Famous Last Words/Theater

Famous last words in theatrical productions.

• William Shakespeare

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• The Butler Did It
  • "I've been poisoned! I'm dying... dying... DYING!! Dying... dead." Rick Carlyle
• Cyrano De Bergerac
  • "Ce soir, quand j'entrerai chez Dieu, Mon salut balaiera largement le seuil bleu, Quelque chose que sans un pli, sans une tache, J'emporte malgré vous, et c'est...mon panache" ("To-night, when I shall enter unto God, my salute will grandly sweep the threshold of blue; one thing shall I take with me, without blemish, without stain, despite you all, and that is... my panache").
• Evita
  • "I saw the lights, and I was on my way." Evita, on her deathbed
• Into the Woods
  • "I'M NOT THE LAD!" The Narrator
  • "Jack..." Jack's mother
  • "And now it's time to leave the woods." The Baker's Wife
  • "Because of the way you treated me, I'll never, never be happy!" Rapunzel. At least, these are the last words we actually hear her say in a scene prior to her death, aside from screaming.
• Jesus Christ Superstar
  • "You have murdered me, murdered me, murdered me...." Judas
  • "Father! Into your hands I commend my spirit!" Jesus, but you should know this.
• A Little Night Music
  • "Only the last." Madame Armfeldt
• Little Shop of Horrors
  • "Are you satisfied? I've laughed myself to..." Orin
  • "Seymour!" Mushnik
  • "I'm feeling strangely happy now, contented and serene. Oh don't you see, finally I'll be, somewhere that's green..." Audrey
  • "Open up! Open up! Open up! NOW!" Seymour
• Les Misérables
  • "And tell Cosette I love her and I'll see her when I wake." Fantine
  • "And rain will make the flowers...." Eponine
  • "Forgive me all my trespasses and take me to your glory." Jean Valjean
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
  • "All right, then. I don't care. I've had enough. To tell you the truth, I'm relieved." Rosencrantz
  • "Now you see me, now you--" Guildenstern
• The Sorcerer:
  • "Be happy all/Leave me in my despair/I go/It matters not with who/Or where." John Wellington Wells
  • And from The Yeoman of the Guard: "...Who sipped no sup/And who craved no crumb/As he sighed for the love of a lady." Jack Point
• Sunday in The Park With George
  • "Goodbye, Mama." Marie