Antony and Cleopatra, Royal Shakespeare Company 1999. Frances de la Tour as Cleopatra, Rachel Joyce as Charmian, Hermione Gullif

Director Steven Pimlott and Designer Yolanda Sonnabend went to some length to deprive Cleopatra of sexual attraction - by the end of the play (above) she looked almost unappealing. HMR Photographer: Donald Cooper, via http://ahds.ac.uk/performing arts