Day 84: What I Learned: Antony and Cleopatra

So, uh, I don't know what's going on here...I don't remember this from the play. It's apparently from a 2010 Cape Town production of Antony and Cleopatra. You can see a review here.

I'm not sure how much I actually learned from Antony and Cleopatra. The language is rich and fun to read, but there are SO MANY scenes that I lost track of all the things that are supposed to be happening and which ones I was supposed to keep track of. Mostly I just pictured Elizabeth Taylor. Except half the time it wasn't even Elizabeth Taylor from the movie Cleopatra; it was Liz from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. It kind of still works, actually. I'm going to try picturing Liz Taylor for more Shakespeare characters and see where it takes me.

I'm sorry I don't have more to say about this one. I kind of feel like the Roman plays are ones that I should be reading in a classroom, with someone explaining the actual history along side the dramatic interpretation. I can only imagine how I'll feel when I get to the English histories. In addition to not watching the HBO show Rome, I have also not watched The Tudors. So I guess I'll just have to remember history class or do some additional research or something.

Sigh.

What's next? Coriolanus? Oh man, NO ONE HAS EVEN HEARD OF THAT ONE!