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Monday 15 January, 2007

Cleopatra - The Play

Cleopatra, this was the name of the play I saw yesterday. This is not some official review, but some thoughts I would like to write out.
The play was well directed. It seemed just right, though it could do better. The characters were well portrayed by the cast. Personally, I liked the character of Julius Caesar`s son ( I don't recall the name right now). This person was also the director of the play. The rest of the cast was good as well.

One line which would remain etched in memory would be the one said when one of Mark Antony`s key lieutenant switches loyalties to Caesar before the war.
It goes some thing like "Its easy for the wise to betray, for the wise can outsmart their conscience.!!!"

The play does not narrate the entire story of Cleopatra, I believe its expects its audience to be aware of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar`s love story. The play starts from the point where Julius Caesar is no more, and Mark Antony and Cleopatra are in love with each other. This is also about the same time when Rome is faced with external threats. It builds up on Caesars frustration at Mark Antony being lost in love with Cleopatra, ignoring Rome.

The story is built on these premises, and I dont wanna spoil the fun of watching it, by writing all its story!!!
You should be probably going and seeing it for yourselves.

Just one observation... I was hoping that people would know how to behave during a play. We had people who were rude enough to keep their cellphones on full blast during the duration of the play, absolutely rude and uncouth!!!

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