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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... soldiers. The palace, an old, low, Syrian building of whitened mud, is not so ugly as Buckingham Palace; and the officers in the courtyard are more highly civilized than modern English officers: for example, they do not dig up the ...
... soldiers. The palace, an old, low, Syrian building of whitened mud, is not so ugly as Buckingham Palace; and the officers in the courtyard are more highly civilized than modern English officers: for example, they do not dig up the ...
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... soldier among soldiers. You will not let the Queen's women have the first of your tidings. BEL AFFRIS. I have no tidings, except that we shall have our throats cut presently, women, soldiers, and all. PERSIAN (to Belzanor). I told you ...
... soldier among soldiers. You will not let the Queen's women have the first of your tidings. BEL AFFRIS. I have no tidings, except that we shall have our throats cut presently, women, soldiers, and all. PERSIAN (to Belzanor). I told you ...
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... 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! PERSIAN. Belzanor ...
... 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! PERSIAN. Belzanor ...
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... soldiers have carried her out of Caesar's reach, then the priests and the nurses and the rest of them can pretend she is a queen again, and put their commands into her mouth. PERSIAN. Listen to me, Belzanor. BELZANOR. Speak, O subtle ...
... soldiers have carried her out of Caesar's reach, then the priests and the nurses and the rest of them can pretend she is a queen again, and put their commands into her mouth. PERSIAN. Listen to me, Belzanor. BELZANOR. Speak, O subtle ...
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... soldiers, pushes her way through the crowd and confronts the spear points undismayed. FTATATEETA. Then fly and save ... soldier, that the Queen has 15.
... soldiers, pushes her way through the crowd and confronts the spear points undismayed. FTATATEETA. Then fly and save ... soldier, that the Queen has 15.
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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