William Shakespeare-Antony & Cleopatra-Arkangel

His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm
Crested the world. His voice was propertied
As all the tuned spheres, and that to friends;
But when he meant to quail and shake the orb,
He was as rattling thunder. For his bounty,
There was no winter in 't; an autumn 'twas
That grew the more by reaping. His delights
Were dolphin-like: they show'd his back above
The element they lived in. In his livery
Walk'd crowns and crownets; realms and islands
were
As plates dropped from his pocket.


Though not usually considered one of Shakespeare’s supreme tragedies, (as are King Lear, Hamlet, Macbeth and Othello) Antony and Cleopatra nevertheless contaims some of his greatest poetry.

This is the Arkangel version with a fine cast headed by Ciaran Hinds and Estelle Kohler in the title roles. Kindly seed