[Rebirth] King of Theater

After receiving such an unexpected love letter, Gwynplaine was bewildered.

This character is kind-hearted and innocent. He never thinks of people in a bad way. Naturally, he doesn't know that this is just a boring noble lady looking for fun. Instead, he believes it is true. Because of the incomplete and ugly face, it is inevitable. Such a young lady who is not blind, but can still say the words 'you are terrible, I love you' after seeing her face clearly, has a subtle emotion.

"Is there any woman in the world who sees my ugliness and still likes me?"

He was talking to himself uncontrollably.

This emotion is not love, but it is full of irresistible and terrible temptations.

Princesses descend from thrones, gods descend from altars, fairies descend from clouds, dreams descend from the impossible...

Gwynplaine was terrified.

Therefore, the next section to be performed is "Facing Temptation". As the name suggests, the song is an inner drama that belongs only to the male protagonist.

This aria is a test of singing skills. Randy needs to use the light, dark, strong, weak changes of the tone and the alternation of emotional ups and downs to show the character's hidden inferiority complex, the touch of receiving a love letter, and the fear of the unknown.

The other characters on the stage left one after another, and Yu Nan was the only one who played the leading role.

However, the audience below watched the stage more intently, and did not choose to be distracted because of the 'monotonous solo'.

Obviously, although it is often said that musical theater is a collective art.

But in fact, the vast majority of people still habitually think that the ticket money they pay is mainly spent on actors.

So, after so much laying the groundwork in the first half...

It wasn't until this moment that the climax was completely reached, it was only when the show began to be seen, life and death began, and only then did it start to decide whether the audience's ticket money this time was worth it or not!

The stage lights turned into a magnificent blue-green tone, but part of the white light dimly shone on the top, forming an extremely psychedelic visual effect.

At this moment, Randy no longer has to think about how to cooperate with other actors, and his posture is extremely relaxed. For a person who grew up on the stage since he was a child, the scene of thousands of people in front of him is nothing at all, so naturally he can't talk about it. Get nervous.

He immersed himself in the role, and sang the first line [Am I crazy] as if talking to himself?

Am I crazy?Who would write a love letter to a freak?

Randy makes a gesture of stroking the 'smiley' wound on his face.

According to the setting of the script, he is here to show the frightening face of the smiling man, and the lighting engineer cooperated with the lighting to ensure that the weird and hideous special effects makeup is fully presented in front of the audience.

But it is a pity that the handsome upper half of the face undoubtedly hindered the actor.

When a beautiful thing is incomplete, there is indeed a possibility of being scary, but don’t forget that human emotions are wonderful. Apart from fear, there is another possibility, which is to arouse infinite regret and sympathy in people’s hearts. .

How pitiful!

Facing the fateful Gwynplaine, the audience's inner tenderness instantly broke through the wall of fear of horrible special effects makeup, and instead revealed a touch of almost maternal pity.

That's the fun of drama.

Before the official stage, no director, screenwriter, or actor can predict what kind of emotions the performance on the stage will bring to the audience.

Randy continues to show the Laughing Man's heart without knowing it.

Without a supporting dancer, countless human black shadows subtly appeared on the stage. The footcloth that followed him dangled around him, flickering, like a hazy phantom, or like a ghost in the world. Taking advantage of the fire, they ran to play tricks on the poor man.

As a result, the eyes of the audience are more loving

In the next aria, Gwynplaine discovers that [it's all real], not a dream, not an illusion.

So, are you going?

Do you want to meet that woman in response to the invitation in the love letter?

He was in a dilemma, he was distressed, he was pitiful and pathetic, he kept sprinting on the stage, his expression panicked and painful.His soul wants to resist the inexplicable temptation, but his body wants to meet the woman who 'doesn't care about his appearance'.Then, with countless hesitation and indecision, his voice gradually changed from clear to hoarse...

The audience can easily perceive this emotional contradiction and struggle through his singing voice and demeanor.

They couldn't help thinking angrily, "Oh, damn it! Damn it! That woman was just scribbling, and this poor child has to go through such a struggle and struggle."

In the end, it seemed messy, but it was actually a movement planned by the choreographer and stopped.

The music eased, from extremely moving to extremely quiet, the male protagonist stood still, staring blankly at the love letter in his hand, that temptation...

"Gwynplaine, are you still awake?"

A beautiful voice suddenly sounded, it was the blind girl Tiya.

Randy, who played Gwynplaine, knelt on one knee on the stage tremblingly, with a look of guilt on his face.

"God, I was so dazzled by such a letter that I forgot about Tia..."

However, the audience doesn't blame him at all.

The smiling man played by Randy has an almost innocent kindness, and it is this pure kindness that makes him struggle with other people's love letters. Even in the end, he still struggles for his own The guilt of this struggle is only because in the process of struggling, she temporarily forgot Tia.

But who would blame him?

Who is willing to blame him?

The audience couldn't help smiling at the pair of lovers on the stage, and they might even think of their first love...

Suddenly, the tender moment on the stage was crushed by vicious instrumental music, and the wolf tamed by Ursus also let out a nervous cry. A man in black appeared on the stage with a cold face, holding a An iron rod with a crown carved on both ends.

Ursus came out of nowhere, and exclaimed, "It's the iron stick officer (the lower-level people's name for the police)."

Amidst the low and terrifying music, the iron stick officer pointed at Gwynplaine's shoulder with the iron stick, and after making a gesture of "follow me", he retracted the iron stick and held it vertically in his hand

Everyone is trembling and fearful.

Ursus sang a few simple lines to introduce the situation in front of him, which is probably "whoever is pointed at by the iron rod must obey, cannot speak, cannot resist, and can only resign himself to fate, otherwise he will be severely punished", and now , The official said to Gwynplaine's actions, "This person is going with me and has nothing to do with others, so please don't say anything." There is a saying here called "secret detention".

Gwynplaine was taken away.

Ursus asked Tia to go back to the car, and bravely followed her alone.

Amidst a burst of music that seemed to be ominous, the curtain fell again.

But this time there was no pause, and Bakir Fedro, the shameless villain, the ungrateful lackey, came out from behind the scenes with a smile.

He triumphantly sang a burlesque song about "Small people do big things".

No matter how tragic the plot, no matter how hateful the character, this song sounds very cheerful and happy, and the tension that the audience just mentioned has to be relaxed a little bit, but this is only a superficial relaxation, because everyone I know that once this sinister and cunning character arrives, it will definitely bring conspiracy, deceit, and unpredictable unknown.

Bakir Federo told Queen Anne an interesting story.

Remember his ridiculous and insignificant position, which he obtained by currying favor with Princess Josiana?

It doesn't matter if you don't remember, as long as you know...

His daily work is - to uncork the ocean!

So, go back a little further.

Remember those child traffickers who sailed far away, but unfortunately sank at sea?

They repent before dying, and they throw their sins into the sea—a sealed gourd.

How amazing is fate!

Bakir Federo, who was in charge of 'uncorking the ocean', picked up the gourd, which had been drifting for more than ten years.

He took this matter to the queen to pay his respects.

Because the gourd contains the confessions of the child traffickers before they died:

[In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit... a child of ten years of age was maliciously abandoned by us on a deserted shore, deliberately letting hunger, cold and solitude kill him. ]

[This child is of noble status, he was sold by the order of His Majesty the (now deceased) King when he was two years old, and he is the only legal heir of the late Sir CronCharlie. ]

Sir Croncharley was the one who supported the republic and opposed the monarchy, and unfortunately was exiled.

However, who would have thought?

Even though he was exiled, the king still did not let him go, instead he ordered child traffickers to abduct his son!

And who is this poor child?

The child trafficker continued in his letter:

[We made a smiley face mask for this kid...]

[… he did not know that he was the son of Sir Croncharley. ]

[…he only knows his name as Gwynplaine! ]

"Oh, God!"

Not everyone has read The Man Who Laughs in its original form.

Therefore, when the truth was revealed, the audience exclaimed.

Everyone was shocked by the viciousness and cruelty of the former king.

The majestic lord of a country actually used such indecent and outrageous methods against his subjects!

But for such a tragedy...

How did the two characters react on stage?

Queen Anne was indifferent, offering a simple comment: "Oh, that's interesting news."

Then she asked, "But what does that have to do with me?"

Bakir Federo replied with a smile: "It really doesn't have much to do with you, Your Majesty, but forgive me, it has a lot to do with your sister, Princess Josiana!"

"Josiana?"

Queen Anne was dubious.

"Did you forget? Princess Josiana's fiancé should be the heir of Sir CronCharlie! But now, we already know that this poor gentleman who was trafficked, persecuted and abandoned by child traffickers is CronCharlie Sir David's legitimate heir is a better legitimate heir than Sir David. So... if, if you will do justice to the poor man, he, Gwynplaine the Laughing, should be the subject Miss Cianna's real fiancé."

"Ah!" Her Majesty the Queen showed a surprised and dazed expression.

But then, she lowered her head and thought for a few seconds, and asked a question that had nothing to do with the whole thing: "You said he was called the Laughing Man? What's the reason for that?"

Bakir Fedro then graciously introduced what the Laughing Man is.

And when Her Majesty the Queen realized that 'the smiling man is equal to a deformed man', she couldn't help laughing out loud on the stage.

With great interest she was about to enjoy the comedy, to see her detested half-sister marry a deformed man!

"Bakir Federo?"

"Follow your orders, Your Majesty." The villain who was stalking others hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"Go and uphold justice instead of me!"

Queen Anne suppressed the schadenfreude in her eyes, and righteously ordered: "Go fight for all the (accent) rights that this poor man deserves, and let the light of justice and axiom reappear in the world!"

The author has something to say:

I don’t know if I can clarify the relationship between these things. I really regret writing a masterpiece. It looks like a simple story, but there are so many contents in it. It seems that if I don’t write a detail, I can’t explain it clearly.

Well, here's a brief introduction to the king who didn't appear in the play, but can be called the big boss behind the scenes of the play. The king's series of operations are surprisingly vicious.

Gwynplaine the Laughing Man and his father, Sir CronCharlie, supported the republic and opposed the monarchy.Therefore, when the king came to power, he was exiled, and then he was instructed by child traffickers to abduct his legitimate son, Gwynplaine, and make him into the Laughing Man.Later, the king had an illegitimate daughter, Josiana, and he gave Josiana and David (it is said to be an illegitimate child left by Sir Croncharley's sympathizers when he was young... who knows where, but the marriage Gwynplaine was abducted, he is the only heir) engaged, this operation is actually, exile and abduction are not the end, I will marry the illegitimate daughter to your family, and give away all your title and family property accounted for.