Synetic’s version of ‘Antony & Cleopatra’ is stunning

Published February 3, 2010 5:00am ET



 

If you go  
“Antony & Cleopatra”
Based on the play by William Shakespeare
Adapted by Paata Tsikurishvili and Nathan Weinberger
Where: Lansburgh Theatre, 450 Seventh St. NW
When: 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; through Feb. 28
Info: $40 to $55; 202-547-1122; www.shakespearetheatre.org; www.synetictheater.org

Synetic Theater has taken on major challenges in each of its wordless Shakespeare productions. Now in “Antony & Cleopatra” at the Lansburgh Theatre, Synetic presents a stunning version of one of Shakespeare’s most complex plays, whose geographical setting is nothing less than the entire Roman Empire, and whose central conflicts are vast: West versus East, duty versus pleasure, reason versus emotion, public versus private life.

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