Shakespeare in 1606 Mr. I wrote this great tragedy as the last of a series of four incredible tragedies that preceded it: Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. Many (like me personally) consider Antony and Cleopopara as the most difficult drama, but at the same time as Shakespeare's most exalted artistic achievement. It moves the boundaries of stage to a critical point, representing a range of action and situations that cannot be compared to any other drama, Not only Shakespeare but also describes incredibly complex characters -rich shades and constantly contradictory. Antony and Cleopatra shows the narcotic influence of power and longing, as well as seismic changes that appear in most of the civilized society towards the sunset of the last millennium before the new era. By, and in view of verbal poetry, It represents Shakespeare's largest range. The famous English academician and critic G. Wilson Knight will say "When it comes to such poetry, we are less and less aware of everything else but that turbulent power, ripples and crescendoes from depths beyond the limits of verbal definition and as it unfolds, The energy is accumulated in a colossal wave of passion, And the pace and the harvest are growing. ". This performance is trying to tame that turbulent energy of the play and create a wave of passion that will rise, will be stirred and plied into the audience. It is a great pleasure and honor to be the director of the first set of this drama in Macedonian, Through a new and powerful translation of the unmatched Dragi Mihajlovski and my huge enthusiasm, To work with the great artists from the National Theater Bitola.

John Blondell, director

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Big people, Crucial thoughts, Crucial ranks, crucial emotions. Overwhelming of passions and fate. A world in which they easily and simply lose lives, States, positions are changing, Women are leaving, men, Lovers, Friends are cheated, You want power. Yes, by some time , All this will be scraped, will subside or one will move to another. But in the bottom of the heart will still remain that feeling: what is it that real? Has love had the power to change? John Blondell's Anthony and Cleopatra is a change of changes. An enticing aesthetic concept: In the first half the play is comedy, and the second part goes into a tragedy. While one scene melts into another, captures the film rhythm of the play, as well as its surreal character- the characters with the change of atmosphere turn into someone else- character, however gradually approaching one's own ruin. The end result and the sight of the stage (choreographic, costume, stage design and musical) give strong dramatic power. To read Shakespeare, to be directed, to play and be viewed by life philosophy.

Biljana Krajchevska, playwright