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Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Cleopatra: An Opera in Four Acts In the fourth act Cleopatra's slaves are assembled on the terrace before a great burial vault; Cleopatra, ap… Altro …

Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Cleopatra: An Opera in Four Acts In the fourth act Cleopatra's slaves are assembled on the terrace before a great burial vault; Cleopatra, apart, is stretched on a couch, feverishly awaiting news from the scene oi. Battle. Two dead slaves, bearers of ill tidings which cost them their lives, are lying at her feet. Cleopatra has made preparations to kill herself should news arrive of Antony's final defeat; she has already had the report of her death spread abroad, and to Spakos she had given orders to send slaves to Antony asking him to come to her; but Spakos (as later appears) has enjoined his messengers to tell Antony that the queen was already dead. Here, in front of the vault, she calls Spakos, who says that he sent the slaves at her bidding. After short parley with Charmian a slave comes with a basket of flowers concealing the deadly asp; it is placed on the altar. Cleopatra, replying to Charmian's plea to refrain from taking her own life, vehemently expresses her horror of Octavius and the fate that awaits her if once his prisoner; Spakos interrupts with assurances of his undying devotion, but the queen is in no mood to hear him; he insists, calling his rival cowardly and selfish, which only provokes an outburst from Cleopatra: I love him in defeat! In grief, I worship him! Infuriated, Spakos tells her that Antony, thinking her really dead, will never return; in the terrible scene ensuing, the queen stabs Spakos to the heart; as he collapses, a slave breathlessly announces Mark Antony; he is soon borne in by soldiers, in a dying condition, having stabbed himself when told of Cleopatra's death. He dies. Cleopatra causes the asp to bite her, and succumbs to the poison just before the entrance of the victorious Octavius. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works., Shakespeare Plays<

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