Aspects Of Love (Original 1989 London Cast)

GUILIETTA "Big surprise: I can't be with you this weekend. But don't be cross -- You should thank me. You wouldn't find me much fun. It seems my life is one enormous drama! Men are such a dreadful nuisance... I'll call you when I'm me again. C'est la vie, C'es...

GIULIETTA What was that? ALEX (sitting up) What? GIULIETTA There. Listen. ALEX (gets up and looks around) There's nothing there. I suppose it must have been a rat. GIULIETTA So what do you propose to do, then? Get married while she's still at sc...

GIULIETTA There'll never be another you... But, as you say, you are his guardian, And sacrifices must be made. We must part, I'm afraid... So put "Giulietta" thoughts behind you, Forget about your broken heart! Back to Venice... Tend my art... GEORGE (moving...

REGISTRAR "...I now pronounce you man and wife." MARCEL My dears, congratulations! GUEST 1 Here's to the happy couple! MARCEL Here's to happy days! And even better nights! GUEST 2 You lucky man! GEORGE (turning to ROSE, with a grin) Well, now we've done i...

A VOICE (down in the garden) The master builder is dead! OTHER VOICES His head is all smashed in.... He fell right into the quarry. HILDE (ROSE) (turns to RAGNAR and says quietly) I can't see him up there now. RAGNAR This is terrible. So in fact he couldn't...

NATALIA (ROSE) Natalia Petrovna.... Unhappy woman, for the first time in your life...you are in love. MARCEL If Turgenev were here He'd order champagne! A triumph, my dear! ROSE What a night to end with... MARCEL Rose, you were incredible! ROSE They seemed...

GEORGE Damn the boy! Damn the boy's Damn-fool schoolboy antics! GIULIETTA Calm down now, George... GEORGE (interrupting, reads) "Nephew Alex break in, stop. Stealing household supplies, stop. Living in sin, stop. Please advise, stop." My gardener, J?r?me! G...

ROSE: Anything but lonely, Anything but empty rooms. There's so much in life to share -- What's the sense when no one else is there? Anything but lonely, Anything but only me. Quiet years in too much space: That's the thing that's hard to face, And... You ha...

ROSE Marcel wants me in Lyon... He says that I'm needed today... ALEX Well, it must be important... ROSE I won't go. I don't want to. I'll ignore it. How can I desert you? It's all so unfair, So unfeeling! ALEX How can you say that? Don't be a fool, Rose!...

ROSE (looking up at the posters) Have I changed? ALEX No, not at all. ROSE You're too polite. This face has had its day. ALEX Don't be so silly! ROSE Is it "General Alex" yet? ALEX I hardly think so. ROSE Two weeks without a script or camera! I can't bel...

ROSE Pas de tendresse Et pas de joie Loin d'ici, Loin de toi. Rien de plus triste Que mes soupirs Lorsque vient le joir Ou il me faut partir Chanson d'enfance, Tu vis toujours dans ma coeur, Toi, la plus douce! Toi, la plus tendre. 

RIFLE-RANGE BARKER Who's feeling lucky? Twenty out of twenty And a prize could be yours! FREAK-SHOW BARKER See "Marie the Monkey" With the poisonous claws! RIFLE-RANGE BARKER There's a prize To be won! FREAK-SHOW BARKER Take a risk, Take a ride! RIFLE-RANG...

ALEX: Love, and your World can become A madhouse. Love and your World can become A circus. Love turns around... Jenny, your Love is a Drug that I dare Not take, a Drug to make me mad... Rose, I'd never Harm the girl. JENNY: (overlapping) Love Has turned my...

ALEX (moving close to her) So change my life for me again... ALEX Here we go again! Heaven knows when she'll be back -- That girl has got a knack Of keeping you guessing! ELIZABETH (entering, flustered) Madame will soon be here, But she says you are to lea...

ELIZABETH How you've grown! ALEX It's been two years. ELIZABETH You should have phoned -- Your uncle isn't here. ALEX I might have guessed! ELIZABETH And such a splendid uniform! ALEX (looking around the flat) The same old paintings. ELIZABETH Madame wil...

JENNY I think by now I'm old enough To put myself to bed. Why don't you go and forge Another masterpiece instead? GEORGE Oh, Jenny, you're a monster! I should have had a son! It seems, alas, a father's lot... BOTH (she chiming in, as it is a line she has hea...

GEORGE (to himself, as he types) "...Beluga caviar... My finest vintage champagne... And then a night of dance... My ashes to be scattered Among the vines at sunset..." ROSE Oh, do stop planning your wake! You're bound to outlive us all! GEORGE (with a twink...

GIULIETTA: George was an original man. He did not want to change human life. He rejoiced in the way we are made. He rejoiced in the way we are made. He did not look forward to heaven -- He was happy with the earth. He loved and understood The flesh, food, wine...

ROSE This is what I ought to feel on stage... Soaring up like snow-capped mountains... I feel your beauty and your rage... I could be those tumbling forests, I could play those jagged hillsides... Star of mountain, Star of valley... ALEX Would Madam care for...

ALEX Come on, Jenny. That's enough now. Jenny, even mermaids Have to sleep. JENNY I am a mermaid With golden hair... ALEX Come on, Jenny. Be a good girl. JENNY (suddenly serious) Alex, let me hold you... There's so much I want to say... I want you here for...

A circus in Paris. Jenny's 15th birthday. The performance is in full swing. We see George, Rose, Alex, and Jenny and at the same time they show that they are thenselves watching. We are greeted by a whirlwind of activity: clowns, jugglers, tumblers perform un...

MARCEL: The perfect leading lady: Unique and true and towering! Magnetic, overpowering! The star the crowds adore! If they could only know you: Your humor and humility... Your strength and your fragility... They'd love you even more... Tonight was a wonder!...

Love, love changes everything, hands and faces, earth and sky Love, love changes everything, How you live and how you die Love, can make the summer fly, Or a night seem like a lifetime Yes love, love changes everything, Now I tremble at your name Nothing in th...

JENNY: I am a mermaid With golden hair... ALEX: I've never seen one like you! JENNY: Not all us mermaids Have silver tails -- I have no tail at all! ALEX: Well, I've never, Seen any mermaids With knobbly knees! I'd say this tale Was a touch too tall, Maybe...

FATHER EUGENIO (ALEX) What does this letter contain? Give it to me. DO?A MARIA (ROSE) But promise me not to read it while you are here. Read it this evening -- wait till this evening. Promise me. And tomorrow...no, never speak to me about it. If you give it b...

GEORGE: Other pleasures... And I've known many... Afternoons In warm Venetian squares, Brief encounters, Long siestas... Pleasures old and new Can't compare with you. You amaze me! Where did you come from? You do things Champagne could never do. Crystal winte...

ROSE (offstage) What was that? ALEX (offstage) What? ROSE There. Listen. It's her ghost. I'm frightened. ALEX (himself a little scared) Don't be silly. I'll go and have a look. ROSE (from inside) Well? ALEX (covering his misgivings) There's nothing there....

CROONER: Parlez-vous francais? Je suis sad. Parlez-vous francais? I feel bad. How do you say "Ce soir vous etes si belle"? I only know A word or so, Like "Cat" and "School" Je suis fool. Parlez-vous francais? Please say "oui". Parlez-vous francais? Speak to...

ALEX Seeing is believing, And in my arms I see her: She's here, Really here, Really mine now -- She seems at home here... Seeing is believing, I dreamt that it would be her: At last Life is full, Life is find now... Whatever happens, One thing is certain: Ea...

ALEX I should never have come back here... GEORGE Oh, don't talk such nonsense! ALEX I'll bow out now -- It's the decent thing to do. GEORGE Don't be absurd. ALEX I'm a disaster... GEORGE Oh, come, come! ALEX ...It wouldn't last a week -- She'd be far be...

GEORGE ...And then with a swift karate-chop I removed his gun -- You should have been there! Poor chap didn't know what hit him... GIULIETTA (interrupting) Still, George! If you can't keep your tongue still, You will have the face of Edith Sitwell! GEORGE Ah...

GEORGE: I want to be The first man you remember, I want to be The last man you forget. I want to be The one you always turn to, I want to be The one you won't regret. May I be first To say you look delightful? May I be first To dance you round the floor? The v...

JENNY Say the word! Say it now! Nice and loud! ALEX (defeated) What the hell, then -- Uncle! Jenny you're a monster! You ought to be locked up! JENNY (going into the house) Before I am, I think I'll dress for dinner -- You mix the drinks... ALEX (looking a...

GEORGE (to ALEX) I trust you're staying for the vintage? JENNY (to GEORGE) Oh, he mustn't miss it! ROSE Alex, promise me you won't run off just yet! JENNY There's lots of room! ALEX (shrugs and smiles) I'm in no hurry -- If it won't worry you... This could...

ALEX Wish my arms were longer... Or the gap was wider... One more go and That should do it... One more try and there -- That does it! ROSE You will rue the day That you got me in this mess! I've torn my one good dress! You're really a charmer! ALEX Rose, I k...

ALEX (pacing, finally exploding) That girl can really act! I could have sworn that she'd be here! She's got a great career -- She should play Salom?! Maybe I was mad, But she really seemed sincere... ROSE Please say you're not angry, I just couldn't bear it!...

LABORER 1 Now that's what I call a wall! LABORER 2 It's a masterpiece! ALEX It's Picasso! JENNY Except it's straight... GEORGE Hugo, we should call you Samson! JENNY He has many talents. GEORGE (to ALEX) How you didn't break your back I'll never know! A...

GIULIETTA: There is more to love, So much more, Than simply making love -- That's easy. Gazing into eyes, Pretty eyes, Which could be any eyes -- That's crazy. Hands are just hands, A face is just a face... They come and go -- They're easy to replace... The...

JENNY Do you remember the first time you fell in love? Did it make you happy or sad? Did you waste away and lie awake all night? ALEX Yes, I remember... I cannot forget... It's haunted my life since then... JENNY "Pas de tendresse Et pas de joie, Loin d'ici,...