Tragedie of Cleopatra

UCL Centre for Early Modern Exchanges is delighted to present

Samuel Daniel’s 

2pm, Sunday 3rd March 2013

The Great Hall, Goodenough College, 

Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N 2AB

Booking is open at http://thetragedieofcleopatra.eventbrite.co.uk

Daniel's tragedy (composed in 1594) was one of the earliest English plays about Cleopatra, and almost certainly influenced Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Its original performances would have included female actors in country house settings. Our Jacobean-style production will shed light on female participation in drama in Shakespeare's time, and on early modern ideas of female heroism. It will also illuminate the history of perceptions of race; and, since it draws on classical and French sources, the importance of international influences in shaping the English Renaissance.

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This event is part of the 'Gained in Translation' season of the UCL Grand Challenge of Intercultural Interaction. It is also generously supported by: Oxford Journals: Music and Letters; UCL English Department; UCL European Institute; UCL Faculty of Arts and Humanities, including FIGS (the Faculty Institute of Graduate Studies); UCLU Drama Society.