Les Misérables
Synopsis
Jean Valjean is released after spending 19 years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread. As a result, he is a bitter and desperate man. Due to the kindness of a Bishop, Valjean is able to find God and is motivated to be a good man. Eventually he rises to become the Mayor of Montreuil-sur-Mer and a factory owner. Unfortunately, he has also broken his parole and Javert, a policeman, is after him. As one of his workers, Fantine, is about to die, Valjean promises to take care of her daughter, Cosette. After Valjean purchases Cosette from the money-grubbing Thenardiers (where she had been lodging), the show moves 9 years to the future where Cosette has become a woman. With the French Revolution ensuing, Cosette falls in love with a student revolutionary, Marius. After a battle, Marius falls unconscious in the sewer of Paris. Before Valjean dies, he manages to save Marius so that Marius and Cosette can be wed.
Role
- Fantine
Year
- 7 June 2005 - 24 June 2006
Venue
- Queen's Theatre, London
Thoughts from Kerry
Fantine was a role I always wanted to play. I grew up singing this music and knew I had to be in the show at some point, so this was it. We rehearsed in Kings Cross for 4 weeks while I was still performing in Miss Saigon in the evenings, so it was a challenge! I loved this show, the character has so much depth and many emotions to travel through, and the cast were great to work with and very supportive.
Source: The official Kerry Ellis website
Musical numbers
Act 1
- Overture
- Prologue: Work Song
- Prologue: On Parole
- Prologue: Valjean Arrested/Valjean Forgiven
- Prologue: What Have I Done?
- At the End of the Day
- I Dreamed a Dream
- Lovely Ladies
- Fantine's arrest
- The Runaway Cart
- Who Am I? - The Trial
- Fantine's Death: Come to Me
- Confrontation
- Castle on a Cloud
- Master of the House
- The Bargain-Waltz of Treachery
- Look Down
- The Robbery
- Javert's intervention
- Stars
- ABC Cafe / Red and Black
- Do You Hear the People Sing?
- Rue Plummet - In my life
- A heart full of love
- Attack on the Rue Plumet
- One Day More!
Act 2
- At the Barricade (Upon These Stones)
- The Letter
- On My Own
- Building the Barricade
- Javert's Arrival
- Little People
- A Little Fall of Rain
- Night of Anguish
- The First Attack
- Drink With Me
- Bring Him Home
- Dawn of Anguish
- The Second Attack (Death of Gavroche)
- The Final Battle
- The Sewers
- Dog Eat Dog (The Sewers)
- Javert's Suicide
- Turning
- Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
- Every Day (Marius and Cosette)
- A heart full of love (Reprise)
- Valjean's Confession
- Wedding Chorale
- Beggars at the Feast
- Valjean's Death
- Finale
Merchandise
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