Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (1974, TV) / 10

[FireEyedMaidOfWar]

It is quite strange: The Roman tragedies of Shakespeare are the closest thing to a tragedy he did produce; maybe it is the light and purity of Antiquity, when the foul Christian mutterings were unknown, as well as the abstract belief in good and evil; since in none of the Roman plays there is any trace of blame: Anthony, Cleopatra and Augustus vie for power, set against each other by necessity not malice; and the depiction of Anthony’s downfall and his noble bearing of it is brilliant.