Cleopatra (read by Beth Thomas)
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424 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 25 Jul
Cleopatra (read by Beth Thomas)’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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For had I first been yours, it would have saved my second choice I never had been his, and ne'er had been but yours.
But Caesar first, you say, possessed my love?
Not so, my lord.
He first possessed my person, you my love.
Caesar loved me, but I loved Antony.
If I endured him after, 'twas because I judged it due to the first name of men, and half constrained, I gave as to a tyrant what he would take by force.
The consequence indeed, for I dare challenge him, my greatest foe, to say it was designed 'tis true I loved you, and kept you far from an uneasy wife, such Fulvia was.
Yes, but he'll say, You left Octavia for me, and can you blame me to receive that love which quitted such desert for worthless me?
How often have I wished some other Caesar, great as the first and as the second young, would court my love to be refused for you?
Words words.
But Actium, sir, remember Actium.
Even there I dare his malice.
True, I counseled to fight at sea, but I betrayed you not
I fled, but not to the enemy.
Twas fear.
Would I had been a man not to have feared, for none would then have envied me your friendship, who envy me your love.
If, as a friend, you ask my judgment, go.
If as a lover, stay.
If you must perish,
Tis a hard word.
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