Grand, LeedsAnyone trying to put a version of Cleopatra on stage has the shadow of Shakespeare to contend with. Antony and Cleopatra still ranks as theatre's most extravagantly poetic lovers. One of several intelligent choices made by choreographer David Nixon is to define his own narrative terrain: not only widening out the story to include Cleopatra's life with Ptolemy and Julius Caesar, but to add more political b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PM on February 27, 2011