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Enobarbus

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Enobarbus
kills himself for deserting Antony. [Br. Lit.: Antony and Cleopatra]
See : Suicide

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Davidson worked for 24 seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, where his roles included Brutus in "Julius Caesar," Enobarbus in "Antony and Cleopatra," Jaques in "As You Like It," Thomas Stockmann in "An Enemy of the People" and Martin Vanderhof in "You Can't Take It With You.
The image of assured friendship as a shared body helps explain why Falstaff and Enobarbus die when severed from their masters, but Weil also suggests that Antony and Cleopatra are equally dependent on their servants' wit, and suffer disaster when they fail to interpret correctly insights which are provided by Enobarbus and Charmian in a jesting mode of "calculated openness" which leaves the masters "free to grasp" the meaning (97).
Steven Matt has some jolly scenes as Antony's trusted Enobarbus, and Chad Jason Scheppner is a commanding Caesar.
 
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