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Henry encourages Dorian to see Sibyl's death as a thing of beauty which he's fortunate to have experienced.

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--HENRY--
OF COURSE I SHOULD ADD
THAT IT’S ALL VERY SAD
IT’S ALL VERY SAD

BUT-

ONE SHOULD ABSORB THE COLORS OF LIFE
IGNORING ITS DETAILS
WHICH ALWAYS ARE RIFE WITH VULGARITY

AND IN THE CASE OF YOUR ACTRESS
I FIND THAT CLUTTERING DETAILS
DON’T COME TO MY MIND, WHAT A RARITY

YES THERE’S A BEAUTY
SURROUNDING HER UNTIMELY DEATH
AND THINKING ABOUT IT
HAS TAKEN MY BREATH
I TRULY BELIEVE
IN A PARTICULAR SENSE
I WISH THAT I’D HAD
SUCH A STRIKING EXPERIENCE

--DORIAN--
How can you say that? Henry, help me. I can’t seem to really feel this tragedy. It seems more like the ending of a play.

--HENRY--
Ah. You’ve just struck at the heart of the matter, Dorian.

TRAGEDY CAN BE SO STARK
OFFENSIVE WITH ITS VIOLENCE
DARK AND SICKENING
HEARTBEAT QUICKENING

BUT TRAGEDY SOMETIMES
HAS ANOTHER FACE
TRANSCENDING THE MERE COMMON PLACE
SUCH ARTLESS CRIMES
WE SEE TOO OFTEN
NOWADAYS

BUT TRAGIC EVENTS
ARE SOMETIMES LIKE PLAYS

YOU SHOULD ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION
JUST HOW CAN YOU EXPLAIN
THAT THIS GIRL WAS ONLY REAL
WHEN WITH HER ACTING
SHE WOULD FEIGN
THE SADNESS OF HER JULIET
THE SORROW OF CORDELIA
THE MADNESS AND THE SWEETNESS
OF THE PRINCE OF DANE'S OPHELIA

MOURN FOR THEM
THEY WERE MORE REAL THAN SHE WAS
THIS POOR GIRL
SHE NEVER LIVED
NOW THAT YOU SURELY SEE?
WAS SHE NOT A FLEETING MELODY
ONE WHICH IS NOW SET FREE?

--DORIAN--
OH YES I SEE
WHAT WILL BE WILL JUST BE
AND IN THE BOOK OF MY LIFE
SIBYL VANE WAS JUST A PAGE
HER DEMISE WAS A SCENE
ACTED OUT ON A STAGE

--DORIAN AND HENRY--
ONE SHOULD ABSORB
THE COLORS OF LIFE
IGNORING ITS DETAILS
WHICH ALWAYS ARE RIFE
WITH VULGARITY
AND WITH MUCH CLARITY
I SEE A BEAUTY SURROUNDING
HER UNTIMELY DEATH
AND THINKING ABOUT IT
HAS TAKEN MY BREATH

THERE’S A BEAUTY IN THIS TRAGEDY
A BEAUTY IN THIS TRAGEDY
BEAUTY - BEAUTY

--HENRY--
AND I TRULY BELIEVE
IN A PARTICULAR SENSE
I WISH THAT I’D HAD
SUCH A STRIKING EXPERIENCE

--DORIAN--
I’M GLAD THAT I’VE HAD
SUCH A STRIKING EXPERIENCE

BUT I SHOULD ADD
THAT IT’S ALL VERY SAD

--HENRY--
OF COURSE

--HENRY AND DORIAN--
IT’S ALL VERY SAD
TRAGEDY HAS A BEAUTY

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from "Dorian​-​The Remarkable Mister Gray", released June 21, 2010
Ken Hermens as HENRY, Jason Bailey as DORIAN.

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Randy Bowser Salem, Oregon

Randy Bowser - ASCAP, SAG-AFTRA

Composer, director, actor.

Professional premiere of "KARLOFF" was in 2014, Salem, OR.

Professional premiere of "Dorian Gray" was in 2010, in Moscow, Russia.
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