Events

11/10/2019
Torrance Cultural Arts Foundation

Antony & Cleopatra

Address: 3330 Civic Center Dr., Torrance, CA 90503
Phone: 310-781-7171
Website: https://torrancearts.org/antony-cleopatra/

Broadcast live from the National Theatre, Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare’s famous fated couple in his great tragedy of politics, passion and power.

Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love.In a tragic fight between devotion and duty, obsession becomes a catalyst for war.

Director Simon Godwin returns to National Theatre Live screens with this hotly anticipated production, following broadcasts of Twelfth Night, Man and Superman and The Beaux’ Stratagem.

Runtime approx. 3 hours 40 minutes including one interval

National Theatre Live

The National Theatre Live takes performances from the London stage to cinemas and performing arts centers worldwide.  Since its first season in 2009 with the acclaimed production of Phédre starring Helen Mirren, over a million people have now experienced the National’s acclaimed work on movie screens around the world.

Now you can catch some of the most talked-about shows in London, for just a fraction of the cost. You can experience – up close and personal – the best of British theatre, shown in high definition on a giant screen. You’ll always have the best view in the house!

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