Les Misérables - Revision history

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	1996: The [[Cameron Mackintosh]] international touring company's Asian/South African Tour, directed by [[Matthew Ryan]], was brought to South Africa by [[Century City]], [[Tsogo Sun]] and [[Pieter Toerien]].		1996: The [[Cameron Mackintosh]] international touring company's Asian/South African Tour, directed by [[Matthew Ryan]], was brought to South Africa by [[Century City]], [[Tsogo Sun]] and [[Pieter Toerien]].
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	Besides the large cast of international performers, the show also boasted the South African born lyricist [[Herbert Kretzmer]], and a number of locally cast South African children, including: [[Isabel Byers]], [[Sivuyile Ngesi]],[[Nicholas Pretorius]], [[Lindy Smith]] and [[Steven van Wyk]].		Besides the large cast of international performers, the show also boasted the South African born lyricist [[Herbert Kretzmer]], and a number of locally cast South African children, including: [[Isabel Byers]], [[Sivuyile Ngesi]],[[Nicholas Pretorius]], [[Lindy Smith]] and [[Steven van Wyk]].

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 It is also the name given to various dramatised versions of the novel.
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 The French novel ''[[Les Misérables]]'' was originally written by Victor Hugo and published in 1862 by the Belgian company A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie.
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 The novel is divided into 5 volumes, each volume divided into several books, and subdivided into chapters, for a total of 48 books and 365 chapters, making it one of the longest novels ever written. It contains various subplots, threaded together by means of   the story of ex-convict Jean Valjean, who becomes a force for good in the world but cannot escape his criminal past.
-It is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century and  has been popularized through numerous adaptations for film, television and the stage, most arrestingly so as a 1980s musical.
+It is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century.
 ==''[[Les Misérables]]'', the musical (1980)==
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 It was adapted as an English version with lyrics by [[Herbert Kretzmer]] and additional material by James Fenton, substantially expanded and reworked from a literal translation by Siobhan Bracke of the original Paris version. Adapted by [[Trevor Nunn]] and [[John Caird]] it was produced in English by [[Cameron Mackintosh]] and the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], opening in the Barbican Centre in London on 8 October 1985.  The success of the West End musical led to a Broadway production, and followed up by international tours.
-== Performance history in South Africa ==
+=== Performance history in South Africa ===
 : The [[Cameron Mackintosh]] international touring company's  Asian/South African Tour, directed by [[Matthew Ryan]], was brought to South Africa by [[Century City]], [[Tsogo Sun]] and  [[Pieter Toerien]].
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 Music by [[Claude-Michel Schönberg]], lyrics by [[Herbert Kretzmer]], the original text by [[Alain Boublil]] and [[Jean-Marc Natel]], additional material by [[James Fenton]].  Orchestral score by [[John Cameron]], production supervisor [[Martin Koch]], musical director [[Dale Rieling]], sound by [[Terry Jardine]], associate producer  [[Martin McCallum]], executive producer [[John Robertson]], designed by [[John Napier]], lighting by [[David Hersey]], costumes by [[Anfreane Neofitou]],  directed ,
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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables
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 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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 Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: The [[Cameron Mackintosh]] international touring company's  Asian/South African Tour, directed by [[Matthew Ryan]], was brought to South Africa by [[Century City]], [[Tsogo Sun]] and by [[Pieter Toerien]].
+: The [[Cameron Mackintosh]] international touring company's  Asian/South African Tour, directed by [[Matthew Ryan]], was brought to South Africa by [[Century City]], [[Tsogo Sun]] and  [[Pieter Toerien]].
 The leading performers in the production included

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 ===English adaptation===
-It was adapted as an English version with lyrics by [[Herbert Kretzmer]] and additional material by James Fenton, substantially expanded and reworked from a literal translation by Siobhan Bracke of the original Paris version. Produced in English by [[Cameron Mackintosh]] and the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], opening in the Barbican Centre in London on 8 October 1985.  The success of the West End musical led to a Broadway production, and followed up by international tours.
+It was adapted as an English version with lyrics by [[Herbert Kretzmer]] and additional material by James Fenton, substantially expanded and reworked from a literal translation by Siobhan Bracke of the original Paris version. Adapted by [[Trevor Nunn]] and [[John Caird]] it was produced in English by [[Cameron Mackintosh]] and the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], opening in the Barbican Centre in London on 8 October 1985.  The success of the West End musical led to a Broadway production, and followed up by international tours.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: The [[Cameron Mackintosh]] international touring company was brought to South Africa by [[Century City]], [[Tsogo Sun]] and by [[Pieter Toerien]].
+: The [[Cameron Mackintosh]] international touring company's  Asian/South African Tour, directed by [[Matthew Ryan]], was brought to South Africa by [[Century City]], [[Tsogo Sun]] and by [[Pieter Toerien]].
 The leading performers in the production included
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 The technical team encompassed the following:
-Music by [[Claude-Michel Schönberg]], lyrics by [[Herbert Kretzmer]], the original text by [[Alain Boublil]] and [[Jean-Marc Natel]], additional material by [[James Fenton]].  Orchestral score by [[John Cameron]], production supervisor [[Martin Koch]], musical director [[Dale Rieling]], sound by [[Terry Jardine]], associate producer  [[Martin McCallum]], executive producer [[John Robertson]], designed by [[John Napier]], lighting by [[David Hersey]], costumes by [[Anfreane Neofitou]], Asian/South African Tour directed by [[Matthew Ryan]], directed and adapted by [[Trevor Nunn]] and [[John Caird]].
+Music by [[Claude-Michel Schönberg]], lyrics by [[Herbert Kretzmer]], the original text by [[Alain Boublil]] and [[Jean-Marc Natel]], additional material by [[James Fenton]].  Orchestral score by [[John Cameron]], production supervisor [[Martin Koch]], musical director [[Dale Rieling]], sound by [[Terry Jardine]], associate producer  [[Martin McCallum]], executive producer [[John Robertson]], designed by [[John Napier]], lighting by [[David Hersey]], costumes by [[Anfreane Neofitou]],  directed ,
 ==Sources==

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	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo
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		+	https://www.bruxellons.be/WWVersionFiche.php?musical=Mis%C3%A9rables%20(Les)&version=Mis%C3%A9rables%20(Les)%20(1980-09-Palais%20des%20Sports-Paris)

	Programme of ''[[Les Misérables]]'', as performed in Cape Town in 1996.		Programme of ''[[Les Misérables]]'', as performed in Cape Town in 1996.

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 ===Original text===
-''[[Les Misérables]]'' a musical based on the novel originally adapted into French by Alain Boublil (1941-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Boublil] and Claude-Michel Schönberg (1944-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude-Michel_Sch%C3%B6nberg]. It opened in Paris in 1980.
+''[[Les Misérables]]'' a musical based on the novel originally adapted into French by Alain Boublil (1941-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Boublil] and Claude-Michel Schönberg (1944-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude-Michel_Sch%C3%B6nberg]. It opened at the Palais des Sports in Paris on 17 September, directed by Robert Hossein, playing 107 performances.
 ===English adaptation===