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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... rises not to water them. Without our father's gifts we should live the lives of dogs. PERSIAN. It is true: the Queen's guard cannot live on its pay. But hear me further, 0 ye kinsmen of Osiris. THE GUARDSMEN. Speak, O subtle one. Hear ...
... rises not to water them. Without our father's gifts we should live the lives of dogs. PERSIAN. It is true: the Queen's guard cannot live on its pay. But hear me further, 0 ye kinsmen of Osiris. THE GUARDSMEN. Speak, O subtle one. Hear ...
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... rise on your fields for seven times seven years of famine. BELZANOR (frightened, but desperate). I will sacrifice: I will pay. Or stay. (To the Persian) You, O subtle one: your father's lands lie far from the Nile. Slay her. PERSIAN ...
... rise on your fields for seven times seven years of famine. BELZANOR (frightened, but desperate). I will sacrifice: I will pay. Or stay. (To the Persian) You, O subtle one: your father's lands lie far from the Nile. Slay her. PERSIAN ...
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... rises full over the desert, and a vast horizon comes into relief, broken by a huge shape which soon reveals itself in the spreading radiance as a Sphinx pedestalled on the sands. The light still clears, until the upraised eyes of the ...
... rises full over the desert, and a vast horizon comes into relief, broken by a huge shape which soon reveals itself in the spreading radiance as a Sphinx pedestalled on the sands. The light still clears, until the upraised eyes of the ...
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... rises to spring down from the pedestal.) CLEOPATRA (flinging her arms in terror round him). No: you shan't leave me. No, no, no: don't go. I'm afraid—afraid of the Romans. CAESAR (as the conviction that he is really awake forces itself ...
... rises to spring down from the pedestal.) CLEOPATRA (flinging her arms in terror round him). No: you shan't leave me. No, no, no: don't go. I'm afraid—afraid of the Romans. CAESAR (as the conviction that he is really awake forces itself ...
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... rises with stooped head, and moves backwards towards the door. Cleopatra watches her submission eagerly, almost clapping her hands, which are trembling. Suddenly she cries) Give me something to beat her with. (She snatches a snake-skin ...
... rises with stooped head, and moves backwards towards the door. Cleopatra watches her submission eagerly, almost clapping her hands, which are trembling. Suddenly she cries) Give me something to beat her with. (She snatches a snake-skin ...
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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