Antony and Cleopatra; Bakersfield Mist; In the Vale of Health: Michael review
The Globe makes a fine, risky romance out of Antony and Cleopatra, but a play about art offers no fresh perspectivesI have never seen an Antony and Cleopatra in which I have been made more aware of the number of messengers in the play. There is traffic between Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Caesar, Caesar and Cleopatra. The action is hyphenated, double-barrelled a soothsayer conveys messages from beyond. So much g…