Proculeius: Caesar’s open to negotiations; Cleopatra: big deal (5.2.9-21) #BurningBarge #SlowShakespeare

Enter Proculeius PROCULEIUS Caesar sends greeting to the Queen of Egypt, And bids thee study on what fair demands Thou mean’st to have him grant thee. CLEOPATRA                          What’s thy name? PROCULEIUS My name is Proculeius. CLEOPATRA                             Antony Did tell me of you, bade me trust you; but I do not greatly care to be deceived, […]

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Caesar, doing reputation management, damage control: I didn’t start this! (5.1.69-77) #BurningBarge #SlowShakespeare

CAESAR          Gallus, go you along. Where’s Dolabella, [Exit Gallus] To second Proculeius? ALL BUT CAESAR                  Dolabella! CAESAR          Let him alone; for I remember now How he’s employed. He shall in time be ready. Go with me to my tent, where you shall see How hardly I was drawn into this war, How calm and […]

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Caesar: tell Cleopatra not to worry! (I want to take her ALIVE) (5.1.56-68) #BurningBarge #SlowShakespeare

CW: suicide   CAESAR                      Bid her have good heart. She soon shall know of us, by some of ours, How honourable and how kindly we Determine for her. For Caesar cannot lean To be ungentle. EGYPTIAN                  So; the gods preserve thee! Exit CAESAR          Come hither, Proculeius. Go, and say We purpose her no shame. Give […]

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Caesar, what are your intentions towards Cleopatra, then? (5.1.48-56) #BurningBarge #SlowShakespeare

CAESAR                      Hear me, good friends— Enter an Egyptian But I will tell you at some meeter season. The business of this man looks out of him; We’ll hear him what he says.—Whence are you? EGYPTIAN      A poor Egyptian, yet the Queen my mistress, Confined in all she has, her monument, Of thy intents desires instruction, […]

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Caesar’s really upset – and he WANTED Antony dead (5.1.26-35) #BurningBarge #SlowShakespeare

CAESAR                      Look you, sad friends, The gods rebuke me; but it is tidings To wash the eyes of kings. GALLUS                       And strange it is That nature must compel us to lament Our most persisted deeds. MAECENAS                His taints and honours Waged equal with him. GALLUS                       A rarer spirit never Did steer humanity; but you […]

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Caesar: this is beyond a joke, Antony has to surrender… (5.1.1-12) #BurningBarge #SlowShakespeare

Enter Caesar [with his council of war]: Agrippa, Dolabella, Maecenas, [Gallus, and Proculeius] CAESAR          Go to him, Dolabella, bid him yield. Being so frustrate, tell him how he mocks The pauses that he makes. DOLABELLA               Caesar, I shall. [Exit] Enter Dercetus with the sword of Antony CAESAR          Wherefore is that? And what art thou that […]

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