Charles Hugo's 'Les Mis' – the play

[silverwhistle]

Les Misérables: drame for free download.
English language version.

[Ulkis]

Oh, yes, remember reading that in English translation. Oh Charles Hugo, how could you do it.

ETA: Does Javert kill himself there by running into a crumbling building?!

[silverwhistle]

Oh, yes, remember reading that in English translation. Oh Charles Hugo, how could you do it.

ETA: Does Javert kill himself there by running into a crumbling building?!

Here's the translation.

Yes, Javert gets killed when the boys blow up themselves up in the building, not the barricade.

[MissPontmercy]

For my les miz the musical auditions, we had to read from this play as our acting audition! I remember thinking it was weird, but I never read the whole thing... just the sides we were given.

[Auf die Barrikaden]

Here's an illustration from the 1878 stage play:
http://www.prints-4-u.com/store/image3/ ... 78068T.jpg

Fascinating how similar Javert looks to his musical counterpart. A coloured version is reprinted in Edward Behr's "Les Misérables: History in the Making".

[humanracer]

Yeah the Javert thing is odd although I would imagine the producers of the OFC must have got their inspiration from somewhere. I know the original LP had illustrations from somewhere.

[Acaila]

Well, they would have done historical research too!