Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est. (Applaud, my friends, the comedy is over.)

Applaud my friends, the comedy is over...
[on his death bed]

I'm the end of the line; absurd and appalling as it may seem, serious New York theater has died in my lifetime.

Just say that it's over,

Dear beautiful one, I praise the stars for the song's end. Farewell!

Your comedy and mine will have been played then, and we shall be removed

Well, what do you expect? The Comedian is dead.

As tragédias terminam com a morte, (All tragedies are finished by a death,)
E as comédias terminam em casório; (All comedies are ended by a marriage.)
Depois, deixa-se o herói à própria sorte, (The future states of both are lefth to faith,)
Pois teme o autor dizer algo simplório (For authors fear description might disparage)
Sobre o Além-vida, ou sobre os dois consortes, (The worlds to come of both, of fall beneath)
E que o chamem de herege, ou de finório; (And then both worlds would punish their miscarriage)
Deixando a cada um o seu mister, (So leaving each their priest and prayer book ready,)
Nada dizem da morte, ou da mulher. (They say no more of death or of the lady)

(Che) bel fin fa chi ben amando muore.

Death is finished, he said to himself. It is no more!

Laurie:Uh-huh. Ahuhuhuh... Jeez, y'know, that felt good. There don't seem to be that many laughs around these days.
Dan: Well, what do you expect? The Comedian is dead.

If the Author will it, there may be appended to any comedy an afterpiece. Meanwhile, so far as I may judge, the life of Manuel ends here.

Doing comedy alone onstage is the ego's last stand.

Well," she announced cheerfully, "he's dead!