's bullish Mark Antony. Cleopatra; Henri Oguike Dance Company ? review 2011-03-13T00:05:20Z While with plays such as Hamlet, Othello and King Lear we can compare the Folio against the quarto, for other plays – such as Antony and Cleopatra, The Tempest and Macbeth – we cannot. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z The actors respond with oddly variable performances – seen most striking in Darrell de Silva's two versions of Mark Antony. Are the RSC ensemble's glory days over? 2011-02-01T17:32:55Z The film has a "mesmerising soundtrack that will take you into another world", according to Currimbhoy, courtesy of Max Ritcher and featuring an original composition from Antony and the Johnsons. Sheffield Doc/Fest hopes to rekindle last year's Oscar magic 2013-05-09T10:00:03Z Understandable, since she had children with Julius Caesar and Caesar's lieutenant Mark Antony, whose death in her arms inspired future writers to romanticize their love story above the other. The question isn't why cast a Black Cleopatra but rather why not profile another African queen? 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Antony Hegarty's Meltdown, meanwhile – a kind of alternative Olympics for vulnerability and shape-shifting – does not fall short of feats of endurance, technical ability and courage. Antony's Meltdown – review 2012-08-11T23:06:00Z And on Sunday at 3 p.m., future stars of the Met will compete in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, with Antony Walker conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Classical Music Listings for March 11-17 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Adams turns 75 in February and is hard at work on his latest opera — a treatment of Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra” set to his own libretto. Contemporary music icon John Adams is both composer and conductor in Seattle Symphony return engagement 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Shakespeare still has pride of place here, and “Pericles,” “Much Ado About Nothing” and “Antony and Cleopatra” will be presented this season alongside several other productions. 50 Essential Summer Festivals 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Vitruvius was the builder who turned Mark Antony's capital into marbled Augustan Rome. Leo Hollis's top 10 books about cities 2013-04-26T07:37:40Z A week later Antony Beevor attacked the trend from the opposite direction in a talk to the Royal Society of Literature on "The Perils of Faction". David Lodge on HG Wells 2011-03-11T10:00:01Z This week's new bands have been specially picked by guardian.co.uk/music's guest editor Antony Hegarty, and if they are all as good as today's musician, William Basinski, then we will be very grateful indeed. New band of the day ? No 884: William Basinski 2010-10-11T16:11:00Z The best of Antony, you feel, is in the past; and the point is underscored by Martin Hutson's brilliant Octavius Caesar. Antony and Cleopatra - review 2010-10-15T00:54:00Z But the real point of Antony here is that he takes the place of a protective mother, the one Abramovićnever had. Manchester international festival: Room with no view 2011-07-11T20:30:01Z Cinderella goes to the ball in a hot-air balloon, and the costume designs are suitably Ab Fab, with Antony McDonald conjuring a riot of period lace and crinoline with a twist of Galliano. This week's new dance 2010-12-11T00:07:00Z More fitting was Antony Hegarty, the beatific voice of Antony & the Johnsons, who appeared like an apparition and cooed a barely legible song over a slapping, serrated beat. A Producer and His Pulsating, Rhythmic Ways 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z The genius of William Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" is that it captures the intimate end stages of a red-hot love affair, while also charting the affair's impact on a large portion of the ancient world. Seattle Shakes' 'Antony and Cleopatra' a full-scale telling of fascinating classic 2012-11-06T00:15:09Z Scholars of Shakespeare have often been a bit perplexed by this late tragedy, written after the concentrated period of creativity that produced “King Lear,” “Macbeth” and “Antony and Cleopatra.” Review: An Electrifying ‘Coriolanus,’ Addicted to War 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Four Larks theater company is restaging its award-winning “junkyard opera” about the temptations of the Egyptian monk known as St. Antony in an undisclosed warehouse space in downtown Los Angeles. Essential Arts & Culture: Kanye West's not-for-sale sculpture at Blum & Poe 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z He’s a tender, bruised singer, like a less affected Antony. Music Review: Perfume Genius, Singing and Suffering at 92Y Tribeca 2010-07-22T20:58:00Z And while he was unlikely to have been a slave to his love for Cleopatra, as various chroniclers assert, the truth was that, wherever Mark Antony went, sexual charm inevitably followed. Angelina Jolie's Cleopatra will show Egypt's queen as more than a sex kitten 2011-01-09T00:06:49Z Who would play you in the film of your life?Antony of Antony And The Johnsons. Q&A: Beth Ditto 2012-07-06T21:59:15Z Seattle Shakes opens its new season with that tragedy from the First Folio, "Antony and Cleopatra," Nov. 1-18. Seattle Shakespeare Co. finds classics pay off 2012-09-13T20:21:13Z Imagine a slightly more idiosyncratic Ben Howard - or to look at it from the opposite side, a somewhat less esoteric Antony Hegarty or Jeff Buckley - becoming the biggest star in the country. New band of the day (Ásgeir 1,553) 2013-07-15T15:17:37Z This bizarre piece of cross-gender casting made a burlesque of Antony's marriage to Caesar's sister and gave a far too literal reading to the idea of Roman virtues being masculine. Antony and Cleopatra ? review 2010-10-16T23:07:00Z Sainte-Marie reflects the strong, profoundly feminine philosophies of Antony Hegarty's Meltdown, of which this gig is part – he has compared her voice to a hex. Buffy Sainte-Marie – review 2012-08-08T11:49:14Z As she slips into a rehearsal of Antony Tudor’s “Lilac Garden” wearing a chic knit dress, hair loosely tied back, her presence is felt around the studio. Taking Flight: Julie Kent at Washington Ballet 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Antony Walker, WCO’s buoyant artistic director and conductor, was, as always, crisp of gesture and light on his toes. Stars dimmer than expected in the concert Rossini opera ‘Semiramide’ 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z "Antony says the East Village is an indigenous population," says his close friend, dancer and DJ Johanna Constantine. Antony Hegarty's Meltdown: New York pioneers who walked on the wild side 2012-07-28T23:05:37Z He was to direct her, famously, in Antony and Cleopatra in 1973. The Saturday interview: Janet Suzman 2011-08-19T23:10:48Z Antony enjoys learning, likes school and is able to advocate for himself when needed. Saturday’s Child Meet a child who needs a family 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z But it contains suggestions of story, subtle hints of mood, memory and psychology in ways that are reminiscent of the choreographer Antony Tudor and, more contemporaneously, Alexei Ratmansky. Liam Scarlett Creates a Work for City Ballet 2014-01-24T19:41:14Z Sixteen days after the Parr’s Head conversion was approved, the pub was sold on by Antony Stark to another private developer. The death and life of the great British pub | Tom Lamont 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z If Act I seemed slow, it was in part because Antony Walker, the WCO’s music director, seemed to be missing some of his signature spring; the orchestra sounded a little mushy. The lighter side of ‘La favorite’ 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z The problem was that Antony did not realise how unpopular Grönemeyer is with German hipsters. What us Germans think of your taste in our music 2011-03-18T15:01:54Z When Caesar was assassinated in Rome, she embarked on a 13-year affair with Mark Antony that lasted until their suicides in 30BC. Angelina Jolie's Cleopatra will show Egypt's queen as more than a sex kitten 2011-01-09T00:06:49Z And as for who gets to play Mark Antony, my hunch is that our very own Dominic West will climb into the Roman tunic and Ralph Fiennes will play Cleo's former lover Julius Caesar. Angelina Jolie: Hollywood won't be the same without her 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z I remember sending it to Antony Gormley and then seeing him a few months later and reintroducing myself. The Art Collections Are Real; the Owners Are Not 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z He was fascinated to see frequent mention of Gavin Sherman, the estate agent from Paramount Properties who had first brokered the sale of the Golden Lion to Antony Stark. The death and life of the great British pub | Tom Lamont 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Antony Jay, whose keen appreciation of Machiavelli and corporate behavior helped make the 1980s British television series “Yes Minister” and “Yes, Prime Minister” instant classics of political satire, died on Aug. 21. Antony Jay, a Machiavelli Scholar and a Creator of ‘Yes Minister,’ Dies at 86 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Julia Raeside With tax, and its avoidance, still very much a sore point for most of us, Antony Barnett takes a look at Prince Charles's diverse fiefdom, the Duchy of Cornwall. TV highlights 01/07/2013 2013-07-01T06:00:09Z Antony Starr plays the obligatory prodigal, Garrett, who materializes after an absence of — there’s that time span again — 14 years. Review: In ‘American Gothic,’ Another Rich Family With Secrets 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z She tells the story of Fulvia, the wife of Mark Antony, who visited the corpse of Cicero, who had poisonously inveighed against her husband. From Ancient Myths to Modern Day, Women and the Struggle for Power 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z To spice up a game of charades, T4 strapped Antony to Lee's back, then challenged them to act out their single All Rise. Farewell T4: a proper pop show, or hangover TV for hipsters? 2012-12-14T14:00:00Z Two finalists, Pae White and Antony Gormley, also made it to the next stage and revamped their plans, only to have them nixed in the end, Manton said, “over aesthetic concerns.” A New Hiroshi Sugimoto Sculpture in San Francisco Reaches for Infinity 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z One such man is Antony Levallois, an ambitious plantation owner near Richmond. Review | Kevin Powers’s first novel exposed the horrors of the Iraq War. Now he takes on the Civil War. 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z There are moments when the comedy is neatly played, such as when the messenger who brings Cleopatra news of Antony's marriage to Octavia has a gun pulled on him. Antony and Cleopatra ? review 2010-12-15T22:00:02Z First, let us return to 30 BC, when Marc Antony taught us all about the Roman occupation of Egypt, and how to look amazing while not wearing any armor at all. The history of humanity told by topless men: Mr Darcy's wet shirt started it all 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Antony and Cleopatra are Shakespeare’s rock stars, swaggering international celebrities snared in a legendary bad romance. Review | ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ amps up the glamour at Folger 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z "There's more caution that is creeping into the forecast, but still optimistic that there is growth," said Antony Young, the former CEO of Optimedia US and incoming CEO of marketing company Mindshare NA. Advertising slowing down with economy uncertain 2011-08-12T21:02:12Z Attended by handmaidens who were brightly colored spools of thread, Cleopatra was a filigreed creamer, her Antony a stoppered cruet — and it was somehow no less moving when they died at the end. Review: The Bard as Bedtime Story in ‘Table Top Shakespeare’ 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Antony Gormley poses like an angel against a work from his Model exhibition. 'I've made a body you can actually go in' 2012-11-27T16:05:13Z A late addition to the Meltdown schedule, Boy George is the artist who is perhaps closest to curator Antony Hegarty's heart. Boy George/Antony Hegarty – review 2012-08-09T16:08:14Z Antony Rupert Jay was born on April 20, 1930, in London. Antony Jay, a Machiavelli Scholar and a Creator of ‘Yes Minister,’ Dies at 86 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z "The Boys" star Antony Starr headlines this gritty, pulpy crime series about an ex-con who impersonates the incoming new sheriff of Banshee, Pennsylvania, and promptly runs afoul of local criminals including an Amish psychopath. 10 TV shows with big dad energy 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z I joined a small Society of Authors group that, under the leadership of Antony Beevor, went to the Office of Fair Trading to argue that this would restrict fair competition. Will Waterstone's have a significant future selling books in Britain? 2012-12-21T22:54:01Z And the company will revive Antony Tudor’s potent dance-drama “Pillar of Fire” for the first time in several years. All the Ways to Fall for Dance Again Onstage and Beyond 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Antony is someone who is a good friend, a good writer, and who is a great artist. Devendra Banhart’s amazing “Mad Men” finale theory involves Roger’s octopus painting and J.K. Rowling 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z With live theater and other public pleasures unavailable, we pose Critters and stream “Antony and Cleopatra” and film turtles and drown Ophelia again and again. Is This a Livestream I See Before Me? 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Kahn was among the theater artists who on Wednesday said they saw the obvious — albeit imperfect — connection to Antony’s behavior. The Drama of Ted Cruz: A Little Bit of Shakespeare in That Speech? 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Following in the footsteps of Patti Smith, David Bowie and Ray Davies, Antony will help showcase a diverse range of artists, as well as performing himself. Sleeve notes: Sixty years of No 1 singles 2012-06-01T13:28:00Z “With Antony and Pae, they were selected and asked to redesign. With Sugimoto, we wanted the sculpture exactly as proposed,” she said. A New Hiroshi Sugimoto Sculpture in San Francisco Reaches for Infinity 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z In one room, 400-plus people packed a noisy debate between the artist Antony Gormley and other cultural figures — laughing, applauding and jostling to ask questions. Stars Shine East to West in Hong Kong 2010-06-01T11:00:00Z Her repertoire there included the major classical ballets and duets, as well as works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Antony Tudor, William Dollar and Ms. de Mille. Lupe Serrano, Ballerina of Power and Fire, Is Dead at 92 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Observer What does Antony mean to you? Meltdown 2012 – Kim Cattrall: 'I'll be talking about the most powerful woman who ever lived' 2012-07-29T23:05:03Z Antony claims he’s “no orator, as Brutus is,” just “a plain blunt man.” The theater of Trump: What Shakespeare can teach us about the Donald 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Writers Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn got their information from many sources, one of the most important being Richard Crossman's Diaries of a Cabinet Minister, from which whole chunks of dialogue were lifted. Yes Minister 2010-06-18T05:45:00Z From that experience came “Sutra,” which combines Cherkaoui’s liquid physical style with the precision and attack of 17 Shaolin monks, who are joined onstage by 21 large wooden boxes by the artist Antony Gormley. 9 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Mark Antony would appear to be a maverick officer of the French imperial army. Theater Review: An ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ Set in the Caribbean 2014-03-06T03:00:17Z After bestselling accounts of D-Day and the battles for Stalingrad and Berlin, could Antony Beevor rise to the challenge of chronicling the entire war of which they were a part? Critical eye: book reviews roundup 2012-06-08T21:55:18Z Other plays in the residency include “Roman Tragedies,” a mashup of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” “Coriolanus” and “Antony and Cleopatra”; and “After the Rehearsal” and “Persona,” a double bill of plays based on Ingmar Bergman films. Jude Law to Star in 'Obsession' on London Stage 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Mark Antony sarcastically repeats the taunt that Brutus is “an honourable man” after Brutus murders Caesar. Double-plus effective 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Jackson de Vallance, a diminutive 11-year-old from Springfield, Va., earned the loudest applause of the night for delivering Marc Antony’s “Friends, Romans, countrymen” speech from “Julius Caesar.” John Hurt receives Shakespeare Theatre Company’s annual award Just one of them, he said, was devoted to “people who work between media, like Tilda, Björk and Antony and the Johnsons. It was an experiment. I’m not planning on repeating exhibitions.” Debate Ignites in L.A. Over MOCA Hire 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Trying to escape the assassination ordered by Mark Antony, Rome’s great orator takes ship only to find himself pursued by an eerie flock of crows. ‘The Age of Caesar’: A fresh look at the key players in a time of historic unrest 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z And her role in Antony and Cleopatra is really the woman's Hamlet. Meltdown 2012 – Kim Cattrall: 'I'll be talking about the most powerful woman who ever lived' 2012-07-29T23:05:03Z The festival also announced that it would stage all of Shakespeare’s plays over a 10-year period, starting in 2015 with “Much Ado About Nothing,” “Pericles” and “Antony and Cleopatra.” Arts, Briefly: A New Lynn Nottage Play 2014-03-16T21:13:40Z Antony and Cleopatra still ranks as theatre's most extravagantly poetic lovers. Cleopatra - review 2011-02-27T18:00:25Z And Leontyne Price, still a magnetic presence, remembers the chaotic preparation for the Franco Zeffirelli production of “Antony and Cleopatra” that opened the new venue, and having to contend with a malfunctioning tomb. Review: The Metropolitan Opera Celebrates Itself in ‘The Opera House’ 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z And learning of Antony's marriage to Octavia, she first pulls a stiletto from her garter and then brandishes a gun at the hapless messenger and her terrified followers. Review|Theatre|Antony and Cleopatra, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon|Michael Billington 2010-05-10T23:18:00Z Photograph: Todd Antony/Tiger Aspect/BBC About 10 years ago you said that the worst TV programme ever made was The Vicar of Dibley. Charlie Brooker answers your questions: 'I get angry to amuse myself' 2013-02-06T19:01:10Z Antony Sher In 1995, I was part of a workshop run by the National Theater studio at the Market Theater in Johannesburg, and I remember many conversations and meals. Stage Royalty Joined, and Separated, by Apartheid 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Notions of spirituality also fuel the music of Antony Hegarty, whose alternative-rock group, Antony and the Johnsons, will collaborate with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Matters of Spirit In a World Of Hectic Clamor 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z In welcoming remarks that night, Secretary of State Antony Blinken noted the vital role culture can play in advancing international understanding. Kennedy Center Honors: A toast to tradition 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z She hurled herself at an unsuspecting chaise longue in sexual frustration at Antony's absence. Antony and Cleopatra – review 2012-05-28T16:08:31Z With Antony Sher in the title role, it was first staged in 1996 at the National Theater and won two Olivier Awards, for best new play and for Mr. Sher’s performance. Pam Gems, British Playwright, Dies at 85 2011-05-17T05:12:41Z Antony's army Antony Gormley has put body casts of himself on rooftops around London. Nam June Paik: Watch with Buddha 2010-12-19T21:30:02Z Some are comparing Worricker to Antony Hegarty, but We Hug In Bed is a lot straighter than Antony and the Johnsons' material. New band of the day ? No 779: Joe Worricker 2010-05-05T16:01:00Z Its productions include classics by the likes of Merce Cunningham and Antony Tudor, hourlong adaptations of work for children, and contemporary ballets. ArtsBeat: New York Theater Ballet Is Seeking New Home After Building Is Sold 2013-09-05T17:10:47Z At the time of the first Antony and the Johnsons album, in 1998, Hegarty was just an obscure New York cabaret act – not unlike Lady Gaga's recent past. Antony and the Johnsons announce new album 2010-05-07T10:46:00Z Does she ever paint her characters from her mind's eye, as Antony Sher, for example, always does? Judi Dench: 'I never want to stop working' 2012-10-13T23:05:47Z “The idea of a strong female who ends up liberating somebody who’s been unjustly imprisoned, and helping bring down a powerful, evil person, I think still really resonates today,” says the conductor Antony Walker. Perspective | Strong woman confronts unjust ruler — opera tells, and retells, the story 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Antony, that "triple pillar of the world", lies sleeping, sprawled on the floor, his head lolling on Cleopatra's lap, mouth gaping wide. Antony and Cleopatra ? review 2010-10-16T23:07:00Z From next month, Sir Antony Sher will play the part for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Mark Strong's View on Miller legacy 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z He first emerged from the New York underground scene with Antony and the Johnsons in 1998 and shot to prominence with the Mercury Prize-winning album I am a Bird Now. Listen to an Antony Meltdown 2012 playlist on Spotify 2012-05-19T16:47:33Z And the whole thing was given added buoyancy by the conducting of Antony Walker, the artistic director of Washington Concert Opera and a known bel canto specialist. Review | ‘The Touchstone’ is a deservedly forgotten opera. Wolf Trap makes a case for remembering it. 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z Crying "happy horse to bear the weight of Antony", she gallops around the stage on a servant's back. Review|Theatre|Antony and Cleopatra, RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon|Michael Billington 2010-05-10T23:18:00Z Big-name artists like Antony Gormley and local ones make up this exhibition of public artworks that are spread throughout the city. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z She was also nominated for an Olivier for playing Mark Antony in an all-female Julius Caesar at the Donmar Warehouse in London. Connecting with a jazz sensation 2013-07-26T23:46:30Z In Germany, however, he is so famous that if he wants to sing a duet with Antony, somebody will make it happen. What us Germans think of your taste in our music 2011-03-18T15:01:54Z When Antony asked me to do this, I was very radical. Meltdown 2012 – Marina Abramovic: 'Artists can do whatever they want' 2012-07-29T23:05:00Z "Merry Christmas, Lit-Lat," I said to the street punk who had been trying to rob St Antony's Church on Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross by James Patterson – digested read 2012-12-16T18:30:01Z “Despite its serious concerns, ‘The Winter Soldier’ brims with improbable narrative pleasures,” Antony Marra writes in his review. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The British sculptor Antony Gormley will unveil a new installation at Pier 3 in Brooklyn Bridge Park in February, part of a series of global arts projects funded by the wildly popular K-pop band BTS. BTS Announces Global Arts Project Featuring Antony Gormley 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Our idea of romance is built on the likes of Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra – lovers who would rather die than lose their grip on each other. We are old and in love, but she left me after my cancer diagnosis | Dear Mariella 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z The new Met at Lincoln Center opened in September 1966 with the world premiere of Samuel Barber’s version of “Antony and Cleopatra” with a libretto by Franco Zeffirelli, an opera greeted with negative reviews. San Francisco Opera will debut Adams’ ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z From there she won a three-year scholarship to New York's Juilliard School, where she studied with English ballet choreographer Antony Tudor and performed with both American modern dance groups and the Metropolitan Opera Ballet. Step-by-step guide to dance: Pina Bausch/Tanztheater Wuppertal 2010-03-30T11:13:00Z Antony works with notable physical confidence and ease and is especially adept at multimedia collages that use found papers and images, involve as much destruction as construction and combine varying degrees of drawing and painting. Art in Review: ‘I Am the Magic Hand’ and Antony: ‘The Cut’ 2013-06-27T20:04:50Z “Matthew is obsessively ethical,” said Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons, who worked with Mr. Herbert after they were introduced by Bjork. In ?One Pig,? Matthew Herbert Finds Music in a Pig 2011-10-17T23:39:17Z Her current outlook, she said, is summed up in a song from Antony and the Johnsons, “Another World.” For Paul Simon and Joan Baez, Farewells Reckon With Past and Present 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z The opening of the second act aptly depicts the stunned aftermath of Antony’s military disaster, with the mellow music for Cleopatra’s entrance having a dreamlike, distant suggestion of a foxtrot. Review: In ‘Antony and Cleopatra,’ John Adams Goes Conventional 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z And, of course, you can expect to see many of the artists tipped by Antony in his Guardian takeover, from William Basinski to the Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black. Sleeve notes: Sixty years of No 1 singles 2012-06-01T13:28:00Z But I can’t remember, do Mark Antony and Julius Caesar hook up in that play? Too Much Shakespeare? Be Not Cowed 2013-09-12T18:18:17Z On Capitol Hill, Republicans and Democrats criticized the decision, which was publicly announced by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who stated that it would help repair U.S. relations with Europe. How a D.C. lobbyist tried to stop Putin’s pipeline before war started 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Featuring songs from AATJ's first four albums set to orchestral arrangements – played for this London premiere by the Britten Sinfonia – it's essentially a greatest-hits set elevated to high art, a celebration of all things Antony. Antony and the Johnsons – review 2013-07-26T14:24:47Z Does Cleopatra love Antony or does she love the fact that he is one of the three most powerful men in the Roman empire? Antony and Cleopatra ? review 2010-10-16T23:07:00Z In that revised form, Barber’s “Antony” is nearly an hour shorter than Adams’s. Review: In ‘Antony and Cleopatra,’ John Adams Goes Conventional 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z The set, by the sculptor Antony Gormley, consists of movable cuboid frames which the performers continually reconfigure, the resultant ziggurats sometimes uniting the group, sometimes fracturing it. Political Mother 2010-05-22T23:04:00Z Having seen her previously as Cleopatra in “Antony and Cleopatra,” Nettie in “The Color Purple” and Kaneisha in “Slave Play,” I am not exactly surprised, but they were more successful pieces of writing. Review: In ‘Paradise Square,’ Racial Harmony Turns to Discord 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z His musicality here is in the vein developed by Antony Tudor, choosing subject matter intension with concert-hall music so that dance and music often are simultaneously eloquent but on separate wavelengths. Dance Review: At Royal Ballet, Debuts by Liam Scarlett and Wayne McGregor 2012-04-06T22:17:43Z “I’m reluctant to compare Ted Cruz to Shakespeare; he doesn’t have the vision of a Marc Antony, to my mind. Cruz is cunning, but his grab for power seems so personal.” The Drama of Ted Cruz: A Little Bit of Shakespeare in That Speech? 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Antony also commissioned our New Band of the Day series for the week, highlighting the work of artists on the Meltdown bill such as The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black. Meltdown 2012: What are you looking forward to? 2012-07-31T14:27:23Z When Mark Antony repeatedly speaks about "men of honour", he talks the language of the mob. Caesar Must Die – review 2013-03-03T00:07:05Z Antony Beevor, presenting the prize, recognised this, saying what he found most heartening was how the contestants ably answered questions unrelated to their disciplines. TV review: University Challenge 2011-04-04T21:00:02Z Coriolanus, Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra were combined in brilliantly edited versions in what became a six-hour show with no intervals. The best performance I've ever seen: Simon Stephens 2011-04-01T19:36:30Z "The music is really cool," said Brian Vega, accompanied by his friend, Antony Ortega. Mexico shudders at rise of rebellious reggaetoneros 2012-08-20T16:14:39Z Jumbo, who plays Mark Antony, talks as if she's been let off the leash. Can an all-women Julius Caesar work? 2012-11-19T19:18:27Z Robert took tap lessons after school before enrolling in the Martha Graham School, where as a teenager he studied modern dance with Graham, José Limón and Antony Tudor. Robert LuPone, Actor Who Became a Behind-the-Scenes Force, Dies at 76 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z All these outsize appetites shine through Antony Sher’s marvelous performance of the role in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of the two parts of “Henry IV,” here at the Barbican Theater. ‘Henry IV’ Plays, With Antony Sher as Falstaff, in London 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z The remaining winner, a soprano, Lori Guilbeau, 24, from Golden Meadow, La., was an audience favorite for her lush, melting accounts of arias from Verdi’s “Don Carlos” and Barber’s “Antony and Cleopatra.” Music Review | Grand Finals Concert of the Metropolitan Opera?s National Council Auditions: A Chance to Listen to the Future at the Met 2010-03-15T21:54:00Z Antony is waiting at Cilicia to meet her, when suddenly the forum is deserted. ‘The Age of Caesar’: A fresh look at the key players in a time of historic unrest 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z But it is just as possible, and perhaps even more coherent, to see Caesar and his defenders, especially Marc Antony, as the heroes. Review: Can Trump Survive in Caesar’s Palace? 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z They started off in radio, but within a year Milne was at the Lime Grove television studios, working for the two high flyers, Donald Baverstock and Antony Jay, with whom he would long be associated. Alasdair Milne obituary 2013-01-09T19:13:47Z Antony Hegarty: looked on Marc Almond as a cross between a role model and a guardian angel. Antony Hegarty: 'We need more oestrogen-based thinking' 2012-05-19T23:04:35Z The Met’s ballet school was directed by the choreographer Antony Tudor, who invited Ms. Black, when she was 30, to accompany him when he joined the faculty of the Juilliard School. Maggie Black, Esteemed Ballet and Modern Dance Teacher, Dies at 85 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The evening’s conductor, Antony Walker, on the other hand, often seemed a minority of one in the matter of tempos. Music Review: An Underworld Rescue With Dancers and Chorus 2011-05-01T21:23:02Z Willner passed the record on to Lou Reed, who insisted: "When I heard Antony, I knew that I was in the presence of an angel." Antony Hegarty: 'We need more oestrogen-based thinking' 2012-05-19T23:04:35Z Occasionally the Romans ventured further north – Antony built his own frontier, the Antonine Wall, still visible in Glasgow's Bearsden – but generally they stayed in England and Wales. You don't have to go to the British Museum – Rome leads to all roads 2013-04-12T21:00:04Z That hedonistic streak shows up even more potently in “Antony and Cleopatra,” as his passion for the Egyptian queen — portrayed with alluringly youthful guile by Zoe Speas — proves his fateful Achilles’ heel. Perspective | A cool musical where? The autumn season of plays at American Shakespeare Center is a rich one. 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z A government health warning appends the Great British Cigarette Advert, with a field of cigarette package tombstones, and looks like a Rachel Whiteread installation, or Antony Gormley's Allotment. Tom Lubbock: the pain and the pleasure 2010-12-13T17:00:00Z He's worked with Antony for a long time but it was a discovery for me, listening to him. Meltdown 2012 – Marina Abramovic: 'Artists can do whatever they want' 2012-07-29T23:05:00Z That of Antony, singer-songwriter and leading light of the musical group Antony and the Johnsons, is the spanning kind. Art in Review: ‘I Am the Magic Hand’ and Antony: ‘The Cut’ 2013-06-27T20:04:50Z The Cleopatra ballet will join a long list of dramatisations of her myth - from Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and an opera by Handel to the lavish 1960s blockbuster starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Cleopatra reborn 2011-02-24T10:41:18Z Antony Tudor’s “Soirée,” one of his few pure dance and plotless works, recaptures engaging aspects of early-19th-century ballet style in response to the Rossini items that Benjamin Britten had arranged in this score. Dance Review: New York Theater Ballet in ?Signatures 10? at Gould Hall 2010-04-25T22:26:00Z The figure, cast by the British sculptor Antony Gormley from his own body, caused quite a stir. The Glow Coming to Madison Square 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z It was built to carry 10,000 pounds, but 250 Egyptian soldiers and a Sphinx proved to be too much in a rehearsal for “Antony and Cleopatra.” Donal Henahan, a Music Critic for The Times, Dies at 91 2012-08-20T18:26:36Z But this was the life of Lee Miller – or, to borrow the title of Antony Penrose's 1988 book, The Lives of Lee Miller. Lee Miller: the model, the monster and the mother 2013-04-22T21:00:00Z There’s beauty in the teamwork exhibited as the dancers continually rearrange the set pieces — metal frames designed by the sculptor Antony Gormley — into buildings, cities, a prison. Review: A Sunny but Disappointing Take on the Tower of Babel 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z What emerged over 90 minutes was how different they were: intense, transgender Antony, consumed by gender and feminist issues, and George, the down-to-earth bloke from south-east London. Boy George/Antony Hegarty – review 2012-08-09T16:08:14Z The “Antony” shoot took place at Stratford in the fall before a live audience, and it was a far cry from Davies’s earlier experiences. Famed Canadian theater filming entire Shakespeare canon 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z That was just the latest opening in the company’s often ambitious centennial season, which started with John Adams’s new “Antony and Cleopatra” and continues on Friday with a bash of a celebratory concert. In San Francisco, a Week of Destination Opera 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Art Everywhere will see some of the UK's most famous artists, including Antony Gormley and Grayson Perry, exhibiting their work in public spaces. Perry and Gormley put art everywhere 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Antony has also invited his friend and previous collaborator Lou Reed to perform, and will be performing himself. Sleeve notes: Stones, and Roses 2012-06-29T13:33:04Z "Say your last farewell to her, to that Alexandria you are losing," Cavafy wrote in his famous poem, "The God Forsakes Antony". Alexandria: The Last Nights of Cleopatra by Peter Stothard – review 2013-07-05T11:00:01Z More traditional repertory will be performed in the fall, as well, including “Some Assembly Required” by Clark Tippet and Antony Tudor’s 1942 ballet “Pillar of Fire,” which was last performed by Ballet Theater in 2015. American Ballet Theater to Return to Lincoln Center in October 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Everyone knows Mr. T, Antony Johnson, who’s been in Antigua for more than 50 years. Seeing the Whole of Antigua 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Despite dabbling in the visual arts, it is Banhart’s musical career, which includes eight records, and collaborations with figures such as Beck and Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons, that garnered him acclaim. Devendra Banhart’s amazing “Mad Men” finale theory involves Roger’s octopus painting and J.K. Rowling 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z He was busy rehearsing the title role in “Hamlet” while also preparing for “King Lear,” in which he is playing Edmund alongside Antony Sher. After ‘Hamlet’ and ‘King Lear,’ Where Else Can Paapa Essiedu Go? 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z These heavy hitters will be rounded out by the American debut of Benjamin Millepied’s “Troika” and, of course, the classic: the revival of Antony Tudor’s “Shadowplay,” which he created for the Royal Ballet in 1967. The Week Ahead: May 22 ? 28 2011-05-20T20:21:34Z When Antony Hegarty won the Mercury prize for music in 2005, he memorably remarked: "It's like a contest between an orange and a space ship and a potted plant and a spoon." Hilary Mantel's Bring up the Bodies wins Costa prize after unanimous vote 2013-01-29T20:33:00Z Ramadan, a senior research fellow of St Antony’s College, took leave of absence from Oxford University last November “by mutual agreement” after the two women filed complaints. Oxford professor of Islamic studies charged with raping two women 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Hence the New York that greeted the young Antony in 1990 was not quite the one he had imagined. Antony Hegarty's Meltdown: New York pioneers who walked on the wild side 2012-07-28T23:05:37Z Babb has a similar sequence when Cleopatra leads her navy into battle alongside Antony, who ruinously follows her when she bails for Egypt. Review | ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ amps up the glamour at Folger 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z So on various screens throughout you find the voice and image of Antony Sher performing Shylock's "Hath not a Jew eyes?" Shakespeare: Staging the World – review 2012-07-19T13:14:31Z Next comes Meltdown curator Antony Hegarty, who prefaces his first-ever live performance of his band's big hit Blind by cheerfully reminiscing with Butler about how poor and unknown they were when they first recorded it. Hercules & Love Affair – review 2012-08-08T16:44:23Z Cyril Nri's energetically troubled Cassius, who has to be restrained from giving Mark Antony a stab, goes bare-breasted through the storm. Julius Caesar; The Physicists; Wah! Wah! Girls – review 2012-06-09T23:08:07Z Miller and Mr. Penrose’s son, Antony Penrose, graciously took us around a place that is a working farm, a living memorial, a handsome dwelling and an astonishing small museum. The Bloomsbury Bohemians in the British Countryside 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Another circle closes when Almond sings Caroline Says for Antony, with Hegarty, obviously in raptures, joining in. Antony's Meltdown – review 2012-08-11T23:06:00Z Antony, as it happens, is the saint charged with protection against infectious diseases. Review | To get us through, finding the wisdom of books written in isolation 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z “So much money, so little truth”: That’s how the trenchant modernist choreographer Antony Tudor saw the overstuffed excesses of big-story ballets half a century ago. American Ballet Theatre’s ‘Whipped Cream’: A fleeting sugar high 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z She goes on to consider the bargains celebrities strike for fame, and examines why they’ve always been objects of keen fascination: Before the Kardashians there was Antony and Cleopatra. New in Paperback: ‘Who Is Rich?,’ ‘The Stars in Our Eyes’ 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z We first meet his devoted ally, Mark Antony, played with bloody-minded machismo by Darrell D’Silva, when he storms onstage only to stagger off to vomit after a night of debauchery. | 'Julius Caesar': Cry Havoc! The Blood Sport Called Politics 2011-07-31T22:23:03Z Actors sing and musicians dance, as an agonized Saint Antony, the fourth century Egyptian monk, is tempted by the seven deadly sins. 'Temptation of St. Antony' mixes play, dance and avant-pop concert into a show that defies labels 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z But with “Antony and Cleopatra,” which premiered on Saturday at the start of San Francisco Opera’s centennial season, Adams, 75, has finally become conventional. Review: In ‘Antony and Cleopatra,’ John Adams Goes Conventional 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Even Cleopatra is simply a bit player in the greater drama of Roman politics during the time of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Review | ‘The True History of the First Mrs. Meredith’ toppled the standardized Great Man tradition of biography 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Photograph: Todd Antony/BBC Doctor Who7pm, BBC3 The notion of regeneration, while a brilliant way to keep Doctor Who fresh and introduce new blood, makes it tricky for any actor parachuted into the lead role. Tonight's TV highlights 2010-07-30T07:00:00Z And it is a measure of the production's attention to detail that, in the Roman summit conference between Octavius and Antony, the question of who sits first acquires immense significance. Antony and Cleopatra - review 2010-10-15T00:54:00Z An “Antony and Cleopatra” by Samuel Barber opened the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in 1966. Review: In ‘Antony and Cleopatra,’ John Adams Goes Conventional 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z The image was later used on the cover of the 2009 album The Crying Light by Antony and the Johnsons. Kazuo Ohno obituary 2010-06-07T17:40:00Z He's like a cool, sharp blade, whose growing disdain for his opposite Antony's rash self indulgence slices through in his gestures, gaze and speech. Seattle Shakes' 'Antony and Cleopatra' a full-scale telling of fascinating classic 2012-11-06T00:15:09Z |
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