Caesar and CleopatraThe Floating Press, 01.06.2011 - 150 Seiten George Bernard Shaw's 1898 take on the storied love affair between the Egyptian queen and Roman leader offers new insight into the political machinations that spurred the romance. Throughout the subtly layered drama, Shaw tackles weighty questions about the value of forgiveness and the true impact of civilization and human progress. |
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... afraid of the Roman soldiers. (The guardsmen laugh with boisterous scorn.) Peasants, brought up to scare crows and follow the plough. Sons of smiths and millers and tanners! And we nobles, consecrated to arms, descended from the gods ...
... afraid of the Roman soldiers. (The guardsmen laugh with boisterous scorn.) Peasants, brought up to scare crows and follow the plough. Sons of smiths and millers and tanners! And we nobles, consecrated to arms, descended from the gods ...
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... afraid of you. I like men, especially young men with round strong arms, but I am afraid of them. You are old and rather thin and stringy, but you have a nice voice, and I like to have somebody to talk to, though I think you are a little ...
... afraid of you. I like men, especially young men with round strong arms, but I am afraid of them. You are old and rather thin and stringy, but you have a nice voice, and I like to have somebody to talk to, though I think you are a little ...
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... afraid of the Romans? CLEOPATRA (very seriously). Oh, they would eat us if they caught us. They are barbarians. Their chief is called Julius Caesar. His father was a tiger and his mother a burning mountain, and his nose is like an ...
... afraid of the Romans? CLEOPATRA (very seriously). Oh, they would eat us if they caught us. They are barbarians. Their chief is called Julius Caesar. His father was a tiger and his mother a burning mountain, and his nose is like an ...
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... afraid—afraid of the Romans. CAESAR (as the conviction that he is really awake forces itself on him). Cleopatra: can you see my face well? CLEOPATRA. Yes. It is so white in the moonlight. CAESAR. Are you sure it is the moonlight that ...
... afraid—afraid of the Romans. CAESAR (as the conviction that he is really awake forces itself on him). Cleopatra: can you see my face well? CLEOPATRA. Yes. It is so white in the moonlight. CAESAR. Are you sure it is the moonlight that ...
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... afraid of the Romans: you see the Sphinx dare not bite me, nor prevent me carrying you off to Julius Caesar. CLEOPATRA (in pleading murmurings). You won't, you won't. You said you wouldn't. CAESAR. Caesar never eats women. CLEOPATRA ...
... afraid of the Romans: you see the Sphinx dare not bite me, nor prevent me carrying you off to Julius Caesar. CLEOPATRA (in pleading murmurings). You won't, you won't. You said you wouldn't. CAESAR. Caesar never eats women. CLEOPATRA ...
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Achillas afraid Alexandria Apollodorus the Sicilian arms bale beautiful BEL AFFRIS BELZANOR boat Britannus Briton bucina Caesar and Cleopatra Caesar comes carpet CENTURION chair CHARMIAN child clemency CLEOPATRA colonnade command courtyard descended door dream dressed east harbor Egyptian eyes Farewell father fight find finished fire first fly fool Ftatateeta girl give gods goes guard guardsmen hand head Julius Caesar kill King King's ladies laugh leave legions lighthouse Listen loggia looking Lucius Septimius MAJOR-DOMO Mark Antony mistress Nile Nubian officers OR-DOMO palace parapet Peace PERSIAN pilum Pompey porters POTHINUS Ptolemy Ptolemy's quay Queen of Egypt Queen's guard rises Roman soldiers Rome round RUFIO Ruflo runs sacrifice seat SENTINEL shout sits slain slave speak spears Sphinx stands steps tell THEODOTUS thou throne throws Totateeta trumpet turns vengeance Vercingetorix voice white cat woman women