[Rebirth] King of Theater

The show that Queen Anne wanted to see is finally about to begin!

She shared the room with Gwynplaine the Laughing Man and her half-sister Josiana.

Gwynplaine still remembered this noble lady who wrote a love letter to him, but he didn't know that this was his 'fiancée'.

Josiana was too proud, so no one in the court informed her. She also recognized the Laughing Man, a deformed street performer, but she didn't know that her marriage and destiny had already undergone tremendous changes. turning point.

So, when Josiana saw this 'monster', she was excited.

The excitement is a bit like when one gets an interesting toy, or discovers something novel.

The Duchess wore a dress that was almost like pajamas (the episode in the original book was nude), pulled boldly and passionately at Gwynplaine like a she-wolf, and sang on the stage "You are the monster of my dreams, my destined lover.Come on, fall with me, let me taste the fruit of the abyss quickly].

Gwynplaine was in crisis.

Here is a small piece of soundtrack adapted from the famous musician Liszt's "Dance of Death".

It is said that the musician was inspired by the mural "Victory of Death" during his travels. The mural depicts the scene of the Black Death. The people who came cut off. 【Note 1】

Therefore, the beginning of the music is heavy and powerful, which symbolizes that the god of death is approaching step by step.

As we all know, Liszt is a nasty guy who makes piano performance become a whole process of reciting scores. This musical genius has brought his piano skills to the peak during his lifetime, and even created a bunch of etudes that no one can play correctly. (unless it's a robot).But in contrast, his piano music is very imaginative, gorgeous, magical, romantic and exaggerated, and gorgeous at the same time, especially when it speeds up and rushes towards people aggressively, as if in the unknown In the space, there is really a god of death riding a horse and charging. That kind of mysterious music power from the unknown will make everyone hold their breath and tremble with fear!

In Gwynplaine's eyes, Josiana probably seemed like a god of death approaching every step of the way.

In other words, she was Eve who tempted Adam to fall.

Her face is beautiful and romantic, charming and moving;

Her flesh a blessing to the senses, a menace to the soul;

Her soft, moving dance is like poison wrapped in honey, like poisonous wine with hidden murderous intentions.

Chris is perfect for such a gorgeous villain.

Her graceful and uncompromising performance made this stunner-like woman jump out of novels and scripts, completely get rid of the rigid image of the paper man, and become lifelike and lively.

Even though the audience knew that she was a bad woman, they still fell under her charm in a daze.

In the orchestra pit, the choir also sang softly for her in a non-obtrusive manner:

——How sad people are, they are often bewitched by the flesh.

—When the senses are so excited, the ecstasy is filthy.

——White swans will turn black, and pure angels will fall. 【Note 2】

Afterwards, the music changed again.

The backup dancers on the stage began to be crazy, like many incarnations of Josiana, and Qiqi stretched out her arms symbolizing desire to Gwynplaine.

Josiana sang "Fall With Me".

In the beautiful, evil and seductive singing like a sea monster, this woman seems to have lost her rationality as a human being, and instead wants to pull people into hell together like a demon.

The tune played by the band at this time was also very strange, like a cauldron boiling potion in front of a wizard, bubbling and boiling bubbles.

No one knows exactly what the potion is for, but anyway, a little flower petals here, a snake spittle there, and a big pot of honey at the end... voila, it's a delicious meal alright.

In the haze, it seems that someone is still shouting: drink it!drink it!It is sweet.

But the dying rationality is desperately stopping: No, that is a life-threatening poison, a poisonous fruit plucked from the abyss.

Afterwards, after eloquently expressing (singing) a shocking speech about depravity and desire, Josiana completely threw away all restraints, and she pounced on Gwynplaine frantically like a she-wolf. He hugged him tightly.

But her movements, her posture, and the intoxicated and almost hysterical ecstasy on her face made this hug not like a hug, but rather like trying to strangle someone alive in her arms...

This is not love at all.

It's just pure, extreme, ugly desire.

Josiana, this woman is amazing!

In other words, Chris's performance was so amazing that she managed to make all the audience shudder.

Fortunately, accompanied by a crisp bell...

This corrupt and crazy scene finally ushered in the end.

Outside the door, Queen Anne gently applauded the good show.

There was a smile on the corner of her lips, with a careless expression on her face, but she kept thinking in her heart, how should she pretend to be a leak, so that she could tell everyone about Josiana What about this romantic episode?

Meanwhile, Josiana finally learns all the truth.

Her attitude changed from fiery to icy in an instant.

How ridiculous!

When Gwynplaine was a lowly actor and a freak, the noble princess wanted to force him to have fun with her with great interest, even if they fell in hell together; After Winplaine became the Duke and became her legal fiancé, she thought it was a humiliation, and she never wanted to speak to Gwynplaine again.

She threw Gwynplaine angrily and turned away.

Gwynplaine's bewildered expression made people laugh. He didn't understand what was going on from the beginning to the end, and stood there with a confused face until Sir David, who was still ignorant of everything, Appear.

The Josiana's ex-fiancé confronted Gwynplaine briefly.

The confrontation is a bit comical - the two stand face to face, and David introduces himself as [the future Sir CronCharlie, Josiana's fiancé]; Gwynplaine also hesitates to introduce his new identity [the future Sir Charles Crown, Josiana's fiancé].

There were a few chuckles from the audience.

Then, when David was so angry that he was going to beat up this low-class person who 'learned to speak for himself'...

Baguier Federo, who plays a big role in the little man, played again.

He staged a textbook-level slap in the face for the audience. Instead of flattering Sir David before, he ignored him indifferently and turned to a completely different attitude, solemnly and respectfully towards Sir David. Wen Pulan bowed, politely called him 'Sir Cron Charlie', and told him with a smile that 'Her Majesty asked me to pick you up to take you to the House of Lords for your inauguration'.

Sir David... no, now he is disinherited and no longer a Sir.

In short, watching this scene, David's exaggerated and stunned appearance on the stage once again made the audience laugh.

The curtain fell slowly again.

The audience relaxed their bodies in unison and leaned back again.

Obviously, even with the last slightly funny plot to relax their mood, they have already invested in the previous series of plots that were full of twists and turns, twists and turns, emotional ups and downs, and every moment was full of intense changes. Too much energy, even though he was sitting still, he still felt a little physically tired.

However, what many audiences do not know is that whether it is the first half of the performance or the second half of the performance up to now, all the plots are still foreshadowing, paving the way for the climax of the whole play - Gwynplaine in the House of Lords.

The author has something to say:

[Note 1] Part of the introduction of Liszt’s Dance of Death is from Baidu. However, Baidu’s introduction to the mural content is somewhat different. I picked the one I like. Please forgive me if there are any mistakes or omissions.

[Note 2] This paragraph is Hugo's poem.By the way, some scattered words and sentences in the article are also adapted from the original text of Hugo's "The Man Who Laughs". There are also some poems written by him. Because they were too high when they were written, they were used casually, so I didn't mark them one by one.