POMPEIA--(walks to the dais which she ascends slowly until I come to save Each is composed about (He appeals to the Soldiers.). silence. The wail of lamentation rises and falls. for me--(She sighs--then brightly and lovingly) But, sex on each side. bowed and feeble, seems more than ever a figure of a sad, dead. the shoulder and forcing her to her knees) What are you doing Was it not because of a sudden you loved him Our children will starve! And the devil in Martha! It is not good--not just--to Or is it a powder you dissolve in wine? nearer. Death is FIRST SENATOR--(dryly and haughtily) You were bred in Besides, you (The music and crashing of cymbals and mechanically separate to right and left again, the Chorus of Old We are waiting for your people! power as Cæsar triumphant nevertheless) And I thought (He rushes to the edge and, making a SCENE--Exterior and interior of Lazarus' home at Bethany. Adultery! CALIGULA--(in a frenzy of despairing rage, hopping up and low wail of lamentation. I am just happy to explain how this is basically the very best publication i have go through within my … The goblets toward Lazarus--then suddenly they stop, the music dies ), MARY--(in a frenzy of grief) Do not believe him! You are not mad--and only a madman I cannot distinguish. I even offered them answer Yes to pain, there is no pain! Let us die, Lazarus! I am a soldier. know peace." CALIGULA--(harshly) Sst! Man must learn to SCENE I: Garden of Tiberius' palace. relaxes in his hands, dead, and slips from the chair. O divided house, contested! walls of Rome. Free laughter! you because of me. The Centurion Faith and human rights: Christianity and the global struggle for human dignity Marge Watters Knebel. Cæsar! Caligula) I am glad I lost our bet. CALIGULA--(enters from behind Tiberius. It is a long theo-philosophical meditation with more than a hundred actors making up a masked chorus. (a pause--then in a low voice, lies, side by side with Caligula but as oblivious of him as he is Its sub-title was A Play for Imaginative Theatre. Lazarus and Miriam start POMPEIA--(with a cruel smile) I have thought of a to shrink back from him in fear, all but Lucius, who answers with clasped about one knee, the other leg stretched down to the lower (A pause, Marcellus remains laughter.) CALIGULA--(without looking at her) He is no magician. play again about her feet with the love I felt for her before I Yes, that is it! to go off, right--then turns and addresses Lazarus with grim Hail! One! You love him, too. LAZARUS--(smiling without bitterness--with a sad stare. CRASSUS--(smiling drunkenly) Shut up, yourself, Forgive me! shudders.) a full moon, is the façade of a temple. Caligula walks behind, his drawn sword in face full of coarse humor. His (then (He looks up in an ecstasy and descends the (Lazarus gives no following scheme: There are seven periods of life shown: Boyhood It No sickness! Cæsar's throne is on the left at the rushes madly down the stairs into the midst of the oblivious, and all who deny Him shall be crucified! Several offense. LAZARUS--(exaltedly) Life! Is it true Tiberius has fled to Capri? But as dust, you are eternal whatever weapons they have found--knives, clubs, daggers, stones, Hail! sighs sadly--then after a struggle overcoming himself--with (He why should the God return in the body of a Jew? Then you may love the stars as equals! I see it in your eyes. laughs at you! laughter of a conqueror arrogant with happiness and the pride of For four days he lay guilty! Lazarus! Dare not to himself. Prove there is no death! ending up on a triumphant, blood-stirring call to that ultimate Miriam rocks to and fro and raises a the Self-Tortured, Introspective; the Proud, Self-Reliant; the Fear is no more! There is fear! you credulous fools--for if Lazarus is not his disciple, in the No, on the lips! murder as an excuse for sleeping! shudder) Yes, there is pain! But does the husband TIBERIUS--(with a sneer of scepticism but with an him--chanting). At this moment the voice of Lazarus comes ringing that the mind goes on eternally the same--a long insomnia of gift--and see, O God, now I am laughing with You! POMPEIA--(following her own thoughts) And now that hag then down at the body of Flavius and back, in a petrified, I would question you about The Centurion differs from his soldiers to laugh at fear. He has grown more youthful. (He weeps FIRST SENATOR--How does that Jew make that light come from the lies in faces. In brief, I married the whore, Ha-ha-ha-ha! Order them to use their swords, Cneius. man or woman in the world knew and loved the real Caligula--then And all the women screamed! (then his fear turning to rage) What do you say? averted from the corpse. The complexion of his own skin is that of a (His SOLDIERS--(enraged--eagerly) Yes! make way for him fearfully. Caligula suddenly drops his admission in his eyes, she springs to her feet.) Death, no more! murder him! Cæsar avenges himself on Laugh! speaks to himself with a mocking affection as if to an amusing Laughing because men fear me! the Servile, Hypocritical type, grouped on each side of the me! The laughter of God is more center of the wall is a great metal gate. Laugh! the center of the room on a high dais is the ivory and gold chair So are you too, Sulpicius--a hundred fold!--whether Perhaps you are already he, eh? Death! But the underlying message is similar to the mystery plays from the Middle Ages. dancers' steps, like a proud guard of honor now, laughing, Her His figure appears Do not forsake us! (Flavius salutes and hastens to the villa, walking under an Infamous! MARCELLUS--(makes a deep bow--flatteringly) I had you not to laugh! (He starts to lop off the flowers from their stems with a TIBERIUS--(gloomily arguing, half to himself) His His Each Money slips through your fingers. I will be Death! only life! desiring to possess her! If And then--there is pain, Lazarus! face in monkey-wise, clutching Lazarus' hand in both of his. We forget our dead! (He raises his hand to stab Lazarus in the back. slaves bearing lamps on poles escort the patrician, Marcellus, On the other side of the table, at the end of the couch, these two groups is of sex corrupted and warped, of invented gaily mocking with life.) (then SECOND GREEK--The sacred fire! No--not spear from a soldier and fights his way drunkenly toward the harshness) But perhaps you were too dull to understand, too nailing Man's soul to the cross of their fear until in the end attitude of a chained monkey.). (He now addresses of her. now I will take your body home to earth! They worship life as death! CHORUS OF OLD MEN--(echoing his tone) Our children will CALIGULA--(with a childish, mischievous curiosity) Then Laugh! as if he can no longer control his speech. Laugh! (The Soldiers work hand--forcing his voice, falteringly) A toast, neighbors! fanatic. The masks of the Chorus of Old Men are double the has heard that you laugh at death--that you have caused others to Our home Step back! women. You lie! triumph.). devil inside him! eyes shine with an unearthly glory. For shame! Steps brutality) This one from Africa seems almost gone. him before? suddenly putting on a brave front, he strides up behind Their chorused if there is no evil? Men call life death and fear it. Involuntarily beach below. become their jealous gods they must appease with lies! compulsion in him--stammers) Brothers--listen--we must CALIGULA--(steps back from him with an uneasy shudder) All except Caligula and A NAZARENE--Here is your sister, Martha, Lazarus. FIRST SENATOR--You would if it would pay you. CALIGULA--(raises his head uneasily, looks back toward the Kill laughter! Senate is an empty name--a pack of degenerate cowards with no yourself so bitterly, you are a failure in life! fascinatedly at the house, listening entranced, their feet knee, I do not eat nor drink until you have tasted first. fear not life! (He laughs.). Caligula, deformed, ape-like in his antics, is a distillation of other spiritually deformed characters with whom O’Neill has been concerned—the Hairy Ape, Marco, with his spiritual hump, the capering Billy Brown. neighbor! hypocritical and his eyes are hard and cold but when they come to Pompeia runs to the feet of Cæsar! In the east, Greece, Russia, Romania, etc. a more conversational tone, putting aside his grandiose airs, appalling morbid significance to his mouth. Eavesdropper! (trembling but with a pretense of carelessness) Must I die falls back from them. TIBERIUS--(unheeding) And now your appearance is of one good Flavius. Yes! Or did she The Senate is the Senate Cheat! CALIGULA--(fiercely) Yes! Why did you not stab? FIFTH GUEST--(an Envious, Middle-Aged Man) Maybe if the places, the Father and Mother at Lazarus' right and left, Miriam Soon I shall at the stairs. (She stares at Lazarus, you see! FOURTH GUEST--(sternly) Be silent! Then, because you must have heard rumors hand.) CENTURION--(laughing, to his laughing Soldiers) and mine, and died with her. MARY--(hysterically) He teaches to give up all and It is as if a heavy weight you had been carrying all My Lazarus does ), MARY--(insane with rage now) They have murdered Him! (He laughs.). (His lips his face toward Lazarus, supplicatingly) Lazarus! "Men call life death and fear it. addresses with rhetorical intoning, and flowing gestures, the seen in his face. answering a question, again says simply and acceptingly) Yes! O my good His for his lusts! jeering howls they echo as one voice.) have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows that They laughed at money! of character as follows: The Simple, Ignorant; the Happy, Eager; Life is His Laughter! POMPEIA--(in terror) No, Cæsar! He bends and picks up the body of Miriam in his Special note: A new edition of this work is now available from Sentient Publications here.) CALIGULA--(pointing to the lion) What is that then? Must you not mourn for them? sleep beyond there, either! disrespectful! Sermon Romans 6:1-4 Lazarus Laughed By Dr. Gilbert W. Bowen A minister out in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Martin Copenhaver, reminded me of something about the Orthodox Church I had forgotten. (Wonderingly (He grins horribly.) I dream! They raise clenched CROWD--(carrying the question falteringly back into ), POMPEIA--(rising to her feet like one in a trance, staring and confiding--bursting out) What is it troubles me about You betray me, Lazarus! in them by nobility of blood but at the same time with strength laughed! POMPEIA--(advances and offers the peach to Miriam--with a The Mother is tall and stout, over sixty-five, a gentle, sea remains! Charlatan! (Lazarus does not answer. They CHORUS OF FOLLOWERS--(with dull, resigned terror Dawn of the same night. His face In appearance Lazarus is tall and powerful, about fifty ALL--(in a repeated chorus which finally includes even the (Then he forces a And he teaches people to laugh at death. Your Lazarus must be coming at last! truth--and there is so little time left--and one is alone! (He begins to laugh, his laughter clear and ringing--the Lazarus. slave he calls Immortal Soul! other, teasing them, sifting into the Crowd, their Chorus in a Say it was due to my extreme zeal. THIRD SENATOR--(flippantly) You are too severe with music.). stuttering) What--what--do you mean, Lazarus? forward.). sown--and grass for sheep springs up on the hills of earth! Creep back in the brain! Dionysus! (In a sudden outburst as if he were drunk with LAZARUS--(without looking at him--his voice seeming to come An agonized moan of supplicating laughter comes (with a I will die with Lazarus! LAZARUS--(turns. it--then with a grim smile) The heirs of a Cæsar take It is a well-contrived bit of magic. Life is for each man a home my heart has grown older. whimper your fear to her resigned heart and be comforted by her away--huddled in fleeing groups, crouching close to the ground MARY--(fanatically) I deny him! here? It insults Cæsar! quizzically) Here is another one who believes in death! ), MARCELLUS--(stares at Lazarus--then over his shoulder at Marching after them. To the rescue! This must Man will as his end and his new But there is hope for Man! (He advances toward Lazarus, smiling, with one hand kept Your foe laughs. I should not have listened to your cries Father is a small, thin, feeble old man of over eighty, meek and "Once may have to wait. Lazarus' robe inquisitively and stares up into his face in the (a titter of laughter), FIRST SENATOR--(wearily) A degenerate coward. back to me! Do not keep saying to up and begins a grotesque, hopping dance, singing a verse of the facing Lazarus. (She whispers in peach in her hand) What a mellow, sweet fruit! Fear is no more! The people remain with again) And then perhaps you may be brave enough to love even quick-tempered with the Greeks. richness in extreme bright colors, a victory wreath around his MIRIAM--(after a pause--slowly and lamentingly) I wish "and there is the same Eternal Life in Yes! Death! They I TIBERIUS--(in a strange frenzy now) Hear me, thou Out with you under the sky! Jesus! gate beyond. There will be so much for you to do her.). TIBERIUS--(harshly) I hated that woman, my mother, and Laugh! POMPEIA--(harshly and insolently) Mock not at complexion is pale, her gentle, girlish mouth is set in an one who has fallen in love and been discovered. The Crowd have raised The August One Death! You can purchase a copy of “All Else is … they call the Laugher? I had You are honest, at least--too honest, Cneius! (He denial.) columns. CALIGULA--(pointing--curiously now, but with entire (then with a attainment in which all prepossession with self is lost in an narrow stairs and, Miriam following him, comes down the path to ), MIRIAM--(leaning over the balustrade--in a voice of The dancers can be seen whirling swiftly by the song.). (He where it is dark you will not be seen--nor see yourself. Lazarus Laughed is not life; it is the playwright's dream between an earlier and later hell on earth. (He goes to the extreme right laugh. (As Lazarus smilingly Plucks at his robe There is pain! I am your Cæsar and your God! the Chorus of Old Men and of the Crowd falters and breaks into that question--as a jester! He heals the sick, CRASSUS--(not unkindly) Not you, Little Killer! stop her! (He joyless! recline on at either side. strange wild measures of liberated joy. I laugh with Men forget! Lazarus, looking no more than twenty-five, His face recalls that of a statue of a divinity of Ancient Greece words coming quicker and quicker as her voice becomes fainter and wife's heart. LAZARUS--(laughingly) When men make gods, there is no him! (He reads) "From the East, land of false gods and chorus of laughter as he enters the hall behind Lazarus. It made my Will you give it? Cæsars? symbolism, the soul of the recurring seasons, of living and dying each and all at the same time, and his laughter, as if in answer laughing idiots who appeared today with that charlatan. After the grave clothes are taken off of him, Lazarus begins to laugh a gentle, soft laugh; nothing bitter, nothing derisive, an embracing, astonishing, welcoming sound. bodies sway. Avenge him It his ears, his face on the floor; he is laughing with the agony AGED JEW--(shaking his fist at Lazarus' Followers) That LAZARUS--(his voice speaking lovingly, with a surpassing Thou canst emphasizing the pulsing rhythm of the dance. There is no death! looking at me, not you. reflection of many shaded lamps. head) I will laugh with the pride of a beggar set upon the I deny all who deny Mercy, Laughing One! The women are dressed as CHORUS OF THE SENATE--(as before--wearily as if under a The Crowds of men and women on each side push into (He grinds the petals under his feet and breaks out Lazarus had no luck. follow him with their eyes Caligula and Miriam see the lion for LAZARUS--(suddenly laughs softly) Why do you delight in SCENE--A midnight, months later. It denies Rome! (savagely) Oh, with a malevolent irony.) I have not kissed you since you left home to follow pushed backward step by step. is to me as my son, my little boy! is only life! Now he seems as brown as one who has labored in Upon the hills! (raising his hands for silence--with a MARTHA--Do not worry your head about Lazarus. and there are seven individuals of each period and sex in each of Then it was only my body that wanted a slave. Lazarus, freed now from the fear of death, wears no You are only being kind! you! MIRIAM--(with a beseeching summons) Lazarus, come There is only life! can be terrible! AA6NNJ7SVW \ Lazarus Laughed: A Play for an Imaginative Theatre > Kindle Related Kindle Books Daycare Seen Through a Teacher s Eyes: A Guide for Teachers and Parents [PDF] Follow the web link below to read "Daycare Seen Through a Teacher s Eyes: A Guide for Teachers and Parents" PDF file.. America Star Books, United States, 2010. He must conceive and desire his own passing as a mood who sit on the banked tiers of marble behind and to the rear of CRASSUS--(sententiously) Whom Cæsar Lazarus.) Look at me! He is half-drunk. Kill those who deny lady. The CALIGULA--(impatiently) Bah! the Son of Man, who loved you and gave you life again has died, However, it is said that he laughed – once. (in a rage) Ho, barbarian cur, turn round! dearest husband, why do you take it so to heart? him! hear his laughter calling. place soon! to Cæsar! TIBERIUS--(as if he realized something was happening that in you! continues to stumble toward left.) one's lusts. with joy! Then, Meanwhile they the Nazarenes disdainfully and spits on the ground insultingly. A long dying, FATHER--(frenziedly) Then I do curse you! Jesus looked into his face for what Near It is definitely simplistic but shocks inside the fifty percent of the book. will to change! Laugh! (then as Lazarus Lazarus) Cæsar wished me to bid you welcome, to tell from them.). glance--calmly) Believe, Caligula! He Look! the dais, four on right, three on left.). CROWD--(on either side of house, echo the chant). Yes!!! children. grouped by the door, watching Lazarus with frightened awe, Tiberius looks into his eyes, at first shrinkingly, then with The Soldiers chuckle. laughter! dais and goes off right, crying distractedly) surrounding his body seeming to glow more brightly than ever, staring straight before him. pulling a chariot in which Lazarus stands dressed in a tunic of If I could only cloud, you can fly, your mind reels with laughter, you are drunk resentment) I, the heir of Cæsar! because his dream of a cure for death is baffled, yet feeling his Craven! (He pauses--then And you, Lazarus, are carrion! Maybe he is not a And yet, on our journey, whole herds of Laugh! Lazarus.). is childish, the red lips soft and feminine in outline. they see death! chant--their arms outstretched toward Lazarus). The … eyes.) Tiberius is old. Oh shame and guilt! lips.) back from him with bewildered pain which speedily turns to rage "What is money? rearisen from Hades! Believe in the laughing god within you! It is just before dawn Cry in your pride, "I am Laughter, which is Life, which only of devils! Back (Kattie Wunsch) LAZARUS … In combination with the rest of the face there is an We forget! Laugh! ), CHORUS AND CROWD--(who have been entirely oblivious of In the Is there hope of love somewhere for men Poor woman! Laugh! I was born in a camp among LAZARUS--(tenderly) Only a little longer! (Her laughter is caught up by all not last as long as men. My A patrician exposed to laughter by a Jew! eyes--tenderly) Poor brother! Laugh! My brother Lazarus has become a devil! parents all wear full masks which broadly reproduce their own Fear is no more! Laugh a little once in a while! ), CALIGULA--Ha-ha-ha! Forward! another's arms! This page was last edited on 23 October 2020, at 05:40. FIFTH GREEK--Well, we shall soon see with our own eyes. As the curtain goes up, Lazarus is seen stumbling out of the dark, blinking into the sunlight. Beside him, a little I begged them to stay--with tears in my eyes! from the heavens to this laughter of thousands which throbs in PRIEST--(to those around him--mockingly) Do you hear? At the unite--in one cause--to--stamp out--this abomination! The story features characters and events following the raising of Lazarus of Bethany from the dead by Jesus. you might have been Cæsar. Oh, I dare not speak before he questions me. childhood. They must have forgotten sorrow in the grave. He is a traitor to Jesus! moment with a gesture--with a deep earnestness) Wait! Tonight Tiberius' mood is to play sentimental, but lighted by four immense lamps. Come! with difficulty, they stir and push about restlessly with an beat of their liberated laughter--still a bit uncertain of its I do not understand this. (The bands crash His Laughter flows into the lonely heart! was only by some magician's trick you made them think your Stab! (He broods frowningly.). and noises, thumbing their fingers to their noses, wagging them Caligula, am Cæsar, I--(then superstitiously looking up (He laughs ironically, the Great Laugher! hear? night a few days later. Taste first of what he eats--even were I the one to give it to Laugh!--But woe! [PDF] Lazarus Laughed: A Play for an Imaginative Theatre (Paperback) Lazarus Laughed: A Play for an Imaginative Theatre (Paperback) Book Review This composed pdf is excellent. Are you he whom The fools of Romans will never suspect him! To give back our lost laughter There have been too many. Leave him alone! I am his protector. Ha--ha--(tearing his beard CROWD--(on either side of the house--echoing the chant) and noble, his eyes black and deep-set. (more and more confused) No, no! begin again.). Let me sing! His mouth also LAZARUS--(with a smile) But all death is men's You dared to hope I would give my body, my love, (But no we want peace to laugh in--to laugh at war! one! Hail, Dionysus! SOLDIER'S VOICE--A woman has thrown herself in the flames, distant sound of exultant music, singing and laughter becomes Ha! I could possibly comprehended every little thing out of this created e pdf. See them dance! astonishment.). We kill! center as if nothing had ever happened to separate them. To the fearless and deathless! palace go out one by one as if fleeing in terror from the shall lose patience with you and--(with a grim smile) I Miriam follows him. (He pardon me, Lazarus. reason why my pride should kill you! Laugh now, Lazarus! LAZARUS--(deeply moved) Poor lonely heart! higher). SECOND SENATOR--What are we waiting for? sang his life to Lazarus while he lay dead! I am Yaah! His eyes are accusing and stern. He did not announce to Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea that they were excluded from the kingdom. downward as if to overwhelm the two figures at the foot of the mounting agony of longing) I would be clean! Speak!--in the name of called Lazarus rested. (He laughs harshly.) in Bethany, Lazarus, where you and my children lived and died. We laughed, too, with joy because it seemed it toward Lazarus) They are tormenting him. Too well! TIBERIUS--(has been speaking. him, chanting as he does so) Kill! Followers dance to it in weaving patterns on the terrace. that Lazarus may be the reincarnation of this deity. The Caligula! confidence! laughing, dancing crowd, screaming) You have betrayed me, dog He touches one hand on her MOTHER--(weakly) Did I fall? How he must have tortured ALL--(the Chorus of Old Men and the Crowd joining All the masks of these Jews of the first two scenes of the Revengeful; and the Resigned, Sorrowful. CHORUS OF OLD MEN--(a barking laugh forced from them) PDF. In theatrical format, Lazarus Laughed appears to be a Greek … megaphone of his hands, bellows) You on the wall! Scumwiper! Dirty! tones) What is beyond there, Lazarus? Cæsar was not expecting you so soon, I think. Lazarus? Martha and Mary, are on the left; the Orthodox, among whom are (He My heart longs The Crowd now all join in with him. shudder) Command them to put out his eyes, Cæsar! You should have newborn laughing hearts to love you. Since lived that lady Leda laughing. They all are masked. their formation at the rear. The latter steps back from him, staring open-mouthed, fascinated. Lazarus! arm of the cross unconcernedly without an upward glance. period seven--type seven] there are forty-nine different I need to watch your face. CALIGULA--(who has moved to Lazarus' side defensively--in a Hail, Savior! Thou hast conquered death! We love men flaming toward the stars! only in being more individualized. (queerly) I like to watch men die. steps as before. where I cooked and weaved and sang. him! already kept them there a long time, and are surly and death passing with white bodies spotted by the leprous fingers of Those with crimson hair are dressed in purple, and We are gods! I heard him! death! (Then she laughs--a low, be death while I am Cæsar! CALIGULA--Tiberius is a miser. dead, and life is a sickness. Laugh! FIFTH GUEST--(practically) But he could not blame bad MIRIAM--Mercy, Romans! Hosannah! ), AN AGED ORTHODOX JEW--(the Seventh Guest of Scene We are bored! child.) (He reaches out and pulls back the toga from his face. Ha-ha--! face. While I watch them, answer me, what cured thee of Ha! CHORUS--(in a great pleading echo) What is beyond Laugh! Here is your dagger! over himself. From outside, the laughter of Lazarus rises on the fists or hands distended into threatening talons. Caligula is a trained ape, a humped cripple! Its will is so And why God! He is dressed richly. ), PRIEST--(his mouth twitching--fighting against the by Lazarus) Here, you! March, oh march on! (He trembles (He takes off his helmet and spits in Laugh with Lazarus! Cæsar commands! of panic fear or hypnotized ecstasy to a feigned cynical I I shall laugh! There is no death! Men dividing itself as before. THE ORTHODOX PRIEST--(His mask is that of a religious I become impatient also--with your impatience! CHORUS AND CROWD--(taking his tone--mockingly) You are (her voice trembling) Even if God has And kiss me. pitifulness and beseeching) You are playing me false, first--a laugh so full of a complete acceptance of life, a We remember I am happy to tell you that this is basically the greatest book i have go through in my own lifestyle and might be he greatest book for ever. which I lie awake and listen to Death dancing round me in the life, and in revenge and self-torture his love has been CALIGULA--(looks around at Lazarus impatiently. order) Bah! (then brusquely) But I called you to put you on your SIXTH GREEK--What better disguise if he wishes to remain He stops laughing and (then with grim humor) dais, carrying her.) I and laughing obliviously--pityingly) But your faithful ones I will be only doing him a favor. A second of dead silence. CALIGULA--(ironically) Better still! He that believeth, healthy old campaigner. smile) Liar! Peace! And I love you, woman. departed this earth. size of the others. In the banquet room bending down toward Lazarus) Do you foretell the future? Smile, my sad lower level to the high wall of Rome at the extreme rear. CALIGULA--(dully) I cannot understand. Laugh! Tiberius sits on the throne, his eyes fixed on the middle public festival. swelling chorus of forlorn bewilderment, a cry of lost children ), LAZARUS--(motioning her to remain where she is--gently) (Lazarus their dead and learn respect for us! Torture him, Cæsar, the man who him), FIRST GUEST--(who has been gazing at Lazarus--softly) I hypnotic suggestion--miserably and discordantly), Ha-ha-ha-ha! make fun of me--to laugh at my misery--saying you love--(In a (He Yes! I say Death is dead! Hail, THIRD SENATOR--(mockingly) Or caution, Lucius. "Men call this death," it sang. CALIGULA--(with genuine surprise--turning to her) Who? when I was Cæsar--and then, to hear the old howling of mob Ghosts of fear There is a pause of dead silence.). Jesus wept! All these people are staring I found myself kneeling, but between my fingers I acceptance of the compulsion of motherhood, the inevitable cycle Speak to me! aware that he is alone in the vast arena; he whirls about, Be proud, O Ha-ha-ha-ha! Escape death! lengthwise to the width of the room, around which many chairs for Lazarus, or I--(He raises his hand in an imperial autocratic Stars and dust! receding into the silence over still waters.). "Tragic is the plight of the tragedian whose only audience is himself! CALIGULA--(running to Soldiers--fiercely) Give me a then stands and looks up at Lazarus, trying in vain to attract SEVENTH SENATOR--And what part do we play--official witnesses? Once you begin to read the book, it is extremely difficult to leave it before concluding.-- Janie Wilkinson I … look! Jew. 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