With its amazing visual effects and talented actors Les Miserables is definitely a must see. It is a beautiful musical that involves love, hate, death, and life. It takes place in France early 1800’s. The plot involves a refugee named Jean Valjean, who is released from prison but violates his parole to start a new life, then he meets a dying woman he vows to take care of her daughter Cosette, which turns out to be more difficult than he thought considering there is a war going on. Twentieth century
including; his/her place within the overall production, the history of the scene, the expected performance style, your character's relationship with the other character(s) in your scene. (RESEARCH) The Pirate Queen is a musical written by Claude Michael Schonberg and Alain Boublil. These producers are also known for their adaptation of Les Miserables. The Pirate Queen is based on the life of Grainne (Grace) O’Malley, an Irish pirate who resisted the English Conquest of Gaelic Ireland. The story of
My Experience With Seeing "Miss Saigon" On the 26th January I went to the Empire Theatre in Sunderland to watch a production of Miss Saigon. To be honest, when I first read an outline of the story, I imagined it to be quite a dull experience. However, I thoroughly enjoyed this production, and the musical score was amazing. A musical I have seen that could be compared to “Miss Saigon” is “Les Miserables” as they are both set pre, during and post-war and both have quite a sad story.
composer of Les Misérables is a man named Claude-Michel Schönberg. Michel Schönberg was born in the year 1944 to Hungarian parents. He began his career in France as a writer, singer, and producer of pop songs. He collaborated with Alain Boublil for the Les Misérables musical. Mr. Schönberg is the book co-writer and the composer of La Révolution Française, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre, and The Pirate Queen. He collaborated with Alain Boublil, Michel Legrand and Herbert Kretzmer to create
and sold almost over a million copies. On 1978 Schonberg and Alan Boublil collaborated and made an idea for a stage musical version of Victors Hugo’s Les Miserables which was then originally staged at the Palais de Sport in Paris on 1980. The musical was then opened in London and on Broadway which was nominated for twelve Tony Awards in 1987 and won eight and was held as the ‘Best Musical’ and ‘Best Original Score’. Because of the huge success, Schonberg and Boulblil then became well known because of
Look down, look down upon your fellow man” (Schönberg 38). In these short, desperate lines, viewers of the musical Les Misérables are shown the world of the beggars of Paris in 1832. The musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel Les Misérables has made an lasting impact on its followers since it’s opening nearly 30 years ago (Les Misérables: Creation of the Musical). By introducing music to an already remarkable story, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg reveal the social injustice of nineteenth
Music writer, Claude-Michel Schonberg, exemplifies the true meaning of Les Miserables with the words, “Look down and see the beggars at your feet. Look down and show some mercy if you can. Look down see, the sweeping of the street. Look down, look down upon your fellow man!” (Schonberg) The movie shows some of the negative influences a young boy named Pip faces: low self-esteem, fear, abuse, and lack
Victor Hugo has long been one of France’s most well-known writers. This Romantic poet, dramatist, and novelist, has remained significant since his publishing. Though his writing has a substantial variety of themes, some of his most famous works bring forth his increasingly radical ideas regarding social and political reform, which he developed during France’s most tumultuous eras, in a time of almost constant governmental revolution. On February 26, 1802, Victor Marie Hugo was born, the third son
My Math Teacher, Mrs. Ladd When thinking back and remembering all of the teachers that I have had in the past, there is one in particular that comes to mind. Her name was Mrs. Ladd. She taught math at the junior high school. Mrs. Ladd was not the most popular, funniest, hardest, easiest, nicest, nor the meanest teacher. I remember her for some other reasons. When I think of Mrs. Ladd, I think about how hard she made me work. But I also think about how she made me challenge myself. Most of all
American Musicals From the ‘American Dream’ to the ‘Rock-Opera’. 1950 to 1978 were the hopeless years for the musical. American musical theatre had been showing signs of exhaustion. This most seemingly illogical of genres carries its own ‘ideological project’. Before this, musicals not only demonstrated singing and dancing; they were about singing and dancing, explaining the importance of that experience. Not only did musicals give the most intense pleasure to their audience but also supplied