[Rebirth] King of Theater

The whole House of Lords is in disarray.

All kinds of exaggerated laughter filled the stage. The aristocratic gentlemen who used to like to put on airs were now laughing and leaning forward and backward, while Randy, who played Gwynplaine, was lying on the ground, motionless.

In fact, according to the original plan, Randy's action here is not lying down, but obviously the explosive scene just now has exhausted him.In the following scenes, Gwynplaine is just a prop to be ridiculed and ridiculed. It doesn't matter whether he is standing or lying down, so he simply took the opportunity to rest for a while. After all, there are still scenes to continue.

Faced with such a scene, as the queen, Her Majesty Anne will naturally stand up and clean up the mess.

There was still a little smile in her eyes, but on the surface she was stern, showing a solemn posture: "It's really..."

What is it?

She couldn't finish her words at all, and the deafening applause sounded like thunder in the theater!

The audience who had just been immersed in the plot and were stunned by Randy's singing finally came back to their senses.

They couldn't restrain the excitement in their hearts, they applauded wildly below, and a few audience members in the front row who were too devoted shouted loudly: "Send the bad queen to the guillotine!"

That's probably the best compliment you can give a performer!

Although it doesn't sound that good.

The actress playing Her Majesty was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help smiling, this time it was a sincere smile, not a performance.

As a result, the audience who were close were lucky enough to see a wonderful scene - the narrow-minded and cruel queen in the play, after her facial expression softened, her sincere smile turned out to be somewhat sweet and lovely.

The actors on stage were also taken aback by the scene.

They looked at each other, almost amused by the situation.

However, the actors in the theater are professional after all.

This short pause did not affect their next wonderful performance.

But before that, the performance of Her Majesty the Queen, who didn't care about being scolded by the audience, was particularly heartbreaking. She gracefully led the other actors on the stage and bowed slightly to the audience. , is to express my gratitude to everyone for their enthusiastic support; secondly, it is to relieve the audience's over-excited emotions a little bit, and prevent them from constantly interfering with the performance after they get too involved in the show.

Sure enough, the audience rediscovered that this was just a drama.

The few audience members in the front row were too involved in the drama and scolded the queen loudly, and they couldn't help but smile a little bit ashamedly.

As a result, the audience's emotions were appeased, and Her Majesty regrouped.

She turned around calmly, put on the ugly face of a professional villain again, and said the line that was just interrupted: "It's really a boring farce."

The House of Lords had to adjourn.

Members of Parliament saluted to the throne, and then left one after another.

The lights of the entire stage dimmed quietly, leaving only a ray of light shining on Gwynplaine...

At this time, Randy was about to make a gesture of being awakened. He looked around, and there was no one in the empty hall, and even the followers who followed him before chose to leave.

He sat up blankly and began to talk to himself:

—Ah, I was dropped again.

——It’s like being abandoned by child traffickers when I was a child.

——But when I was left behind, it was Ursus who took me in.

——What about this time?

——Who will take me in this time?

—Ursus... Tia...

The names of loved ones are spinning on the tip of the tongue;

The presence of his loved ones gave him new courage.

He staggered to his feet, wanting to leave this sinful place that did not belong to him, and return to his family.

Money, status, and rights are all left behind, like a wounded bird, he can't wait to fly away from these people who hurt him, and return to his poor but warm nest...

Unfortunately, the rough fate has never let these people go.

After Ursus and Tia were driven away, they had nowhere to go, but Tia fell ill again because of 'Gwynplaine's death'.

By this time, the tragic trend of the whole play has been clearly presented in front of the audience.

But even so, none of the audience left the stage. They all clasped their hands on their chests, as if silently praying to the gods for these poor characters, hoping that the gods would not be so cruel to them.

Gwynplaine fled back to the inn from the nobles' territory, but was desperate to find that Ursus and Tia had disappeared.

He looked for their traces everywhere, but he couldn't find them no matter how he looked, and wanted to jump into the river to commit suicide sadly.

At this time, Ursus and the blind girl Tia were on a boat at the pier.

They have been deported by the officials, so they have no way to settle down on land, so they can only temporarily stay in a ship at sea.

The blind girl Tia lay dying on a broken mattress on the deck.

But from her tender singing, no one could hear the slightest bit of resentment.

This kind girl never resented anyone, let alone how to resent.

She sang sad songs with the gentleness like water, but also told Ursus dreamily in a happy tone: "Dad, this is a good thing. I'm going to find Gwynplaine... you Do you know flame?It goes out here, but it will be rekindled there.We'll meet again, where you call the stars... I'm going to marry Gwynplaine, love each other, love each other, and never be apart. ]

Once this line comes out, no matter how cruel the audience is, they can't stand it.

"What a nice girl, what a kind child, why do you treat her like this?" The sobbing sound almost resounded throughout the theater, even a lady like Mrs. Jones, who cared about her image, cried desperately.

The audience's approval of this play is obviously already conclusive.

It was simply the most perfect opening night, the dream night that every writer, director and producer dreams of!

Behind the scenes of the stage, Al did not continue to watch the scene of "how Gwynplaine met the wolf domesticated by Ursus, and how he followed the wolf to find Ursus and Tia".

Because while he was trying to calm himself down from his exuberant, joyful 'dramatic success', Luke was backstage.

A good friend for many years, Luke is familiar with all of Al's habits and naturally knows his favorite viewing position whenever a play starts.

So, with little effort, he found someone.

"Congratulations on another success."

The two walked to a remote corner where there was no one to talk, and Luke took the lead in congratulating Al Dao.

"It was us who succeeded again."

Al happily corrected him: "Dude, did you forget? We're in the same boat."

"Well, probably not in the future."

"what?"

"I want to say..." Luke stammered, "I want to say, Al, I have to go."

"What's gone? Are you kidding me?" Al asked in bewilderment.

"I'm not kidding, and I'm not joking."

"Is that why I misunderstood what you mean? For example, when you said you were leaving, you actually went out and turned right to buy a hot dog and come back?"

"No, I mean, I'm leaving you. Al, start your own business, you understand?"

Al was silent for a while before carefully asking, "Did I do something wrong to you, Luke?"

"No."

"Then what does this mean? Are you resigning from me? Did I underpay you? Did I treat you badly? Luke, money is not a problem. I have been poor, but I There is no bad habit of being stingy either. You are my best brother, as long as you are willing to speak up in everything, even if there is only one sentence...Don't talk about adding money, I am even willing to pack the whole theater for you."

"Al! Al! It's not about money, it's because I want to leave. The drama industry is your dream, not mine."

"But you don't have any dreams!" Al blurted out, and couldn't help laughing: "Stop messing around, Luke. Didn't we chat, from childhood to adulthood, when did you have dreams?"

But with such a sentence, Luke seemed to be poked into pain.

He stared at him very annoyedly: "Ah, do you think so? Do you think so? In your eyes, am I not worthy to talk about dreams? Is it only you, only that white-skinned boy with golden hair and blue face Only then can I have dreams, pursuits, and things I want to do? Is an illiterate and punk like me unworthy of having dreams? Listen, I must leave today!"

"Hey, don't get angry, don't get angry."

Al hurried over and grabbed Luke's arm, fearing that he would really leave in such a fit of anger.

He grabbed Luke's arm, shook it vigorously, and said softly, "How could I think so? It's just that you didn't think it was boring and silly to talk about dreams and pursuits before. Today you suddenly said this to me, I was a little surprised... I didn’t laugh at you, but I was too surprised. It’s always good to have a dream. I definitely support you, but having a dream doesn’t prevent you from staying. .”

"I'm off to work on my business too, Al."

Luke said seriously, with unprecedented seriousness: "My friend, don't be sad, be happy for me, I will have my own life too. But God testifies for me, no matter what the future holds, you will always Is my best friend."

"I don't understand, it's too sudden."

"It's not sudden, Al...we're all grown up."

"What happened to growing up?"

"We don't need each other anymore."

"..."

“We are no longer kids who have to get together and rely on solidarity to get out of poverty and get rich.”

"Isn't it good to be no longer poor?"

"It's a good thing, but we don't need to get together anymore, everyone should have their own life."

"...Do you have to go?"

"Yes."

"Let's go then," Al said angrily.

Then he turned away, not wanting Luke to see his teary eyes.

On the stage, Gwynplaine finally appeared in front of the blind girl Tia.

He held her in his arms, and Ursus watched the scene, wiping away tears.

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At the last moment of Tia's life, she finally got what she wanted and was reunited with her lover.

Although the joy at this moment was mixed with bitter tears, it was enough for her.

Then, she fell down, and with the last good memory of being with her lover in her life, she leaned her head gently in Gwynplaine's arms, her breathing disappeared little by little, and her hands slowly lowered go……

The old man Ursus cried.

Under the continuous blows, he finally passed out.

And what about poor Gwynplaine?

He was still immersed in the happiness of reunion with his family just now, but the next moment he will fall into the pain of his lover's death.

The tricks of fate left him exhausted.

He knelt powerlessly in front of the dead Tia, calling her name, his whole body was shrouded in despair...

at this time,

The scene composition on the stage has also reached the ultimate beauty.

In order to create the scene of this scene, the staff behind the scenes spent a lot of thought, and even dug a small reservoir on the stage.

So, amidst the soundtrack of the surging waves, the entire stage was dark, with only a few beams of lights of different colors silently shining on this miserable family.

Around them, the sparkling blue water represents the unfathomable sea, while Gwynplaine, the blind girl Tia and Ursus have different postures, kneeling, lying down, or unconscious , staying on the dilapidated deck of that small boat, the picture freezes.

It's like a miracle!

Music, story, lighting, background...

At this moment, everything reaches its peak.

The death of man, the power of music, the passing of beauty, eternal sleep...

Everything is outlined in this simple composition, which is real, beautiful, and embarrassing and tearful.

In such a scene, Randy completes the character's final song [Finale].

Or [Gwynplaine's home].

His voice was still hoarse at this time.

But this song no longer needs any unique voice, nor does it need any special skills. It is more similar to a requiem, singing sadly but serenely [It's time, it's time to leave].

Behind the scenes of the stage...

Al also blurred his tears, repeating the lyrics in a murmur: [It's time, it's time to leave].

Accompanied by such a sad melody, Gwynplaine picked up Tia and walked slowly along the deck.

He still had that weird, ferocious smile on his face, but his eyes were so desperate that they were numb.In the end, he jumped towards the "sea", and the "plop" sound of falling into the water seemed to be a complaint against the cruel world, and it also indicated that he could finally escape the repeated teasing and torture of fate from now on.

Death takes everything away.

The comatose old man finally woke up. He sat alone on the deck, his body swaying with the boat...

In the night, there was a howling of a wolf...

The curtain fell.

End.

The audience clapped like crazy.

While weeping, they shouted the names of the characters, hoping to see the actors appearing in front of the stage again, so as to comfort themselves from being uncomfortable by the plot.

Mr. Andrews, the producer, was not used to such a lively scene. Despite the huge success in front of him, he habitually hid himself and did not want to participate in any celebrations; Director Costa, on the contrary, was as elated as a child, Excited to embrace everyone behind the scenes; finally, the actors who did not have to perform nervously were also very happy. Everyone chatted relaxedly, gathered together in twos and threes, and shared the joy of success with each other.

But looking at the bustling scene, Al thought of 'the end of the song'.

He still couldn't help turning his head back, turned around and stared blankly at the direction where he was talking to Luke before—but his best friend and closest brother had already left.

"Al!" A somewhat hoarse voice sounded.

The biggest hero of the night, the brightest singer on the entire stage, barely wiped off his clothes soaked by diving just now, and then ran towards him with a messy makeup on his face and a bright smile on his face impatiently come over.

Randy opened his arms, hugged him passionately, and whispered in his ear: "On stage, I've been thinking about you."

Then, a holy light descended from the thick clouds, and the previous tears were wiped away, and Al could see the world clearly again.

Yes, it's time for the song to end.

But life is like this, some people will leave, and some people will stay.

But whether you leave or stay...

As long as the friendship remains unchanged, as long as we wait patiently, we will meet one day.