Watch Antony & Cleopatra directed by Simon Godwin. 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.

Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient, James Bond: Spectre) and Sophie Okonedo (Chimerica, Hotel Rwanda) play Shakespeare’s famous fated couple in his great tragedy of politics, passion and power.

Antony & Cleopatra is streaming for free 7pm UK time on Thursday 7 May. Available until 7pm UK time on Thursday 14 May 2020.

The running time is 3 hours 8mins with a short interval. It is subtitled.

This filmed performance was given a BBFC rating of 12A and contains some staged violence and flashing lights.

The full list of cast and creatives is available here: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/sites/default/files/national-theatre-at-home-antony-and-cleoptra-cast-list.pdf

If you're studying this play, or sharing it with someone who is, you might like to use our Resource Pack: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/sites/default/files/national-theatre-at-home-antony-and-cleoptra-learning-resource.pdf

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Thank you to the amazing artists who have allowed us to share Antony & Cleopatra in this way, during this unprecedented time, when so many theatre fans can't visit their local theatres. 

At the National Theatre in London, we make world-class theatre that is entertaining, challenging and inspiring. And we make it for everyone. 

National Theatre Live is National Theatre’s ground-breaking project to broadcast the best of British theatre to cinemas in the UK and internationally.  Antony & Cleopatra was filmed live on-stage in 2018 by National Theatre Live.