marvelous rosaline

31

Seven days later, a weekend night.

The premiere of "Angel's Voice" was sold out.

Whether it's the name of the talented director Sam Williams, or the biographical drama of the legendary singer Edith Poirot, they are all publicity that can cause shocks in Broadway as long as they are posted.How many people wanted to fight for the first show tickets, both for Sam Williams and Edith Poirot.

It is even more because the heroine, who the Williams and his wife hid and kept from being reported, finally lifted the veil of mystery today.

At seven o'clock, all the lights went out, and the bustling theater fell silent instantly.

The curtain on the stage was opened silently, but no scenery or pictures could be seen in the pure black environment, and the dead silence lasted for nearly a minute.

The audience whispered again.

"what happened?"

"Don't tell me it's a malfunction on the stage, the lighting and sound are broken?"

"Then Sam is crazy, he puts so much heart into this drama."

"This... here it comes!"

In the darkness, a shadow came out from the depths of the stage.

Every time the figure takes a step, the lights at the feet light up.Step by step, until the theater returned to peace.

The spotlight suddenly turned to the figure on the stage.

For a moment, almost everyone thought that Edith Poirot on the poster had come to life.

The woman standing in the center of the stage has short red hair permed into a retro style. She is wearing a white gauze, holding a red ribbon in both hands, and the long red ribbon is dragged along her wrist to the back of the ground.

Drums sounded.

The actor looked up, under the spotlight, her green eyes burst out with bright emotions.

She shook the ribbon in her hand, and the thin ribbon turned into a red curtain like magic. On the stage, this red curtain was as dazzling as blood.

"April 1899, 3."

When the actor spoke, his voice was as crisp as a silver bell, and as cold as metal.

"I've been charged with murder."

Then Edith Poirot's life slowly unfolded under the sound of music.

The plot of the musical is divided into three parts: the first arrival in New York, the first success, and the rapid exit.

Edith Poirot was only in her twenties when she came to New York.Her father is a well-known detective in Europe, and her mother is a Russian nobleman, but she chose to hide her identity and lived in a crowded shared house with all the dream-chasing girls.

Auditions, failures, auditions, and failures, Edith, who was just starting out, also encountered obstacles everywhere on Broadway.

She rejects the unspoken rules of management and directors, and doesn't like to flirt with frivolous colleagues. She is even a little unsophisticated, and often speaks surprisingly, either to expose the lies of others to cover up the truth, or to see through the other's true inner thoughts.

Over time, Edith looked a little lonely.

Until she met Sam Williams in a salon.

The lights in the corner of the stage were turned on, and the man surrounded by the crowd stood up, and his standing drew cheers from the audience——

Sam Williams even plays himself!

The two hit it off right away, sitting at the same table, without tobacco, alcohol, or food, and chatted until dawn with each holding a glass of water. The names of countless artists and writers sang along with the music, and Sam's inspiration also exploded.

Almost the next day, he, who was well-known on Broadway, decided to cast Edith as the heroine of the new play.

Who could imagine a true friendship between a man and a woman?But Sam and Edith proved it to everyone.

Not only that, Edith also became friends with Miranda during a quarrel with her mother.

Sam's new play is not going well, there are script problems, investment problems, and even Edith being framed and involved in a murder case-that is, the episode at the beginning of the play.

But when the "European Daughter" he created and directed was launched, Edith Poirot's name was remembered almost all over the world.

After that, it became popular one after another and succeeded again and again. Edith Poirot's singing voice and performance were shocking. Some critics said her voice was kissed by an angel.

Just when everyone thought that Edith would be famous for a lifetime with her talent, Edith Poirot suddenly disappeared in her fourth year on Broadway.

No one knows where she went.

No one knew what she was doing.

Even Sam and Miranda knew nothing about Edith's whereabouts. For three whole months, various newspapers and magazines were discussing Edith Poirot's mysterious whereabouts.

Just when everyone thought Edith Poirot was dead, she suddenly appeared.

And, she has a child with her.

Actors on stage, holding prop babies, stand in front of the audience.

Edith, who returned to New York, did not explain to anyone where she disappeared for a year, but accepted a starring invitation with great enthusiasm.It is a suspense-themed stage play directed by a newcomer, called "The Last Murder".

There is no doubt that "The Last Murder" was also a huge success.Edith plays a cold, vicious but beautiful female killer in the play. The breakthrough from the previous sweet image is shocking and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

No one thought at the time that this would be Edith Poirot's last play.

Before the finale of "The Last Murder," Edith publicly announced that she was leaving Broadway as an actress.

An actress so similar in appearance to Edith, at the end of "Singing Angels", perfectly reproduced the performance in "The Last Murder".After 20 years, two plays with different themes, different styles, and even different directors ended with the same song and performance.

The last note of the music landed, and the audience burst into applause.

Everyone was deeply shocked by the play.

Sam Williams still didn't make any mistakes.The music is impeccable, the performances are moving, and the scenery and props are exquisite.The most important thing is the lead actress, a newcomer who plays Edith Poirot. She looks so similar to the legendary singers of the past, but she shows subtle differences in her performance.

Not unlike, but compared to Edith Poirot, who has a sweet smile, is understanding, and is always friends with everyone, her performance is more...

It is closer to the murderer played by Edith in "The Last Murder".

Beautiful, brilliant, but also seems to be full of danger.

This kind of temperament allowed her to play Edith perfectly while also having her own style.

After the curtain call, the crowd was full of enthusiasm. Amidst the voices of the audience, Sam Williams took the hand of the newcomers to the stage.

The lights in the theater came on completely.

Sam waited for the applause to die down. He held up the lead actress's hand and bowed deeply to her.

"Gentlemen and ladies." The director raised his voice: "I would like to introduce to you the treasures salvaged from the sea by the theater, Miss Rosalind!"

"—Rosalind?"

In the audience, Mrs. Barnes was finally able to see the appearance of the female lead.

Her eyes are not very good, and the lights were dim during the performance. Mrs. Barnes could only listen carefully to the actors' beautiful singing voices and capture the blurred shadows.She didn't react until she heard the familiar name when all the lights in the theater were turned on.

"This, this is Rosalind Poirot."

Mrs. Barnes excitedly said loudly to her friends who came together: "It's Edith Poirot's own daughter! She was the one who saved my niece on the cruise ship!"

"what?"

"Is it Edith Poirot's daughter?!"

"It turned out to be my own daughter playing the role of mother, no wonder I imagined it that way!"

Mrs. Barnes' words quickly spread in the theater.

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At the same time, the VIP box.

Anansi cautiously opened the door and stepped into the box.

The only spectator in the box stood up and quietly watched the actors on the stage in the distance.Anansi took off his hat and was about to open his mouth when the spectator moved his fingers lightly.

This made Anansi shut up immediately.

The young man who was confident and arrogant in the police station and openly challenged the law was as cautious as a student in a military academy at this moment.He stood there for a long time until the applause downstairs disappeared and the crowd gradually dispersed.

The spectator turned around.

It was an old gentleman with snow-white hair and a formal suit.With thick glasses on the bridge of his nose and a neat brown three-piece suit, he looks like an intellectual.The old gentleman met Anansi's gaze, but asked in surprise, "What's wrong with your face?"

Anansi touched the scar on the corner of his eye: "I had a little conflict with Moran."

The old gentleman helped the mirror frame: "I heard that your wrong clues caused him to go to jail."

A look of embarrassment flashed across Ananxi's face: "I... underestimated my opponent."

Old gentleman: "Underestimated Miss Poirot's IQ?"

Anansi: "Underestimated how bad she is."

The old gentleman laughed out loud.

"Don't make such a mistake next time, Anansi." The old gentleman advised in a tone almost like a teacher: "You will always get carried away."

His voice was a little lukewarm, and he spoke very slowly, with abnormally small intervals between some words.Anyone who is interested will immediately hear that the elderly gentleman should have stuttered in his early years, but he has only corrected it through professional training.

"I'm sorry." When Ananxi said these words, his tone was almost fearful: "It was a small matter, I didn't expect you to come to New York in person, I'm really sorry. It's just a manuscript, I swear, I Will definitely get it."

"It's okay."

The old man waved his hand: "I won't punish you for this."

Anansi's breath was stagnant, and then he smiled in surprise: "Thank you, professor!"

James Moriarty did not immediately respond to Anansi's gratitude.

He turned his head and looked at the empty stage again.

"Anyway, I'm coming sooner or later." He said slowly.

Anansi carefully looked at the back of the professor. He pondered for a long time and asked very cleverly: "Do you need me to arrange for Rosalin Poirot to come to see you, professor?"

Moriarty shook his head.

"No." He rejected Anansi's flattery: "I'll go see her in person."