At the moment my College is putting on a production of Les Miz.
I'm doing the makeup and tending to the egos of the performers; who are lovely, for the most part..
We are going to watch it later on in the week; always interesting to be a spectator, rather than down in the depths, only seeing the changes and panics.. wigs falling off, makeup re-doing, lost props, forgotten lines, accidents, 'missing' actors, and on and on..all part of the fun!
The musical version we're doing, is based on the French novel 'Les Misérables' by Victor Hugo, who wrote it in 1862.
The book, adapted to script and musicalized, examines the nature of good, evil, and the law, in a sweeping story that expounds upon the history of France, architecture of Paris, politics, moral philosophy, law, justice, religion, and the types and nature of romantic and familial love.
It's a breathtaking show on the London stage!
It's been a musical, audio, (on the radio), play, fighting show, a film, animated book, orchestrated, had a rock band named after it, and has been translated into several languages.
It was even mentioned in an episode of 'Star Wars'!
We're looking forward to how the students interpret it!
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