Les Miserables
17.May 1999 to 01.July 2006 at the Palace Theatre, London
The musical is based on the 1862 novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. Set in early to mid 19th Century France, it follows the intertwining stories of a cast of characters as they struggle for redemption and revolution. The characters include a paroled convict named Jean Valjean who, failing attempts to find work as an honest man with his yellow ticket of leave, breaks his parole and conceals his identity; the police inspector Javert who becomes obsessed with finding Valjean; Fantine, the single mother who is forced to become a prostitute to support her daughter; Marius, a French student who falls in love with Valjean's adopted daughter Cosette; the Thénardiers, the unscrupulous innkeepers who thrive on cheating and stealing; Éponine, their young daughter who is hopelessly in love with Marius; and student leader Enjolras who plans the revolt to free the oppressed lower classes of France. The main characters are joined by an ensemble that includes prostitutes, student revolutionaries, factory workers, and others.
Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg
Lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer & Alain Boublil
Book: Claude-Michel Schönberg & Alain Boublil
Cast:
John Owen Jones (Valjean)
Hal Fowler (Javert)
Gunilla Backman (Fantine)
David Malek (Enjolras)
Amanda Salmon (Eponine)
Tom Lucas (Marius)
Rebecca Vere (Cossette)
Cameron Blakely (Thenardier)
Joanna Mays (Mrs Thenardier)
Musical numbers:
Act I
Overture/Work Song - Javert, Valjean, Chain Gang
On Parole - Farmer, Laborer, Valjean
Valjean Arrested/Valjean Forgiven - Bishop, Valjean, Constables
What Have I Done? - Valjean
At The End of The Day - Poor, Forman, Fantine, Factory Girls, Valjean
I Dreamed A Dream - Fantine
Lovely Ladies - Sailors, Hag, Fantine, Whores, Pimp
Fantine's Arrest - Customer, Fantine, Javert, Valjean
The Runaway Cart - Valjean, Javert, Victim, Townspeople
Who Am I? (The Trial)- Valjean
Come To Me (Fantine's Death)- Fantine, Valjean
Confrontation - Javert, Valjean
Castle On A Cloud - Young Cosette, Madame Thénardier.
Master Of The House - Thénardier, Madame Thénardier, Customers
The Thénardier Waltz of Treachery - Madame Thénardier, Thénardier, Valjean
Look Down/The Streets - Beggers, Gavroche, Enjolras, Marius, Pimp, young whore, old woman
The Robbery/Javert's Intervention (Another Brawl) - Thénardier, Madame Thénardier, Javert, Valjean, Éponine
Stars - Javert, Gavroche
Éponine's Errand - Éponine, Marius
ABC Cafe/Red and Black - Enjolras, Marius, Grantaire, Students,Gavroche
Do You Hear The People Sing? - Enjolras, Students, Beggars
I Saw Him Once - Cosette
In My Life - Cosette, Valjean, Marius, Éponine
A Heart Full Of Love - Marius, Cosette, Éponine
The Attack On Rue Plumet - Thénardier, Thieves, Éponine, Marius, Valjean, Cosette
One Day More - Full Company
Act II
Upon These Stones (Building The Barricade) - Enjolras, Javert, Éponine, Marius
The Letter - Éponine, Valjean
On My Own - Éponine
Upon These Stones (At The Barricade) - Enjolras, Students, Army Officer
Javert's Arrival At The Barricade - Javert, Enjolras
Little People - Gavroche, Students, Javert
A Little Fall Of Rain (Éponine's Death) - Éponine, Marius
Night of Anguish - Enjolars, Students, Valjean
The First Attack - Enjolras, Students, Valjean, Javert
Drink With Me - Students
Bring Him Home - Valjean
Dawn of Anguish - Enjolras, Students
The Second Attack/The Death of Gavroche - Enjolras, Marius, Valjean, Gavroche, Students
The Final Attack - Enjolras, Students
Dog Eat Dog (The Sewers) - Thénardier, Valjean, Javert
Javert's Suicide - Javert
Turning - Women
Empty Chairs At Empty Tables - Marius
Every Day (Marius and Cosette) - Marius, Cosette, Valjean
A Heart Full of Love (Reprise) - Marius, Cosette
Wedding Chorale/Beggars At The Feast - Thénardier, Madame Thénardier, Marius, Cosette, Guests
Finale - Valjean, Fantine, Marius, Cosette, Éponine, Company
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