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The Tragedie Of Antonie & Cleopatra by Original Practice Shakespeare Festival
The following description was submitted by the event organizer.
Antonie just wants to love on Cleopatra, but politics keep pulling back to Rome. First, the wife starts a war, then there's a pirate harassing the shore, then Octavius Caesar just. won't. stop. So many battles. Can love win out, or will everyone end up dead? Hint: it's a tragedy.
OPS Fest brings no-cost repertory Shakespeare to parks and venues throughout the Portland Metro area. The company uses the original practice techniques of Elizabethan England: limited rehearsal, scrolls in hand, audience interaction, and an onstage prompter. In Shakespeare's Era, the audience knew the actors had not rehearsed and that the only context each had of the play was their own role on a scroll. The play was as fresh to the actors as the audience.