Leon Greene: Captain Miles Gloriosus
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Quotes
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Miles Gloriosus : Arrange food, drink, entertainment, and a sit-down orgy for fourteen.
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Miles Gloriosus : Oh, her bridal bower becomes a burial bier of bitter bereavement!
Pseudolus : Very good! Can you say "Titus the tailor told ten tall tales to Titania the titmouse"?
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Miles Gloriosus : What is she like?
Pseudolus : A face so fair, a heart so pure - Sir, if you had been born a woman, you would have been she!
Miles Gloriosus : As magnificent as that?
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Miles Gloriosus : You, slave, will be torn apart by horses, to the plaudits of the troops and the amusement of the children.
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Miles Gloriosus : I cannot afford to offend the gods.
Pseudolus : Who can?
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Miles Gloriosus : [about to leave his fiance's funeral] But first, a farewell kiss.
Pseudolus : Of course!
[kisses him]
Miles Gloriosus : Not you!
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Pseudolus : [to the stammering Hysterium] Calm yourself down! I'll tell you when it's time to panic!
Miles Gloriosus : [notices the tampered hourglass] I smell mischief here!
Pseudolus : [suddenly filled with dread] It's time.
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Miles Gloriosus : Now, back to Rome for a quick wedding - and some slow executions!
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Miles Gloriosus : Poor girl - to have died so young without ever having experienced me.
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Miles Gloriosus : [singing] My bride, my bride, Come, bring to me my bride, My lust for her no longer can be denied, Convey the news, I have no time to lose, There are towns to plunder, temples to burn, and women to abuse...
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Pseudolus : I am dazzled by your presence.
Miles Gloriosus : Everyone is.
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[last lines]
Pseudolus : [sung] Lovers divided, get coincided - something for everyone...
Hero , Philia : A comedy tonight!
Pseudolus : Father and mother, get one another.
Domina : Something for everyone...
Senex : [whispers] A tragedy tonight.
Miles Gloriosus : I get the twins, they get the best!
Erronius : I get a family...
Hysterium : I get a rest.
Soldiers : We get a few girls...
Lycus : I'll get some new girls.
Pseudolus : I get the thing I want to be...
Hero : [spoken] Free.
Pseudolus : Free!
Pseudolus , Hero , Philia , Domina , Senex , Miles Gloriosus , Erronius , Hysterium , Soldiers , Lycus : Free, free, free, free - Nothing for kings, nothing for crowns! Something for lovers, liars and clowns - What is the moral? Must be a moral. Here is the moral wrong or right - Morals tomorrow, comedy, comedy, comedy, comedy, comedy - tonight!
