Cleopatra (1934)

Irving Pichel: Apollodorus

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• Apollodorus : [Caesar has been murdered]  Come, we must go! We must escape! They will kill you! Think of Egypt!

  Cleopatra : Think of Egypt? Always Egypt! But Caesar is dead! My emperor!

  Apollodorus : That dream is gone.

  Cleopatra : Gone. Yes, gone. What do I care for empire now? Caesar is dead! My lover is dead!

  Apollodorus : He didn't love you.

  Cleopatra : You lie!

  [whips Apollodorus] 

  Cleopatra : You lie! You lie!

• Egyptian Messenger : [to Cleopatra]  Royal Egypt, Caesar is dead!

  Apollodorus : How was this? By whom?

  Egyptian Messenger : I don't know, but I heard them cry, "Brutus, Cassius!" As I got off through the streets I heard them shout, "Caesar is a traitor to Rome!"

  Cleopatra : Where is he? Where is Caesar?

  Egyptian Messenger : Dead, Majesty. The body lies at the foot of Pompey's statue. No one will touch it.

  Cleopatra : I will.

• Apollodorus : [sees Cleopatra wearing a bejeweled gown with a large cape]  I never saw anything so beautiful!

  Cleopatra : Let me show you.

  [poses] 

  Cleopatra : How do you like this?

  Apollodorus : Gorgeous!

  Cleopatra : Or do you like this?

  [poses a different way] 

  Apollodorus : [laughs lightly]  I am only a man. How can I tell?

• Apollodorus : [to Cleopatra, about Caesar]  It wasn't in his arms he wanted to hold Egypt. It was in his treasury.

  Charmion : It's true. You were blind. He didn't love you.

  Iras : You were blind. Blind!