41. The Cup | Caesar and Cleopatra, Stratford on Film

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Welcome back to the 41st episode of The Cup which is our a weekly (give or take, TBD, these are unprecedented times) performing arts talk show presented by Cup of Hemlock Theatre. The theatres may be closed, but art finds a way to survive! For the time being on this podcast we are rereleasing our past reviews, interviews, roundtables, and duet reviews in remastered audio only versions so you can take your CoH content on the go! For our 41st episode we honour the late, great Christopher Plummer, by discussing his extraordinary performance as Julius Caesar in the Stratford Festival’s 2008 production of George Bernard Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra, directed by Des McAnuff, and co-starring Nikki M. James in the role of Cleopatra.   Watch the play on Stratfest@Home (subscription needed): https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/AtHome Cup of Hemlock Theatre is a Toronto-based performing arts collective dedicated to staging works that examine the moral quandaries of the human experience. With an inquisitive compass, we aim to provide audiences the space to retrace their personal stories and navigate their individual ideologies. Follow us on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter: cohtheatre Follow our panelists: Mackenzie Horner (Before the Downbeat: A Musical Podcast) – Instagram/Facebook: BeforetheDownbeat Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYbBeN Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3sAbjAu Tanisha Sinclair – Instagram: TanishaSinclair   Edmond Clark – Instagram: edmond_clark_official   Ryan Borochovitz – [Just send all that love to CoH instead; he won’t mind!]

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Welcome back to the 41st episode of The Cup which is our a weekly (give or take, TBD, these are unprecedented times) performing arts talk show presented by Cup of Hemlock Theatre. The theatres may be closed, but art finds a way to survive! For the time being on this podcast we are rereleasing our past reviews, interviews, roundtables, and duet reviews in remastered audio only versions so you can take your CoH content on the go! For our 41st episode we honour the late, great Christopher Plummer, by discussing his extraordinary performance as Julius Caesar in the Stratford Festival’s 2008 production of George Bernard Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra, directed by Des McAnuff, and co-starring Nikki M. James in the role of Cleopatra. Watch the play on Stratfest@Home (subscription needed): https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/AtHome Cup of Hemlock Theatre is a Toronto-based performing arts collective dedicated to staging works that examine the moral quandaries of the human experience. With an inquisitive compass, we aim to provide audiences the space to retrace their personal stories and navigate their individual ideologies. Follow us on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter: cohtheatre Follow our panelists: Mackenzie Horner (Before the Downbeat: A Musical Podcast) – Instagram/Facebook: BeforetheDownbeat Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYbBeN Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3sAbjAu Tanisha Sinclair – Instagram: TanishaSinclair Edmond Clark – Instagram: edmond_clark_official Ryan Borochovitz – [Just send all that love to CoH instead; he won’t mind!]

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