Aspects of Love the Musical Soundtrack Album Lyrics

Aspects of Love the Musical Soundtrack Lyrics

Railway Station At Pau: Love Changes Everything by Michael Ball
A Small Theatre In Montpellier by Ann Crumb
A Cafe In Montpellier: Parlez-Vous Francais? by Ann Crumb
Railway Station At Pau by Ann Crumb
In A Train Compartment: Seeing Is Believing by Ann Crumb
The House At Pau by Ann Crumb
An Art Exhibition In Paris by Kevin Colson
A Memory Of A Happy Moment by Kevin Colson
In Many Rooms In The House At Pau by Ann Crumb
On The Terrace by Ann Crumb
Outside The Bedroom by Ann Crumb
Up In The Pyrenees: Chanson D'Enface by Ann Crumb
The House At Pau (Reprise) by Ann Crumb
A Fairground In Paris: Everybody Loves A Hero by Michael Ball
George's Flat In Paris by Laurel Ford
First Orchestral Interlude by Laurel Ford
She'd Be Far Better Off With You by Michael Ball
Second Orchestral Interlude by Aspects of Love Cast
Guilietta's Studios In Venice: Stop, Wait, Please by Kevin Colson
A Registry Office by Kevin Colson
A Military Camp In Malaya by Michael Ball
Orchestral Intro by Aspects of Love Cast
A Theatre In Paris by Ann Crumb
Leading Lady by Paul Bentley
At The Stage Door by Ann Crumb
George's House At Pau by Diana Morrison
Other Pleasures by Diana Morrison
A Cafe In Venice by Kathleen Rowe Mcallen
There Is More To Love by Kathleen Rowe Mcallen
The Garden At Pau by Kevin Colson
Mermaid Song by Diana Morrison
The Countryside Around The House by Aspects of Love Orchestra
The Garden At Pau by Diana Morrison
On The Terrace by Michael Ball
The First Man You Remember by Kevin Colson
In The Vineyard At Pau by Michael Ball
Up In The Pyrenees by Diana Morrison
George's Study At Pau by Kevin Colson
A Circus In Paris: Journey of a Lifetime by Sally Smith
Outside The Circus: Falling by Diana Morrison
Jenny's Bedroom In Paris by Michael Ball
The Vineyards At Pau: Hand Me The Wine and the Dice by Kathleen Rowe Mcallen
A Hay Loft by Kathleen Rowe Mcallen
On The Terrace by Diana Morrison
Anything But Lonely by Ann Crumb

Railway Station At Pau: Love Changes Everything
by Michael Ball

ALEX
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 the
World will ever
Be the same.

Love,
Love changes everything:
Days are longer,
Words mean more.
Love,
Love changes everything:
Pain is deeper
Than before.

Love
Will turn your world around,
And that world
Will last for ever.

Yes, Love,
Love changes everything,
Brings you glory,
Brings you shame.
Nothing in the
World will ever
Be the same.

Why did I go back to see her...?

WOMAN (GIULIETTA)
Alex, it's all in the past...

ALEX
Off
Into the world we go,
Planning futures,
Shaping years.
Love,
Bursts in, and suddenly
All our wisdom
Disappears.

Love
Makes fools of everyone:
All the rules
We make are broken.

Yes, Love,
Love changes everyone.
Live or perish
In its flame.
Love will never,
Never let you
Be the same.

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A Small Theatre In Montpellier
by Ann Crumb

[ Featuring Paul Bentley ]

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 do it.

HILDE (ROSE) (with a kind of quiet, bewildered triumph)
But he got right to the top.
My...my...master builder!

ROSE
The toast of the town?
The hit of the year?
The birth of a star?
The end of a career!

MARCEL
Darling, these things happen...

ROSE
You turn round and tell us
We're closed for two weeks!

MARCEL
Rose, I thought of everything...

ROSE
You thought of nothing!

MARCEL
...There are posters in the streets
And banners in the squares.
Scream away, feel free,
But at Ibsen, not at me...

ROSE (interrupting)
Why did I agree
To accept this bloody tour?
The only thing in store
Is two weeks of nothing!

ACTORS (in the background, to one another)
Win some, lose some...
What the hell...

ROSE
Working till I drop
For an audience of four:
Three nuns and your mother...

MARCEL
It's no good complaining...

ROSE
And she only bothered
Because it was raining!

MARCEL
Love...

ROSE
Don't call me 'Love'!

MARCEL
This isn't personal.

ACTORS (departing, to one another)
I don't care... The theatre's my life...

MARCEL
We will start the tour again
In Lyon in two weeks!
Rose, the people there
Are all Ibsen mad, I swear!
Come on, show me a smile!

ROSE (turning away)
God, I'm not in the mood...

MARCEL
What's a fortnight or so?

ROSE
With no money or food...

MARCEL
Don't be glum...

ACTORS
Don't let's be downhearted!

ROSE
Don't waste your breath.

ACTORS
We'll get by...

MARCEL
Now Rose, you must meet this young man!
He's a dedicated fan --
Been in every evening!

ROSE
Marcel, don't run away --
I can see your little plan.

ALEX (approaching nervously)
It's an honor, mam'selle,
I could watch you for hours...
You can't have forgotten,
I threw you the flowers...
Mam'selle, seeing you on stage
Has changed my life!

ACTORS (exiting, to one another and to ROSE)
Join us in the cafe
In the square!

ROSE
See you...
The cafe...
The square...

ALEX (to ROSE, tentatively)
Would you let me walk you there...?

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A Cafe In Montpellier: Parlez-Vous Francais?
by Ann Crumb

[ Featuring Michael Ball, Paul Bentley ]

CROONER: (singing throughout the scene)
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 me.

How do you say:
"Vous etes jolie,
Mam'selle?
Cherie,
Where do I commencer,
If you won't parler francais
With me?

Parlez-vous francais?
Say you do.
Parlez-vous francais?
Tell me true.

How do you say:
"Je suis unhappy
Fella"?
Cherie,
Adieu to drinks and danser,
If you won't parler francais
With me.

Adieu to drinks and danser,
If you won't parler francais
With me.

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Railway Station At Pau
by Ann Crumb

[ Featuring Michael Ball ]

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!
Please say you forgive me --
I want you to swear it!

ALEX
Of course I'm not angry --
I knew that you'd make it.
There's plenty of time...

Here, that's heavy -- I'll take it.

ROSE
I feel seventeen again!

ALEX
So do I...

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In A Train Compartment: Seeing Is Believing
by Ann Crumb

[ Featuring Michael Ball ]

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:
Each time I see
A train go by,
I'll think of us,
The night, the sky
Forever...

ROSE
He's young,
Very young,
But appealing --
I feel I know him...

Seeing is believing
And I like what I see here.
I like
Where I am,
What I'm feeling...

What are we doing?
Can you believe it?
A starving actress and
A star-struck boy --
Oh well, I might
As well enjoy
This moment...

ALEX
Can you believe it?

BOTH
Seeing is believing!
I never thought I'd be here
Is this
Really me?
Am I dreaming?

No way of knowing
Where this is leading...
It's fun forgetting
Who we are...
Who cares?
When now the world is far
Behind us...

Seeing is believing!
My life is just beginning!
We touched,
And my head
Won't stop spinning,
From winning
Your love!

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The House At Pau
by Ann Crumb

[ Featuring Michael Ball ]

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 know this seems
Like a scene from "Modern Times"...

The house is my uncle's --
All right, I was lying --
He's working in Paris,
He won't come here prying...
Oh Rose,
Rose, can't you see?
I would have said anything
To get you here with me...

Shall I make some coffee...?

ROSE
One cup of fresh coffee
Buys two kisses --
Shall we have dinner?

BOTH
Whatever happens,
We have this moment.
Who needs tomorrow,
When we have today?
Tonight we'll mean
The things we say
Forever...

Seeing is believing!
My life is just beginning!
We touched,
And my head
Won't stop spinning
From winning
Your love!

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An Art Exhibition In Paris
by Kevin Colson

[ Featuring Kathleen Rowe Mcallen ]

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!

GIULIETTA (smiles)
How very nice!
How sweet!

GEORGE
How handy!
My bed!
My brandy!

GIULIETTA
He sounds like you --
I think you ought to introduce us!

GEORGE
Giulietta.
You'd better cancel supper at "Chez Max" --
This week was fun.
It shouldn't end like this...

GIULIETTA
This interlude was heaven...

GEORGE
How sad to think that it must end
When it had just begun...

GIULIETTA
George, you've got a painter's eye:
Everything is magnified!
I know you're all he's got,
But I don't see why you should go.

GEORGE
No, I must go.
Our little fling has done us good.
I have my paint.
You have your clay:
We both have work...

GIULIETTA
I know, I know.
Don't look so sad, George!
What times we've had, George!

GEORGE
There'll be more...

GIULIETTA
Ah yes.
That's true.
George...

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A Memory Of A Happy Moment
by Kevin Colson

[ Featuring Kathleen Rowe Mcallen ]

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 across to her)
A love affair is not a lifetime.
It's calendars and clocks, my friend.
All good things
Have to end.
A memory of a happy moment --
That's what this week will one day be.
Life goes on,
Love goes free.

GIULIETTA (alone)
Life goes on...
Love goes free...

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In Many Rooms In The House At Pau
by Ann Crumb

[ Featuring Michael Ball ]

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 breakfast?
Will croissants and fresh coffee do?

Wonderful view!
Whenever we see those mountains,
We will think of me and you...

George insists on magnificent views.

ROSE
I think I should like your uncle...

ROSE
Alex, she's beautiful. Who is she?

ALEX
My aunt Delia. She was an actress too.

ROSE
Delia! Was she famous?

ALEX
Yes. But she died very young. That's why my uncle doesn't
Come down here very often. Too many memories.

ROSE
Haven't I seen that somewhere before?

ALEX
Not the one you're thinking of. That's in the Louvre.
George did that one. Some people call it fraud, but he prefers to
Think of it as a tribute.

ALEX (brandishing a rapier)
En garde!

ROSE (parrying with a tennis racket)
Fifteen love!

BOTH
Promise me today will never ever end!

ROSE (pulling out various tins)
Caviar! Anchovies! Peaches in brandy! We can have a banquet tonight!

ALEX
When he does get down here, George doesn't believe in having to rough it.

BOTH
I could get to like it here!
Let's not ever think of leaving!

ALEX
Look at this. Pierrot. Carmen.

For the ballroom? Or the bedroom?

ROSE
M?rim?e, "L'Occasion". I know this -- it's a wonderful play!

ALEX
Really?

ROSE
Let's do it. You can be the priest, I'll be Do?a Maria Colemenares.

ALEX
But I don't know anything about the theatre.

ROSE
I'll teach you. We'll do it. Tonight.

ALEX
"What are you doing? Pull yourself together..."

ROSE
This one is gorgeous!

ALEX (looking up)
It was her favorite dress...

ROSE
He must have loved her so much.

ALEX
Rose, leave things as they are...

ROSE
I can just see her...
I feel I know her...

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On The Terrace
by Ann Crumb

[ Featuring Michael Ball, Kevin Colson ]

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
Back I shall punish myself for my folly...but for God's sake
Don't scold me.

FATHER EUGENIO (ALEX)
Hand it over.

DO?A MARIA (ROSE)
Have pity, I implore you. I have resisted as long as I could,
But you mustn't open it here. Oh, God, what are you doing?

Father Eugenio, I implore you. For pity's sake, give it back.
Father, you are killing me.

FATHER EUGENIO (ALEX)
What are you doing? Pull yourself together.

GEORGE
You must forgive this rude intrusion,
But I really felt I had to say "Well done"!

ALEX
Oh, uncle George,
Come in, come in...

ROSE
I've heard a million things about you...

GEORGE
And you are...?

ROSE
I am Rose Vibert.

GEORGE
I hate to spoil your fun,
But I was dying for a gin --
But don't let me disturb you.

ROSE
Oh, it's nice to meet you...

GEORGE (warming to the situation)
Surely M?rim?e's "L'Occasion"?

ALEX
Lemon? Ice?

ROSE
The perfect play.

GEORGE
Yet overstated...

ROSE
Yes, that's true.

GEORGE
...And somehow dated now --
A living fossil!

ROSE
How concise!

GEORGE
And Alex, you show promise.

ROSE
Well, he is my pupil!

GEORGE
Ah, so this is your profession?

ALEX
Rising star!

GEORGE
I'm sure, I'm sure.

ROSE
I'm playing Hilde...

ALEX
...In two weeks.

GEORGE
"The Master Builder"?

ROSE
Yes.

GEORGE
What a courageous girl you are.

ROSE
I hate to tear myself away,
But I must go and change --
Please promise me you'll stay.

GEORGE
I wouldn't dream of going far!

I'd like to be the first
To say "She's perfect!" --
A face like that
I haven't seen in years!

ALEX
You must forgive us
For breaking in here.
I'll make it up, George,
Have no fear --
But please don't throw
Us out of here,
I beg you...
Seeing is believing --
I saw her and I loved her...
You must understand what I'm saying --
She's not just someone...

GEORGE
A love affair is not a crisis.
Enjoy it like a fine champagne --
Taste, but never let it
Cloud the brain.
A memory of a happy moment --
That's what this time will one day be.
Life goes on,
Love goes free...

ALEX
Some girls are like that,
They'll love you and leave you,
But Rose --
There's only one Rose...
I'm telling you,
This is not some schoolboy game --
My life will never be the same.

GEORGE
I look at you and
ALEX
I knew it from the moment
I remember
That I saw her face...
How many times I've
There could
Felt this way --
Never be
Ah, the tricks
Any other
Love can play...
Love for me...
GEORGE
Alex, quick!
Some brandy!

ROSE
You go...

ALEX
I'll go...

ROSE
Quickly...

ALEX (hurrying out)
I'm going...

GEORGE
Do forgive me...
So unlike me...
You looked just like her...
My wife...
Delia...
I thought for a moment...
The dress was hers,
But you look just as lovely --
It should be worn...

I've caused such drama here...

ROSE
You mustn't think that...

GEORGE
It wasn't meant, my dear...
I'd better leave you two alone...

ROSE
You're in no state to travel --
No,
You won't go anywhere.
You're staying in that chair.
Why spend the evening on your own?

ALEX
Why, why must he spy on us?
It was perfect till he came!
Why, why must he ruin it?

GEORGE
...Of course, painting always was my first love.

ROSE
Oh, to be so gifted.

GEORGE
When I'm dead they'll fetch a fortune.

ALEX
We shall see.

ROSE
I'd buy one now.

ALEX (to GEORGE)
You'd better tell her...

ROSE
Tell me what?

ALEX
...Before you sell her one,
That they're just copies...

GEORGE
But by me!

ROSE (changing the subject, to GEORGE)
I'd love to hear your poems!

GEORGE
I shall write one for you...

ALEX
Byron isn't here to sue you.

ROSE
Alex, please --
Don't interrupt.

GEORGE
At least I do things.

ROSE
Yes, that's true.

GEORGE
...I see a few things through...

We often have disputes like these.

Did Alex ever tell you...

ALEX
We'll be here till breakfast...

GEORGE (ignoring him, continues)
...Why his final year
At school was rather short?

ROSE
No, not a word.

ALEX (horrified realization)
No, George, you couldn't...

ROSE
Please go on!

ALEX
No, George, you wouldn't dare...

GEORGE
I think it might amuse her...

I've had a splendid time,
A truly splendid time --
But I can see that I'm de trop...
I have a little tryst
Too tempting to resist,
And now I really ought to go...

I wish you both a charming fortnight,
Enjoy your little one-to-one --
Have your fling,
Have your fun...

A memory of a happy moment --
That's what these days will one day be...
Life goes on,
Love goes free...

ALEX
I think I know where he's gone --
He's off to take his Italian lessons!

ROSE
How could you have let me wear this dress?
He must think I have no feelings!
You should have said what he was like...
I must seem a heartless woman!
I must seem a soulless creature!

Anyway, let's not have a scene..

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Outside The Bedroom
by Ann Crumb

[ Featuring Michael Ball ]

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. I suppose it must have been a rat.

ROSE
I can't sleep in a house full of rats!

ALEX (following)
Well, I don't want you to sleep just yet...

ROSE
Alex. Not now.

ALEX
Rose, where are you?
Rose, where are you?

ROSE
I've been out walking.
And what a day --
So crisp and clear!
And you're not spending it in here!

Let's breathe some mountain air!

ALEX
I thought you'd left me...

ROSE (continuing on her own line of thought)
What do you say?

ALEX
I had a dream you'd left me...

ROSE
Good idea?

ALEX (coming to)
Good idea!

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Up In The Pyrenees: Chanson D'Enface
by Ann Crumb

[ Featuring Michael Ball ]

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.

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The House At Pau (Reprise)
by Ann Crumb

[ Featuring Michael Ball ]

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!
You can't put me before your whole career!
You can't let feelings interfere --
You must go!

ROSE
I'll pick up my script and my dress.

ALEX
"A memory of a happy moment --
That's what this week will one day be..."
George...you're wrong...

Marcel -- how could he have known where she was?
Unless she told him...or sent this herself.... And there was I,
Completely taken in, when she was going all along...

No, she couldn't...
Oh God, she wouldn't...

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A Fairground In Paris: Everybody Loves A Hero
by Michael Ball

[ Featuring Aspects of Love Cast ]

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-RANGE BARKER
Right this way,
Have a go!

FREAK-SHOW BARKER
Try your luck,
And step inside!

CHORUS
If you reach
For the moon,
If you aim
For the sky,
Then the moon
And the sky
Can be yours --
Come on and try!

Everybody loves a hero!
Let's hear it for the man with the gun!
Everybody loves a hero...

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George's Flat In Paris
by Laurel Ford

[ Featuring Michael Ball, Ann Crumb ]

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 will be so thrilled to meet you --
I'll go and tell her.

ALEX
"Giulietta Trapani"...

ELIZABETH (turning back)
Life has changed!
Since those two met
He lives life to the full!

ALEX
Well, good for him!

ELIZABETH
She has made him young again!

ALEX
Where is he now, then?

ELIZABETH
He's doing up the country villa --
They plan to live there.
Now, tell me, do you still like omelettes?
Won't be a moment!

ALEX
And so he got his wicked way with that Italian girl --
He hasn't lost his touch...

ROSE
Well, hello...

ALEX
I should have known
Where you were hiding --
You like the good life,
George likes trinkets!
God, what a fool
I was to love you!
What was all my searching for?
It's never hard to find a whore!

ROSE
Well, if it makes you happy, think it...

ALEX
You scheming bitch...

ROSE
The truth is we're a perfect pair.

ALEX
Because he's rich...

ROSE
Shout and scream --
I don't care...

ALEX
You could have let me know...!

ROSE
Your uncle's shown me new horizons...

ALEX
Well, didn't I?

ROSE
And as a lover he is perfect too.

ALEX
Another lie!

ROSE
He takes his time.
Unlike you.

ALEX
I wasn't good enough?

ROSE
Why can't you listen
And come to your senses?
It's George...
I really love George...
He's made me a
Better, fuller, stronger person,
I have never been as happy!

ALEX
Or, indeed, as wealthy.

ROSE
Look, I don't need your uncle's money!
And I could have a thousand lovers!
Yet I've been faithful and I'm happy --
More faithful than he'll ever be:
It's not as if he's married me...

ALEX (calming)
I'd better go...
I'm sorry...
It was a shock...

ROSE
Try and understand,
And it won't hurt you so much.

ALEX
At least admit you loved me once...

ROSE
Of course I did.
I may even love you now...
George gives me so much...
But he gets so little from me...
But with you I made an impression
That will last you a lifetime...

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First Orchestral Interlude
by Laurel Ford

[ Featuring Michael Ball, Ann Crumb, Kevin Colson ]

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 leave:
Your uncle is coming,
You'd better get going...

ALEX
So why all the panic?
Why shouldn't I be here?

ELIZABETH
She's scared that his heart
Couldn't stand all this drama...

ALEX
Well, it's hardly a shock
If my uncle sees me here...

That girl is unbelievable!
Was last night the sort of thing
She could just forget?
It would be hard to find
A more capricious mind...

ROSE
What are you doing here?

ALEX
All right, where have you been?

ROSE
Will you please disappear?

ALEX
What the hell do you mean?

ROSE (turns away)
Leave me, leave me!
I don't want George exposed
To some unpleasant scene.

ALEX (getting out his gun)
If I can't have you, no one will.
Killing you would be a pleasure.

ROSE
So all you're fit for is to kill?
Go on and pull the trigger,
See if I care!
Come on, soldier!
Be a hero!

ALEX
You never loved me?

ROSE
Does it matter?
You never meant it?
Who remembers?
And now you hate me...
Go away, you little
Schoolboy...
GEORGE
My only genuine Matisse!
Thank God...
No damage done...
Would someone kindly tell me
What on earth has happened?
ELIZABETH
He lost his head,
The gun went off,
She's bleeding badly,
Use your scarf --
Here, let me help...

GEORGE
You'd better phone the doctor.

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She'd Be Far Better Off With You
by Michael Ball

[ Featuring Ann Crumb, Kevin Colson, Laurel Ford, Paul Bentley ]

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 better off with you.

GEORGE
You two have your lives before you.

ALEX
It would end in murder...

GEORGE
I'm too old for her --
It's high time I withdrew.

ALEX
Your place is here.

GEORGE
The jowls are dropping...

ALEX
It's the light.

GEORGE
...The paunch needs propping up --
She'd be far better off with you.

BOTH
Your words are generous and selfless,
But alas untrue --
She'd be far better off with you.

ALEX
You are steeped in wit and wisdom.

GEORGE
Well, I've learnt the odd thing...

ALEX
You could teach George Bernard Shaw
A thing or two!

GEORGE
I had a go...

ALEX
You've dined with Garbo...

GEORGE
Only twice.

ALEX
...Translated "La Boheme" --
She'd be far better off with you.

GEORGE
You're atheletic.

ALEX
You're distinguished.

GEORGE
You don't cheat at croquet.

ALEX
You're more seasoned.

GEORGE
You can skate.

ALEX
You're in "Who's Who".

GEORGE
Just half an inch.

ALEX
We're talking drivel.

GEORGE
So we are.

BOTH
Can't we be civilized?
She'd be far better off with you.
Your words are generous and selfless,
But alas untrue.
It's only Rose that matters!
Just take a look; there's no comparison
Between us two --
She'd be far better off with you!

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Second Orchestral Interlude
by Aspects of Love Cast

[Instrumental]

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Guilietta's Studios In Venice: Stop, Wait, Please
by Kevin Colson

[ Featuring Kathleen Rowe Mcallen, Paul Bentley, Carol Duffy, Tim Nilsson-Page, David Oakley, Sally Smith, Patrick Clancy, Ann Crumb ]

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 well, they're happy...
It's for the best anyway...
Let's face it,
He's the man for her,
And I'm the man for you, dear...

GIULIETTA
Don't talk such nonsense --
You'll never stop loving her.
You don't fool me:
You're quite besotted with her...

Stop. Wait. Good. Please...
Still, George...

GEORGE
With my scarf I made a tourniquet --
Shantung silk, but worth the sacrifice --
It stemmed the flow, the arm was saved, and...

GIULIETTA
Still, George,
Rose would seem the kind of lady
Who would live through any blood-bath...

GEORGE
Darling, it's over --
So don't be so cynical.
I don't suppose that you've become a nun
Since last I saw you...

GIULIETTA
Wouldn't you love that!
Perpetual chastity!

GEORGE
So tell me,
Have you found some young Adonis?

GIULIETTA (back to work again)
Stop. Wait. Good. Please...

No, George.

BOTH
Time and light are fading --
Shouldn't we make the most of
Every precious moment?
Life is sweet and slow and still and...

VOICES
I'm not leaving here till I get what I came for...it's a
Scandal...out of my way...heaven help him if he won't

Pay...who are you pushing...I got here first...all I want
Is what's fair...he had better be there...

GEORGE (over the voices)
For heaven's sake!
Who's making all that mayhem?

MARCEL (to GEORGE)
Thank God you're here!
We've got trouble with Rose --

HOTELIER (to MARCEL)
Are you certain that
This is the man?
Running up bills
Wherever she goes!
Is he the one
Footing the bill?
(to the others)
This is the man I was
Looking for,

Is this the man?
This is your man!
DOCTOR (to MARCEL)
Can you be certain that
This is the man?
Is this the right man?

CASHIER (to HOTELIER) This is the man
Who will pay for
The eighty-one phone calls!

I beg of you, pay!
My poor mother is dying!

HOTELIER (to GEORGE)
She loses her job if
These bills don't get settled!
If I lose my job, then...
PHARMACIST (to DOCTOR)
This is the man
Who will pay for
The codeine and dressings!

DOCTOR (to GEORGE)
I've called the police, there
(to GEORGE)
We'll call the police if...

Are eight in the lobby!
CASHIER
The Doge's Suite!
HOTELIER
DOCTOR & PHARMACIST
Beluga caviar!
Twenty thousand lire!
GONDOLIER
You are the man,
I understand,
Who can clear my expenses.
Here they are:
Thirty thousand lire! CASHIER
Forty thousand!
HOTELIER
Fifty thousand!

GEORGE (counting)
DOCTOR & PHARMACIST
Nineteen...
Twenty thousand lire!
GIULIETTA (counting)
GONDOLIER
Twenty-three...
Thirty thousand lire!
GEORGE & GIULIETTA
Forty-eight...
CASHIER
Forty thousand!
Forty-nine...
HOTELIER
Fifty thousand!
MARCEL
George, I'm sorry...She's been very ill.

ROSE
George...George...
My life is draining...
Away...

MARCEL (backing out, to GEORGE)
We'd best be on our way --
We'll leave you three alone...

GIULIETTA
So this is Rose Vibert.
The famous Rose Vibert.

GEORGE
I have to talk to her.
Sit down and talk to her.
This can't go on another day.

Rose, what can I do with you?
Wreaking havoc left and right --
It's absurd!
She must change her ways,
She must pass this passing phase --
Problem child...
Running wild...

Rose, I ought to strangle you!
But there's a style about that girl
That stops me in my tracks.
Heaven knows why she
Wants to waste her life with me...

And yet if she went off,
If she set herself free,
As I've told her she should...
Where on earth would I be?

GIULIETTA
You'd be lost, my friend,
And so would she...

ROSE
...And he said to me
He really ought to buy that vineyard...

GIULIETTA
Please, Rose.
Don't you think you ought
To take a little rest
From George's foibles?

ROSE
Well, you'll have to learn to live with it.
That and all his other pet obsessions:
God and Trollope,
Other women...

GIULIETTA
Please, Rose!

George is a remarkable man.
He was there when I thought I had no one.
He saw me through my darkest moments.
He made me talk about my husband.

We had been married five days...
He drove like the wind...
Not any more...

But George was always there,
No matter when or where.
He stopped me feeling so alone...

ROSE
When did you meet him?

GIULIETTA
One evening at Harry's bar --
He wore a silver tie pin
And a smile that was even brighter...

ROSE
I know that tie pin --
It catches on everything!

GIULIETTA
And as for all those paint rags...

ROSE
Heaven help us!

BOTH
We deserve a medal!

ROSE
Nice to see that George has settled in:
Fifteen novels on the go, as always!
Used to drive me to distraction...

GIULIETTA
Please, Rose!

Last year he forgot my birthday,
So I rearranged his bookmarks...

ROSE
George dear, we're talking --
We don't need you hovering.

GIULIETTA
My darling, you're completely right --

We're doing fine without you.

GEORGE (smiles)
I get the picture.
Condemn me to solitude!

ROSE
You'll find some things to keep you occupied.

GIULIETTA
We'll call you if we need you!

ROSE & GIULIETTA
Time and light are fading --
Shouldn't we make the most
Of every precious moment?
Life is sweet and slow and still
And perfect!
All the more, now our man George
Has brought the two of us together!

ROSE
I never imagined she'd be like that --
Your lady friend comes as a sweet surprise...
A wonderfully sweet surprise...

GEORGE
Take a deep breath and prepare yourself...
I've been such a trusting fool...
Those wretched investments I made
Have gone down the drain...
After today, there'll be no more champagne...
The ways of the world are cruel...

ROSE
If I ask a question,
Will you promise...?
You must promise...
That the answer to my question is "yes"...

GEORGE
Yes, I'll say yes...

ROSE
Take a deep breath and prepare yourself...
My mind is in such a mess...
But really, George,
All that I wanted to ask was this:
Would you be willing to marry me?

GEORGE
I've already told you.
Yes.

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A Registry Office
by Kevin Colson

[ Featuring Ann Crumb, Kathleen Rowe Mcallen, Paul Bentley, Aspects of Love Cast ]

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 it!

ROSE
And, oh, what fun it was...

GIULIETTA (advancing on ROSE)
And now I claim my best man's rights!

GEORGE
Bravo, bravo

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A Military Camp In Malaya
by Michael Ball

ALEX (deadpan)
"News takes time to reach us here.
So you're married.
How time flies.
And George will be a father soon.
That was more of a surprise.
Perhaps one day we'll meet again,
If I ever leave the army..."

Live or perish
In its flame,
Love will never,
Never let you
Be the same...

Love will never,
Never let you
Be the same!

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Orchestral Intro
by Aspects of Love Cast

[Instrumental]

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A Theatre In Paris
by Ann Crumb

[ Featuring Paul Bentley, David Greer ]

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 to like it...

MARCEL
I have never heard a crowd
Make a noise like that!

A PASSING VISITOR (clapping MARCEL on the shoulder)
It's your best production!

MARCEL (to ROSE, continuing)
Are we in the mood
For debauchery and food?

ROSE
Marcel, you are a dear
But a most forgetful man!
I've told you that I plan
To drive through the country.

VISITORS (severally)
Well done, darling...
Well done you...

ROSE (to MARCEL, continuing)
Have a lovely night!
Come and see me when you can.

Now come along, Hugo.

HUGO
I'm ready, don't worry.
I've done all the packing,
There's no need to hurry.

GUEST 1
Tonight was a wonder!

GUEST 2
A soaring sensation!

ROSE
The best thing is having
My friends' admiration

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Leading Lady
by Paul Bentley

[ Featuring Ann Crumb, Michael Ball ]

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!
All the dreams we worked for
Have come true!
My shining leading lady!
Bravo, bravo, bravo!
I owe so much to you.

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At The Stage Door
by Ann Crumb

[ Featuring Michael Ball ]

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 believe it!
And then another madcap movie...

With Monsieur Cocteau...
George is sweet.
He says I'm like his favorite Juran?on:
Very strong and beautiful --
But hardly very sweet or subtle,
And not too heady...

ALEX
His head must be extremely strong, then --
I'm drunk already!

What a life!

ROSE
You're telling me!

ALEX
What does Jenny make of all this fame?

ROSE
Ask her yourself.

ALEX
Do you think I ought to come?

ROSE
My darling, you've become so bourgeois --
We'll have to change that!

The same old Alex...
I should be flattered...
You're never one to let a chance slip by...

ALEX
I'll never understand you till the day I die...

BOTH
I'm sorry...

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George's House At Pau
by Diana Morrison

[ Featuring Kevin Colson ]

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 heard often before)
...Is not a happy one!

JENNY
You know I need my donkey.

GEORGE
Why can't you just count sheep?

All right, you have your donkey --
Now will you go to sleep?

JENNY
I'm really thrilled for Mummy!
Weren't they wonderful reviews?
She'll be the toast of Paris!
Mummy's always in the news!

GEORGE
You're right, it is amazing
How the work keeps flooding in,
With appearances in London
And movies in Berlin.

JENNY
Now off you go to bed --
I'll wake you when I hear the car!

GEORGE
Look, Jenny, go to bed --
God, what a chatterbox you are!

Jenny,
You're a miracle!
Is there nothing you conceal?
Jenny,
You astonish me!
Never hiding
What you feel...

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Other Pleasures
by Diana Morrison

[ Featuring Kevin Colson, Ann Crumb, Michael Ball ]

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 winters,
Crimson summers...
Other pleasures --
I would trade them all
For you.

Pleasures old and new
Can't compare with you...

Wild mimosa...
The scent of evening...
Shuttered rooms
With sunlight breaking through...
Crazy soir?es...
Lazy Sundays...
Other pleasures...
I would trade them all
For you.

Sailing off
In the night
On a silver lake...
Taking more
From this life
Than I ought to take...
Other pleasures...
I would trade them all
For you.

JENNY
Quickly!
She's here now!
Don't be an old lazybones!

GEORGE (coming to and looking at his watch)
Good Lord!
The time!
For once she's managed
To arrive ahead of schedule!

ROSE (to JENNY, producing a gift-wrapped present)
Wait till you see
What I've got for you,
Darling.

And wait till you see
What I've got for you...

ALEX
I don't believe this...

ROSE (echoing him)
I don't believe this...

GEORGE (struggling with his emotions)
Good God, I wondered what had happened to you!
Rose, you really should have let me know!

Dear boy, you must meet Jenny!

ALEX
Hello, cousin.
Nice to meet you.

JENNY
So you're the soldier?

ROSE
This is Alex.
You remember.

JENNY
Yes, of course.

ROSE (to GEORGE)
He saw my last performance.

ALEX
She really was phenomenal.

JENNY
"A truly blazing star"!

GEORGE, JENNY, & ALEX
Rose, you're a wonder!

GEORGE
All the dreams we've worked for
Have come true

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A Cafe In Venice
by Kathleen Rowe Mcallen

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'est l'amour..."

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There Is More To Love
by Kathleen Rowe Mcallen

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...

There is more to love,
So much more,
Than moon-struck escapades --
That's nothing.

There is peace of mind,
So much peace,
In quiet company --
That's something.

Everyone but him
Seems wrong for me...
Every time I feel
There has to be
More...

If I could hear
The music I heard then,
I'd never let
It fade away again...

Now each time
Love reaches out to me,
I can only feel
There has to be
So much more
To love...

There is more ot love,
So much more...

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The Garden At Pau
by Kevin Colson

[ Featuring Diana Morrison, Ann Crumb, Michael Ball ]

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 after JENNY)
She needs a Paris education.
I've told you time and time again.

ROSE
And wouldn't that be cozy?
You could then have your very own Parisienne!

Alex, how can you even think
Of moving her away from this place?
I mean, Alex, you of all people have found
That leaving here is hard to face.

ALEX
Yes, I love it here and always will...
But Rose, it's not the views
Or the vines that keep me here...
I stay year after year
For something far deeper...
Being in this house
Makes the past seem very near...

BOTH
...When the world was a playground
All train-rides and laughter,
And love in the morning...

ROSE
...And armagnac after...

ALEX
Since leaving the army
And being around you,
I know I'm reliving
The night that I found you...

ROSE
But George...
I couldn't hurt George...
Oh Alex, you know by now
How much I love him...

ALEX
So what is it
You feel for Hugo?

ROSE
Please understand I'm not in love with him.
He's a friend, he makes me laugh...
That's all it is.
Alex, can't you see
That you mean much more to me?

Alex, that's why I won't
Play the lover with you.
What I did to you once
Wasn't easy to do --
But I only have one life,
Not two...

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Mermaid Song
by Diana Morrison

[ Featuring Michael Ball ]

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 a touch too tall...

JENNY:
Sailors would smash on
My jagged rock,
Lured by my siren's song...

ALEX:
It isn't the
Song of the siren
That tortures men --
That's where your theory
Goes sadly wrong,
That's where it all goes wrong...

JENNY:
I thought you'd know better,
You know nothing
About mermaids.

ALEX: (wry)
You know nothing
About sailors...

JENNY:
I do!
Much more than you!
If you were a sailor
And heard my song,
Would you be lured by me?

ALEX:
I wouldn't be
Foolish enough to
Go near your rock --
I'd steer my galleon out to sea...

BOTH:
...Lonely and lost at sea...

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The Countryside Around The House
by Aspects of Love Orchestra

[Instrumental]

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The Garden At Pau
by Diana Morrison

[ Featuring Ann Crumb, Michael Ball ]

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On The Terrace
by Michael Ball

[ Featuring Kevin Colson, Diana Morrison ]

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The First Man You Remember
by Kevin Colson

[ Featuring Diana Morrison, Michael Ball, Ann Crumb ]

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 very first
To see your face by moonlight?
The very first
To walk you to your door?

JENNY: (playing to George)
Well, young man, I'd be delighted!
There is nothing I would rather do!
What could be a sweeter memory
Than sharing my first dance with you?

GEORGE:
I want to be
The first man you remember...

JENNY:
The very first
To sweep me off my feet.

GEORGE:
I want to be
The one you always turn to...

JENNY:
The first to make
My young heart miss a beat.

(He gently takes her in a dance hold and they tentatively try a few steps around the terrace)

GEORGE:
Seems the stars are far below us...

JENNY:
The moon has never felt so close before...

(looking up at George)
Our first dance will be forever...

GEORGE:
And may it lead to many more!
I want to be
The first man you remember...

JENNY:
The very first
To sweep me off my feet.

GEORGE:
I want to be
The one you always turn to

JENNY:
The first to make
My young heart miss a beat.

(Once again they 'take to the floor', this time in a fuller, more formal dance.
The atmosphere is dreamlike and beguiling, and Rose and Hugo are drawn into the dance.
Alex declines Jenny's attempts to draw him into the dance as well.
At the end of the sequence George leads Jenny back to his seat and the dance dissolves)

GEORGE:
I want to be
The one you always turn to
I want to be
The one you won't regret...

GEORGE AND JENNY:
The very first...
The very first...

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In The Vineyard At Pau
by Michael Ball

[ Featuring Ann Crumb, Diana Morrison, David Greer, Kevin Colson, Aspects of Love Cast ]

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!

ALEX
No, nor will I!

HUGO
Thank God for Sundays!

ALEX (appraising their work)
Not bad for one day's work.

ALL
Our wall will be the talk of Pau!

ROSE
Two more days, then off to Paris.

ALEX
And a school for Jenny.

HUGO
Didn't Jenny look a picture in that dress?

ALEX
Indeed she did.

GEORGE
So like her mother...
Shades of another time...
Of vintage nights --

But I digress...

Good Lord, the time!
Ah well, God bless...

ROSE
Alex, this has gone on long enough --
What I mean is you and Jenny.

HUGO (leaving)
I'll be off now...
See you both tomorrow...

ROSE
Since you came, she's truly blossomed --
But, my friend, a flower is fragile...
Heaven help you if you hurt her...

ALEX
Why all this concern?
God, you're hardly ever here!
Your whole life is your career,
And nothing else matters.

ROSE
My career?
We wouldn't eat if I had no career.
You know that George lost everything.
I do it all for George and Jenny.
I thought you knew that.

ALEX
All right, I'm sorry.

ROSE
Can't you see?
What we three have is something very rare.
In a word, it's happiness.
Nothing in the world will ever
Tear apart the sweet existence
We have spent a lifetime building!

ALEX
Rose, let me explain to you...
Yes, I can't deny the feelings that I have...
But what's wrong with that?

Rose, I'd never harm the girl...

ROSE
You were once prepared to do
A lot of harm to me...

ALEX
You cannot compare
This with our insane affair...
What I wanted from you
Was both body and soul...

ROSE
Aren't you trying to play
An identical role?

ALEX (face to face)
This is one thing that I will control.

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Up In The Pyrenees
by Diana Morrison

[ Featuring Michael Ball ]

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,
Loin de toi.

Rien de plus triste
Que mes soupirs,
Lorsque vient le jour
O? il me faut partir..."

ALEX
How do you know that?

JENNY
Mummy used to sing it to me.
That was her love song.
Her very first love song...

Love,
Love changes everything:
How you feel and
What you do...

What...
What would you say to me,
If I told you
I loved you...?

ALEX (with difficulty)
Then I'd have to say to you:
You are bright and sweet and foolish...
Yes, love,
Love changes everything,
But not always
For the best --
Love can sometimes
Be a most
Unwelcome guest...

JENNY
You don't believe that.
You know you're fooling yourself.
Why not be honest?

Alex,
Be honest...

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George's Study At Pau
by Kevin Colson

[ Featuring Ann Crumb ]

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 twinkle)
"...My funeral oration to be written by Giulietta
Trapani..."

Rose, we should talk --
I've got something on my mind.
It's Jenny,
Jenny and Alex --
The whole thing's unnatural
For a girl of her age...

ROSE
You needn't be anxious:
He's explained all this.
And she's no longer a child.
It's just that he's younger
And you're getting jealous.
Am I right?
Anyway, I'm filming in Paris,
And it's her birthday --
We promised we would take her to the circus --
George, you know that I'm right.

GEORGE
Maybe you're right...
Look, you're free to keep your lover
And your noisy Paris clique.
A man who's pushing eighty
Is not exactly chic...
But Jenny's all I have now --
Don't let him take her from me...

ROSE
My darling George, I love you!
How dramatic can you be!

GEORGE
You think that I'm dramatic?
Wait.
If we don't take some action,
We'll be too late...

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A Circus In Paris: Journey of a Lifetime
by Sally Smith

[ Featuring Kevin Colson, Ann Crumb, Diana Morrison, Michael Ball ]

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 under the streamers and gaudy lights.
Various of the circus performers, led by a chanteuse in exaggerated make-up and costume,

Strike up a some as accompaniment -- part hymn in praise of daring,
Part invitation for a volunteer from the audience.

At certain points the chanteuse has the circus audience joining in with the song).

Take the journey of a lifetime!
It's only just a drum-roll away!
On the journey of a lifetime
Every day's a high-wire day!

If you've got what it takes,
The stars and streamers are yours!
Take a risk in the ring
And feel the thrill of applause!

(Drum-roll. A knife-thrower appears and with his assistant enters the ring. Applause)

If you reach
For the moon,
If you aim
For the stars,
Then the moon
And the sky,
Can be yours --
Come on and try!

There's a prize
To be won
Take a risk,
Take a ride,
Right this way,
Have a go,
Try your luck --
And step inside!

If you reach
For the moon,
If you aim
For the stars,
Then the moon
And the sky,
Can be yours --
Come on and try!

(A volunteer is now being sought for the knife-thrower's act.
Attention focuses on Jenny and Alex, seated side by side.

She asks him to step forward, and when eventually he does, it is much to the annoyance of George.
Alex is led away by the assistant)

Take the journey of a lifetime!
It's only just a drum-roll away!
On the journey of a lifetime
Every day's a high-wire day!

CHANTEUSE:
If you've got what it takes,
The stars and streamers are yours!
Take a risk in the ring
And feel the thrill of applause!

(Alex now reappears clad in a sequined circus jacket.
He takes up his position and duly braves the hail of knives.
The trick is greeted with great approval by all but George,
Who is evidently becoming increasingly distressed by Jenny'sobsession for his nephew.
As the applause fades the song starts up once again.)

If you reach
For the moon,
If you aim
For the stars,
Then the moon
And the sky,
Can be yours --
Come on and try!

There's a prize
To be won
Take a risk,
Take a ride,
Right this way,
Have a go,
Try your luck --
And step inside!

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Outside The Circus: Falling
by Diana Morrison

[ Featuring Michael Ball, Kevin Colson, Ann Crumb ]

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
World around,
And my
World now turns round
Alex...

ROSE:
Love should not
Be used as a weapon.
Why, Alex,
Why can't you
See it's George you're...?

ALEX, JENNY & ROSE:
Breaking
And burning...

Breaking
And bleeding...

In the name of
Love...

GEORGE:
Love is a
Knife. It's a curse.
A cancer.
To love is to
Hate letting
Go...
Jenny, I can
Never share your
Love...

ALEX, JENNY, ROSE & GEORGE:
And I'm falling,
I am suddenly falling,
And my story
Is older than the stars...

ALEX, JENNY & ROSE:
Suddenly falling
I can feel myself falling...
Down into this
Madhoise
Of love...

GEORGE:
Suddenly falling
I can feel myself falling...
In this
Madhouse of
Love...

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Jenny's Bedroom In Paris
by Michael Ball

[ Featuring Diana Morrison, Kevin Colson, Ann Crumb, David Greer ]

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 forever,
In my arms and in my life,
To belong to you entirely...
You know we're not just cousins...

ALEX (getting up)
We are just cousins, Jenny,
And you're fifteen years old.

JENNY (pulling him back)
It's not as if I don't know passion
From living in our house...
I've learnt that feelings can run deep...

ALEX
We'll talk tomorrow --
Go to sleep.

Taking more...
Than I ought to take...

What are you doing?
Don't even think it...
You have no right to feel this way,
And yet...
I love her, and I must not love her...
I wish to God we'd never met...
She ought to be
The last one I should think of...

GEORGE
I know he's
Up there with her now...

ALEX
She ought to be
The last one I should love...

GEORGE
If he is,
My God, I'll kill him...

ALEX
She ought to be
The last one I should care for...

GEORGE
I should have
Stopped this long ago...

ALEX
The very last...

GEORGE
Selfish little cradle-snatcher...
Twisted, rotten, heartless monster...
Filthy, filthy callous bastard...

I was right...
He's in there...
There he is...
He's in there...

Jenny, my Jenny,
I can't let him take you,
I...

ALEX
George...George...

ALEX
I was saying goodnight to Jenny,
When I heard a noise in the passage...

He must have fallen
And had a heart attack.

HUGO (to ROSE who is bending down to attempt to revive GEORGE)
No, it's hopeless...

ROSE
He was listening --
Jenny mustn't know.
If she asks you,
Say he died while sitting by the fire --
Help me to move him in there.

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The Vineyards At Pau: Hand Me The Wine and the Dice
by Kathleen Rowe Mcallen

[ Featuring Ann Crumb, Michael Ball, Paul Bentley, David Greer ]

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, love...
He lived for today and firmly believed:

If death were given a voice,
That voice would scream through the sky:
Live while you may for I am coming...

So...

Hand me the wine and the dice,
I want my carnival now,
While I have thirst and lust for living!

So gather all you can reap,
Before you're under the plough --
The hand of death is unforgiving!

Hand me the wine and the dice,
While there are grapes on the vine --
Life is a round of endless pleasures!

The end is always in sight,
But it tastes better with wind --
Why pay your life in tiny measures?

Hand me the wine and the dice,
The time is racing away --
There's not a taste that's not worth trying!

And if tommorow it ends,
I won't have wasted today --
I will have lived like I am dying.

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A Hay Loft
by Kathleen Rowe Mcallen

[ Featuring Michael Ball ]

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 school?
Tell her now.
Don't be cruel.

ALEX
There has to be a way to say it...
Common sense can be so cold...

GIULIETTA
Common sense
Says: be bold...

ALEX
Yes, it's a crime to make her love me --
But surely, it's just as bad to leave her...
And yet, that can be the only answer --
The whole damn thing's got out of hand...

GIULIETTA
The only crime that I'm aware of
Would be to let our moment die --
Tell her now.
Tell her why.

"A memory of a happy moment,
That's what this time will one day be" --
Tell her that.
Then you're free.

ALEX
Will you still be here when I get back?

GIULIETTA
Yes. But don't be too long, Alex. Don't be too long.

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On The Terrace
by Diana Morrison

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Anything But Lonely
by Ann Crumb

[ Featuring Michael Ball, Kathleen Rowe Mcallen ]

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 have a right to go,
But you should also know
That I won't be alone for long.
Long days with nothing said
Are not what lie ahead --
I'm sorry, but I'm not that strong.

Anything but lonely,
Anything but passing time.
Lonely's what I'll never be,
While there's still some life in me,
And...

I'm still young, don't forget,
It isn't over yet --
So many hearts for me to thrill.

If you're not here to say
How good I look each day,
I'll have to find someone who will.

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...?

Just promise one thing.

ALEX:
All right.
What is it?

ROSE:
Don't ask me questions...
You must promise first...

ALEX:
I can't
I must know what it is.

ROSE:
Don't leave me!

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Aspects of Love the Musical Soundtrack Info:

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Aspects of Love is a musical with music and book by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and lyrics by Don Black and Charles Hart. It is based on the 1955 novel by David Garnett.

The piece focuses on the romantic entanglements of actress Rose Vibert, her admiring fan Alex Dillingham, his underage cousin Jenny, his uncle George, and George's mistress, sculptor Giulietta Trapani, over a period of 17 years. The "aspects" of the title refers to the many forms that love takes in the show: love between couples, both as romantic infatuation and as married people; children and their parents; and hints of same-sex attraction (Giulietta and Rose).

Most of the musical is sung, making the show sung-through with only minor amounts of dialogue.

Lloyd Webber was introduced to Aspects of Love in 1979, when he and Tim Rice were approached to write a few songs for a proposed film version. When nothing came of it, he suggested to Trevor Nunn that they collaborate on a stage adaptation. In 1983, they presented a cabaret of numbers they had written, but it was not until five years later that they tackled the project in earnest. The musical features the song "Love Changes Everything".

As with many of his shows, Lloyd Webber first presented Aspects of Love in a workshop presentation as part of his Sydmonton Festival (July 1988).

Genre(s): Musical theatre, show tune
Producer(s): Andrew Lloyd Webber
Released: January 1st, 1989
Year: 1989

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