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It was performed in [[Century City]], [[Tsogo Sun]] and [[Pieter Toerien]].  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/Autograph]], assiciate 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]].
 
It was performed in [[Century City]], [[Tsogo Sun]] and [[Pieter Toerien]].  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/Autograph]], assiciate 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]].
 
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Besides International performers the South Africans were:[[Herbert Kretzmer]], [[Isabel Byers]], [[Sivuyile Ngesi]],[[Nicholas Pretorius]], [[Lindy Smith]] and [[Steven van Wyk]].
 
 
  
 
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Program of ''[[Les Misérables]]'' performed in Cape Town in 1996.
  
 
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Les Misérables was originally written and published as a French historical novel by Victor Hugo ()[] in 1862, and is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century.

The original text

Les Misérables a musical produced by Cameron Mackintosh's Production by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg based on the novel by Victor Hugo.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

It was performed in Century City, Tsogo Sun and Pieter Toerien. 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/Autograph, assiciate 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. Besides International performers the South Africans were:Herbert Kretzmer, Isabel Byers, Sivuyile Ngesi,Nicholas Pretorius, Lindy Smith and Steven van Wyk.

Sources

Program of Les Misérables performed in Cape Town in 1996.

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