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Cleopatra 1           CLEOPATRA

The Romance of a Woman and a Queen ________

________ Helen Gardner Picture Players, Tappan-on-the-Hudson, New York.

2 Adapted from the play ...by... VICTORIEN SARDOU

and directed by CHARLES L. GASKILL.

3 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.

5        CLEOPATRA

The Romance of a Woman and a Queen ________

________ Helen Gardner Picture Players.

6                 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

7    IRAS, the queen's attendant, loves Pharon, the slave fisherman

8  "Stop!-these are for the Queen! I love her even        unto death!"

9  "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!"

15 "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!"

20 "Unless Cleopatra sent you to save me I swear to plunge this dagger into       my heart!"

21 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

27  Antony holds court in Tarsus to inflict punishment on the enemies of Rome in rebellion. Cleopatra has been summoned.

28 "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?"

32 "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!"

35 "I am ready to sacrifice all--friends, wife, country,  an Empire--everything       for thy love!"

36 "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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41 Time passes and Antony lingers in the land of the Lotus, forgetting every tie of the past.

42 "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?"

45 "Thou hast shown me the infinite beauty of thy soul, my love  Forgive me!"

46 The beginning of the end of forgetfulness.

47 Ventidius, faithful friend, brings messages from Rome.

48 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?"

50 "I am happy here, and here I shall remain. Let Rome extricate herself  as best she may!"

51 "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!"

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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!"

61  "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!"

64 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!"

66 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.

68 "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!"

78 missing

79 missing

80 missing

81  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!"

85 "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.

91 "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!"

96 missing

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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