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The Tragedie of Cleopatra – DVD now on sale
24 June 2013
A DVD is now on sale of Samuel Daniel's closet drama The Tragedie of Cleopatra, as presented by the UCL Centre for Early Modern Exchanges at the Great Hall of Goodenough College on Sunday 3rd March 2013.
This was the first performance of Daniel’s tragedy in at least four hundred years. DVDs of this rare and sold-out production are now available for research and teaching purposes and to anyone with an interest in Daniel and his Cleopatra.
Daniel’s Cleopatra is significant as the first original dramatisation in English of the Antony and Cleopatra story, and as such, it forms an important part of our literary heritage.
It is unexpected for those who come to it for the first time: this is not a play about the sweet, sultry seductress that we have come to expect in representations of the Egyptian Queen. Instead, Daniel’s tragedy focuses on the final hours of Cleopatra’s life, showing a great queen struggling to negotiate some form of mercy for her children, knowing that she has no option but to commit suicide or be led as a trophy in Caesar’s triumph.
This project formed part of the 'Gained in Translation' season of the UCL Grand Challenge of Intercultural Interaction. It was also generously supported by:
- The Malone Society
- Oxford Journals: Music and Letters
- UCL European Institute
- UCL Faculty of Arts and Humanities, including FIGS (the Faculty Institute of Graduate Studies)
- UCL English Department
- UCLU Drama Society
To order a copy of the DVD, please visit Eventbrite and follow the instructions given there.
