The lavish RSC production of Les Misérables opened at the Barbican Theatre in London on October 8, 1985. Trevor Nunn was bought on to direct, and the musical was workshopped and developed at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Based on the Victor Hugo’s novel of the same name, the musical follows convict Jean Valjean as he endures hardship and finds love against a backdrop of tumultuous mid-nineteenth century France.įollowing a brief run at the Palais des Sports in Paris in 1980, Les Misérables was picked up by producer Cameron Mackintosh and translated into English. ![]() With an epic and luscious score by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, Les Misérables began life as a French concept album.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |