Shakespeare's Cleopatra: A Study in Moods

“Age cannot wither, nor custom stale, her infinite variety,” noted William Shakespeare about the ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra. In this recording, American stage actress Claire Luce (1903–1989) presents the full range of Cleopatra’s complex character, rangings from provocative seductress to tragic victim, in scenes from the timeless play Antony and Cleopatra. Transcripts of the scenes heard on the album are included in the liner notes, followed by a biography of the performer.

Track Listing

101	Introduction	Claire Luce	01:37
102	Act I, Scene 1 (If It Be Love Indeed...)	Claire Luce	02:01
103	Act I, Scene 2 and 3 (Saw You My Lord?)	Claire Luce	04:05
104	Act I, Scene 5; Act II, Scene 5 (Charmian! Give Me to Drink Mandragora...)	Claire Luce	07:51
201	Act III, Scene 7 (I Will Be Even with thee Enobarbus)	Claire Luce	01:46
202	Act III, Scene 11 (What Shall We Do Enobarbus?)	Claire Luce	01:20
203	Act IV, Scene 4 (Oh...Sleep a Little!...)	Claire Luce	02:35
204	Act IV, Scene 12, 13, 15 (O!...Help Me My Women!...)	Claire Luce	00:48
205	Act IV, Scene 12, 13, 15: Continued (O-Antony!...Ah, I Had a Prophesying Fear...)	Claire Luce	05:31
206	Act V, Scene 2 (Antony Did Tell Me of You Proculeius...)	Claire Luce	01:47
207	Act V, Scene 2: Continued (Now Iras, What Thinkst Thou?)	Claire Luce	05:19