New Audience's 'Antony and Cleopatra' Begins Previews 4/3

Theatre for a New Audience's production of William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra featuring Laila Robins and Marton Csokas in the title roles and directed by Darko Tresnjak begins previews Saturday, March 22, at 7:30pm for an opening Thursday, April 3, at 6:30pm at The Duke on 42nd Street, 229 West 42nd Street.

Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare's unforgettable study of mature lovers who sacrifice all for love, is also a study in two cultures:  the formality of Rome pitted against the sensuality of Roman Egypt.  Shot through with rich language and charged with a Chekhovian sense of regret, this is one of the crown jewels of the world's dramatic poetry.

Mr. Tresnjak's production sets the drama in the late 19th century era of the great Europeans which, like Ancient Rome, looked to Africa as a prize for conquest.