I, Claudius (TV Mini Series)
Hail Who? (1976)
Derek Jacobi: Claudius
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Quotes
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[first lines]
[Claudius receives a letter with a small box]
Claudius : It's from Herod.
Calpurnia : What does he say?
Claudius : Oh, it's written from J-Jerusalem.
Calpurnia : Read it to me; his letters are so amusing.
Claudius : [reading] "My dear old friend, what is all this I hear about your living in three rooms in the p-poor quarter of town? Is it serious?"
[Calpurnia laughs]
Claudius : "Why did you not write to me? Is it that absurd p-pride of yours? Well, I shall attend to that shortly. Meanwhile, knowing how loath you are to accept m-money, and being the only practical friend you ever had, I enclose a little p-present for you. Please make proper use of it. Herod."
Calpurnia : What is it? It seems very small.
Claudius : Hnh, I don't know.
[Claudius opens the box. It is a set of four dice]
Calpurnia : Well, I don't think that's very generous.
[Claudius shakes the dice and rolls them - twenty-four, all sixes]
Calpurnia : Venus! Oh, Claudius, I think your luck is changing.
[Claudius rolls them again - all sixes again]
Calpurnia : I'm sure it's an omen.
[a third time - all sixes yet again]
Calpurnia : Those dice are crooked. You can't possibly use them.
[Claudius rolls them a fourth time. They both break up laughing]
Claudius : Ah, dear Herod. How I miss him.