Now send for your lovers, harlot!
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Queen Vashti:
My king, my beloved husband! How long I've waited! King Ahasuerus:
Adulteress. Queen Vashti:
What? Have you gone mad? King Ahasuerus:
No, I have my senses or I'd kill you. You shame this palace with your corruption. Queen Vashti:
Someone has filled your head with lies. King Ahasuerus:
True! Not lies. The soldiers of my replacements told me, men who fought and died. They had no reason to lie. Who shares your guilt, Vashti? Name them. Name them, I command you! Queen Vashti:
There are no names. There is no guilt. King Ahasuerus:
[pauses]
Well, whoever it was, it's best I do not know. My pride would fall with the public punishment. Therefore I condemn you in private. Queen Vashti:
No! King Ahasuerus:
You will be forever dead to me. Queen Vashti:
[embraces Ahasuerus]
Oh no, Ahasuerus! I pray you, believe me! I would rather die a real death than lose you. King Ahasuerus:
[throws her to the floor]
Now send for your lovers, harlot!
My king, my beloved husband! How long I've waited! King Ahasuerus:
Adulteress. Queen Vashti:
What? Have you gone mad? King Ahasuerus:
No, I have my senses or I'd kill you. You shame this palace with your corruption. Queen Vashti:
Someone has filled your head with lies. King Ahasuerus:
True! Not lies. The soldiers of my replacements told me, men who fought and died. They had no reason to lie. Who shares your guilt, Vashti? Name them. Name them, I command you! Queen Vashti:
There are no names. There is no guilt. King Ahasuerus:
[pauses]
Well, whoever it was, it's best I do not know. My pride would fall with the public punishment. Therefore I condemn you in private. Queen Vashti:
No! King Ahasuerus:
You will be forever dead to me. Queen Vashti:
[embraces Ahasuerus]
Oh no, Ahasuerus! I pray you, believe me! I would rather die a real death than lose you. King Ahasuerus:
[throws her to the floor]
Now send for your lovers, harlot!
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My king my beloved husband how long I've waited
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Adulteress
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What
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Have you gone mad
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No I have my senses or I'd kill you
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You shamed this palace with your corruption
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Someone has filled your head with lies
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Truth not lies
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The soldiers of my replacements told
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Me men who fought and died they had no reason to lie
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Who shares your guilt Vashti
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Name them
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Name them I command you
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There are no names
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There is no guilt
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Movie Summary
Two decades before she would gain fame and some fortune as Alexis Carrington on Dynasty (1981), Dame Joan Collins starred as Esther in this melodramatic, routine Biblical story. The setting is Persia in the fourth century B.C., as Es
Actors
Queen Vashti
King Ahasuerus
