Antony and Cleopatra Casting

*Please read with utmost love and care.

Cast:

Mark Antony - Mai Yuxiu (Business partner of Triumvirate co.)

Cleopatra (pleasure) - Cain .O (King of rock)

Octavius Caesar (duty)  - Lil Czartoryska (Business partner of triumvirate co.)

Lepidus (balance-maker) - Kassandra Speller (Business partner of triumvirate co.)

Sextus Pompeius (the smart enemy) - Saki Valentine (Son/daughter of the director of Parthia co.)

Domitius Enobarbus (the best friend who betrays) - Eri Tyndall (Mai’s best friend/personal secretary)

Octavia (the other woman) - Alvin Ceika (Lil’s brother)

Menas (The smart enemy's ally) - Aira Hart (Saki’s secretary)

Setting:
Triumvirate = Company run by Antony, Octavius and Lepidus
Egypt = Music industry/some big media-related place
Rome = the city or Antony's hometown
Parthia = Enemy company


I don't think any of us knows the story of Antony and Cleopatra that much, so here's summary by Acts. Just think of this modernly as you read it. Think men (or women) in suits. Money, business, responsibilities to the company. Think guns and chase scenes and whores and murder plots and business bankruptcy. Companies eating companies. But I'm not so sure what the fuck the companies do exactly. Ideas anyone? Oh, and should we keep the character's gender or should we change the genders ---like what I've done?

Act 1:
So, Antony's part of this Triumvirate, a group of three ruling over Rome. Triumvirate consists of Antony, Octavius and Lepidus. So, Antony starts forgetting about his duties in Rome and just drowns in his pleasures in Egypt with Cleopatra... And soon, Antony and Cleopatra becomes the "celebrity couple" of the known world. They are like this for a while until Antony hears news about his wife and brother starting war with Octavius. He ignores this at first, but later, more bad news comes. His wife has died, his brother lost their war with Octavius, and Pompey is beginning to make his move on Rome. So he decides to go back.

Act 2:
When Antony returns, Octavius tells him to make amends by marrying off his sister Octavia to him. Cleopatra takes the news badly and starts abusing her attendants. The Triumvirate goes to dinner with Pompey, to try to make peace with him. Antony's presence was enough to scare Pompey to submission. Menas offers to murder the three, but Pompey told him not to because he's a good fella'.

Act 3:
Antony and Octavia move to Athens, while Cleopatra, in Egypt, refuses to give up with her love for Antony. Some time passes and Octavius makes war with Pompey without Antony or Lepidus' consent. He talks rubbish about Antony, destroying his reputation, and preparing for war against him. Antony sends Octavia to try and talk him to stop, but it's too late. Octavius sends Lepidus to prison while Antony flees to Egypt and makes love and bastard children with Cleopatra like there's no tomorrow. Octavius is angered by the betrayal against his sister and prepares for war.

The war is quite rapid in land, and Antony stalls before running to the sea with Cleopatra. Octavius defeats the two, and Cleopatra panics and flees with all her ship. Antony leaves his men to follow Cleopatra, much to the disgust of his men. Enobarbus remains loyal.

Antony's and angry at Cleopatra turns to feasting, pretending like they've won the war.

Act 4:

Antony becomes irrational and anxious. Enobarbus becomes hopeless and joined Octavius, but he recieves a "parting gift" from Antony and starts to feel guilty and then he kills himself. All of Antony's men abandon him and he's convinced that Cleopatra has, too. Frightened, Cleopatra shuts herself in her castle and pretends that she's dead, sending the word to Antony. Antony is saddened and then kills himself with the sword. Cleopatra hears this and took his body.

Act 5:

Octavius is moved to tears when he sees Antony's blood-covered sword. He sends his men to get Cleopatra, so that he can parade her in Rome. She learns about this and kills herself with poisoned snakes before Octavius could parade her. Octavius has them buried together with a funeral service, and then becomes the first Roman Emperor.