Les Misérables (1985 West End production)

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Les Misérables (1985 West End production) is the landmark London staging of the musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel, renowned for its long-running success, epic storytelling, and iconic songs.

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instanceOf West End production
stage musical production
basedOn Les Misérables (novel)
linked to: Les Misérables
basedOnWorkBy Victor Hugo
bookWriter Alain Boublil
Claude-Michel Schönberg
choreographer Kate Flatt
cityOfPremiere London
linked to: London, England
coDirector John Caird
composer Claude-Michel Schönberg
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Trevor Nunn
genre mega-musical
musical theatre
sung-through musical
longestRunningMusicalIn West End (at various times)
linked to: West End of London
lyricist Herbert Kretzmer
musicalDirector Martin Koch
notableFor epic storytelling
iconic songs
long-running success in London
notableSong Bring Him Home
Do You Hear the People Sing?
I Dreamed a Dream
On My Own
One Day More
originalFrenchLyricists Alain Boublil
Jean-Marc Natel
originalLanguage English
originalLeadCharacter Cosette
Enjolras
Fantine
Javert
Jean Valjean
Madame Thénardier
linked to: Thénardiers

Marius Pontmercy
Thénardier
linked to: Thénardiers

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partOf Les Misérables (musical)
linked to: Les Misérables
premiereDate 1985-10-08
premiereVenue Barbican Centre
producer Cameron Mackintosh
setDesigner John Napier
settingPeriod early 19th-century France
theatreDistrict West End of London
transferredToTheatre Palace Theatre, London
Queen's Theatre, London
linked to: Queen's Theatre

Sondheim Theatre, London

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On My Own associatedWork Les Misérables (1985 West End production)
Les Misérables (1980 original French production) inspired Les Misérables (1985 West End production)
Who Am I? (Les Misérables song) firstMajorProduction Les Misérables (1985 West End production)
subject linked to: Who Am I?
Red and Black notableProduction 1985 West End production of Les Misérables
linked to: Les Misérables (1985 West End production)
Castle on a Cloud adaptedIn Les Misérables (1985 West End production)
Soliloquy (What Have I Done?) appearsIn Les Misérables (1985 West End production)
Herbert Kretzmer workedOn Les Misérables (1985 West End production)
subject linked to: Kretzmer