the song send in the clowns is from the movie smiles of a summer night.
what movie is the song send in the clowns from?
smiles of a summer night
"send in the clowns" is a song written by stephen sondheim for the 1973 musical "a little night music", an adaptation of ingmar bergman's film "smiles of a summer night". it is a ballad from act two, in which the character desirée reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life. among other things, she looks back on an affair years earlier with the lawyer fredrik, who was deeply in love with her but whose marriage proposals she had rejected. meeting him after so long, she realizes she is in love with him and finally ready to marry him, but now it is he who rejects her: he is in an unconsummated marriage with a much younger woman. desirée proposes marriage to rescue him from this situation, but he declines, citing his dedication to his bride. reacting to his rejection, desirée sings this song. the song is later reprised as a coda after fredrik's young wife runs away with his son, and fredrik is finally free to accept desirée's offer.
send in the clowns
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"send in the clowns" is a song by stephen sondheim from the musical "a little night music".





















































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bullet::::- "send in the clowns" (1981 sarah vaughan album)





















































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bullet::::- "send in the clowns", a 2000 song by american band cold on their album "13 ways to bleed on stage"





















































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bullet::::- "send in the clown", an episode of the tv series "super mario world"





















































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send in the clowns (disambiguation)