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CLEOPATRA
The Romance of a Woman
and a Queen
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Helen Gardner Picture Players,
Tappan-on-the-Hudson,
New York.
2 Adapted from the play
...by... VICTORIEN SARDOU
and directed by CHARLES L. GASKILL.
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Cleopatra's costume designed by Miss Gardner.
Original costumes designed by Madame Stippange. Egyptian Furniture designed by Mr. Paul Steinberg.
Scenic Artist, Mr. Arthur Corbault.
Properties by Mr. William Hemming.
Stage Manager, Mr. Phillip Robson.
4 Certain stage traditions originally founded in ignorance and preserved after they became traditions, have not been considered; the object of the Director has been to insure naturalness in an atmosphere of romance, the object of the Author to intimate the nobilities and grandeur of the woman who was devotedly loved by Julius Caesar. Perfect freedom has been exercised in
the adaptation.
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CLEOPATRA
The Romance of a Woman
and a Queen
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Helen Gardner Picture Players.
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CAST OF CHARACTERS
CLEOPATRA, Queen of Egypt . Miss GARDNER Iras, an attendant . . . . . Miss Sindelar Charmian, an attendant . . . Miss Fielding Octavia, wife of Antony . . . Miss Robson Nicola, a child . . . . . Miss Helene Antony, a triumvir and general . . Mr. Sindelar Pharon, a Greek slave and fisherman . Mr. Howard Ventidius, a Roman soldier . . . Mr. Waite Diomedes, a rich Egyptian . . . Mr. Osborn Kephren, captain of the guards to the queen Mr. Knowles Octavius, a triumvir and general . . Mr. Paul Serapion, an Egyptian priest . . Mr. Brady Ixias, servant to Ventidius . . . Mr. Corker
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IRAS, the queen's
attendant, loves Pharon, the
slave fisherman----
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"Stop!-these are for
the Queen! I love her even
unto death!"
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"You shall be dead before those flowers
wither--unless you speak!"
10 "You may kill me, Queen, but the love in my soul for
you will never perish!"
11 "If I let you live--and love
me--ten days, will you
swear then to destroy
yourself?"
12 On the fifth day.
13 Diomedes, her cousin, asks
Cleopatra to give him
audience in which to offer
her his hand and heart
and riches.
14 "I perceive, Royal Egypt,
your choice is this fisherman--my slave!"
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"He lives whose love is
greater than his life!...poor Pharon, thy crown shall be
placed upon thy head
by Death."
16 The ten days have passed.
17 "He will sleep a long,
long time!"
18 "I shall begin to live when I die--and dreams come of you--and you--and you---!"
19 "Thank thee, Isis! If the Queen takes his life, I shall
return it!"
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"Unless Cleopatra sent
you to save me I swear to plunge this dagger into
my heart!"
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Iras deceives Pharon by
telling him that the Queen
sent her to restore his
life and that he must
leave Egypt.
22 "I bear a message for the Queen of Egypt from my
master, Marc Antony!
Let me pass!"
23 "The Queen is in danger--I
will not go!"
24 She reads a message from Marc Antony ordering her to appear before him at
Tarsus to answer to
charges of conspiracy
against Rome.
25 missing
26 missing
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Antony holds court in
Tarsus to inflict punishment
on the enemies of Rome in
rebellion. Cleopatra has
been summoned.
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"Antony will devastate
Egypt if Cleopatra fails
to come!"
29 "It were better for Antony
did she never come--for his army is not as powerful as her eyes!"
30 "But she, your Queen, the leader of it all, is not here to answer. I will wait no longer. Deliver these pris- oners to the executioner!"
31 "What defense have I to
make, since you have
already judged me guilty?"
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"I thank my Lord! and, since my innocence will
not offend, I will not blush
to own it!"
33 "I do not hate Rome--nor--
Antony! I do hate my lord's enemy Octavius!"
34 "I believe you!
Forgive me!"
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"I am ready to sacrifice
all--friends, wife, country,
an Empire--everything
for thy love!"
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"Ho, ho! your mighty
Antony has capitulated to
this woman of Egypt. I told you so."
37 "Suppose Antony were told
that his Queen had just left the embraces of my slave Pharon---?"
38 "Say what you will--she is
the mental and moral
superior of this Roman
debauche!"
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40 missing
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Time passes and Antony
lingers in the land of the
Lotus, forgetting every
tie of the past.
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"Go kill that man--you
remember--the fisherman--
Pharon!"
43 "I love the woman you love so well--that I'd give my
life--for the man--she
loves!"
44 "And are you jealous of this poor slave's devotion who would give his life for thee because I love thee?"
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"Thou hast shown me the
infinite beauty of thy soul,
my love Forgive me!"
46 The beginning of the end
of forgetfulness.
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Ventidius, faithful
friend, brings messages
from Rome.
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A message from home
announces the news that Flavia, his wife, is dead;
also that Rome is
threatened and needs him.
49 "And what of the married
woman?"
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"I am happy here, and
here I shall remain. Let Rome extricate herself
as best she may!"
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"O Queen! be you now
his better spirit! Let Rome believe for a single day that Antony has returned, and
Octavius is lost!"
52 "Go---but be faithful
to me!"
53 "Follow your armor,
my lord!"
54 missing
55 missing
56 Months pass and Cleopatra
grows weary waiting for the return of Antony.
57 missing
58 She is warned that Antony has deceived her, and that
he will never return.
59 "I must see the Queen!"
60 "The message you received was a lie! Antony loves you
--he will return to you!"
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"The sea has been
delivered of the pirates, Antony has captured the
fleet of Pompey!"
62 "Octavius and Antony are reconciled, and to insure the peace of the world,
Antony has---has--- married Octavia!"
63 "Tonight, you, Iras and I shall set sail for Rome!"
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Antony begs her to arm
her war fleet and sail at
once for Actium.
65 "We go to Actium instead of Rome. My fleet of war
will follow us!"
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Antony, at war with the
brother of his wife, delays
action, waiting for Cleopatra's fleet.
67 Octavia, the faithful wife of Antony, comes to urge
peace between him and her brother, Octavius.
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"Will not you be recon-
ciled to Octavius? you, my
husband, to him, my
brother?"
69 "Do as your gentle wife urges, and the imperial crown of Rome is within
your grasp!"
70 "The war-beacon shall not be lighted! Go tell this to Octavius, my noble wife, I shall be your husband
from now on!"
71 "I am the wife of Antony!
I am Octavia!"
72 News that the war ships of
Cleopatra have arrived.
73 Fearing that the news of
Cleopatra's arrival may
cause Antony to break his resolutions to stop the war,
Ventidius persuades
Diomedes to tell Antony the scandals concerning her.
74 "Caesar, Pompey, Sextus,
Herod, my noble lord
himself--they are legion!
Pharon, my slave! And
now Kephren, the captain
of her guard!"
75 "It is a lie!"
76 "Prove it by killing him!"
77 "General, your wife comes
from her brother with humble terms of peace!"
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The Battle of Actium.
Fearing if Antony wins the battle that his love of power will be greater than his love
for her, Cleopatra orders her ships to retreat.
82 Antony, weakly suspecting
Cleopatra of treachery
orders his ships to follow,
thus losing the battle...
83 After Actium.
84 "Charmian, go tell him to
come to me! Tell him I am dying of grief!"
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"Oh, Actium! Actium! Thou art my shame and
ruin! My curse be upon her
who did this to me!"
86 "Yes, lead us! We will not desert you! We have ten legions at our back!"
87
"The Queen, my lord, is
dying of grief! She begs to
see you but once again!"
88 "To-morrow we enter Alexandria to punish
Cleopatra for her treachery!"
89 "Swear to me that if I am defeated you will plunge
your sword into
this heart!"
90 With the morning's light.
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"O wings of the morn!
I invoke thee now, to take the message of my heart to
his-that he will come to
my side!"
92 "I betray you to Caesar?
Can you, Oh! can you accuse me of that!"
93 "The army of Octavius is preparing to attack thee! The honor of Royal Egypt
is menaced!"
94 "The whole city is in the
hands of Octavius...!"
95 "The Queen is dead! The
Queen is dead!"
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97 "The report is false.
She is alive."
98 Cleopatra escapes into the
tomb she had built for
herself.
99
Cleopatra, having deter-
mined to try two plans to outwit Octavius, explains one of them to Kephren.
100 "When I lift my hands to my lips, strike him dead!"
101 "I have sent for you to crave mercy for him---
Marc Antony!"
102 "Guard this woman! Your life shall answer for it if she does harm to herself!"
103 "To lie in the silent grave by your dear side, Antony, is life! This wakefulness
is a thousand deaths!"
104 "This fruit is blessed by me, a holy priest! It has that
within to remove
her madness!"
105 "There is a serpent in
the basket!"
106 F I N I S.
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