Production PhotosFirst Look at Sophie Okonedo and Ralph Fiennes in Antony & Cleopatra at the NationalDirected by Simon Godwin, the new production of Shakespeare’s classic plays the Olivier Theatre.
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Hannah Vine
September 25, 2018
Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo
Johan Persson
Tony Award winner Sophie Okonedo (A Raisin in the Sun, The Crucible) stars alongside Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient, Hamlet) in the National Theatre production of Shakespeare’s Antony & Cleopatra. Okonedo stars as Egyptian queen Cleopatra opposite Fiennes as Roman general Mark Antony.
Performances began September 18 at the National’s Olivier Theatre under the direction of Simon Godwin.
The cast also includes Fisayo Akinade, Alexander Cobb, Hiba Elchikhe, Henry Everett, Gerald Gyimah, Waleed Hammad, Tunji Kasim, Georgia Landers, Nicholas Le Prevost, Tim McMullan, Hannah Morrish, Shazia Nicholls, Gloria Obianyo, Nick Sampson, Katy Stephens, Alan Turkington, Ben Wiggins, Sam Woolf, and Sargon Yelda.
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First Look at Sophie Okonedo and Ralph Fiennes in Antony & Cleopatra at the National
First Look at Sophie Okonedo and Ralph Fiennes in Antony & Cleopatra at the National
Directed by Simon Godwin, the new production of Shakespeare’s classic began London performances September 18 in the Olivier Theatre.
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Sophie Okonedo
Fisayo Akinade
Cast
Fisayo Akinade
Georgia Landers, Waleed Hammad, Sam Woolf, and Gloria Obianyo
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