To Egypt, with love: Antony and Cleopatra at the National Theatre
As the NT streams the epic tragedy online, set designer Hildegard Bechtler recalls bringing a monumental setting to the Olivier stage while creating an intimate atmosphere Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance online Antony and Cleopatra is full of contrasts, chiefly between Rome and Egypt. Was your starting point establishing those two settings?Not immediately. The director, Simon Godwin, who asked m…