{{short description|Theatrical play}} {{italic title}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''''Cleo''''' is a 21st-century theatrical play by Lawrence Wright based on the filming of the 1963 movie ''"Cleopatra"'' during which Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton participated.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/theater/lawrence-wright-cleo-alley-theater-elizabeth-taylor.html|title=This Movie Romance Scandalized a Nation. Now It's a Drama Onstage.|last=Hoinski|first=Michael|date=March 30, 2018|work=New York Times|access-date=September 12, 2018}}</ref> The play focuses on their relationship.
It has been represented by English actor Richard Short as Burton portraying Mark Anthony, and by Lisa Birnbaum as Taylor portraying Cleopatra.
''Cleo'' premiered in April 2018 at the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas, and was directed by Bob Balaban.
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== External links == *"Cleo" at The Alley Theatre April 6-April 29, 2019 [https://www.alleytheatre.org/plays/production-detail/cleo]. Retrieved September 14, 2019. *Fierberg, Ruthie; Playbill [http://www.playbill.com/article/richard-short-proves-his-theatre-credentials "Richard Short Proves His Theatre Credentials"], March 26, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
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Category:Cultural depictions of Elizabeth Taylor Category:Cultural depictions of Richard Burton Category:2018 plays Category:Historical romance plays Category:Works based on Antony and Cleopatra Category:Cultural depictions of actors Category:Plays set in the 1960s
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