Essay About Powerful Musical Production And Les Miserables

The ‘Old Man’ of Jean Valjean

A well-written story which has been widely read by fans since the 19th century.

The “Old Man”, who is named The Old Man of Valjean, is a young man and who has only recently come of age having lost his parents. The story starts about the early 17th century. Valjean, whose parents were Dutch, had been living with his mother and grandmother as he grew up from a simple farm farm in a small town of about four dozen children. He would leave for Paris as early as about 1765. His mother died when she was in her late sixties, he had become a professional nurse of a children’s nursery, his father a farmer, and, most important, both his mother and aunt were dead and his step-son was already in high school years. Valjean was a well established soldier, he was a captain and a soldier who was at a level as far as he could keep himself from being out and about. In late 1775 he was one of several soldiers to win a place on the French Legion under the command of General de la Réunion and be commissioned as a lieutenant-general. These victories were remarkable for their size, they also allowed Valjean to avoid being the only one who had failed to win a place on the French Legion.[2] For centuries he suffered the most in combat and with an average score of 719.3, he would have a rough but very acceptable record for his rank. The next year he had an honorable promotion of lieutenant and by that time the Legion had suffered a serious setback from the war in France. When the Legion had been routed by the French, many of them were killed. Many were captured by the French and many have returned to France. Valjean’s last year of enlistment was in 1771. During that time Valjean, who was more prone to violent acts, decided to give up his family life. His wife, Helena, moved away with him.[2] In 1778 Valjean was sent to France as a valet to aid the French. Valjean received a position on a French Legion. He was assigned to battle against the French who had captured or killed him.[2] Over his past 15 years of living he has never been seen in the presence of men of the Legion, never served in the Legion, no matter the battle, never visited anyone for a meal, he never even entered the battlefield.[1] Valjean is portrayed as a typical young soldier who would have been hard to emulate on the battlefield when he was much younger. With both the military and romantic elements of the historical setting his story succeeds by giving real depth to the individual in the real world.[2] It is also evident as an artistic approach that most of Valjean’s characters were not written by any one author at all. The story had a unique blend of rich historical themes and very well established modern themes and concepts which brought the story to life very realistically. And although Jean Valjean, or rather The Old Man, is not the only one, it is evident to me that it was another character on the author’s personal list who actually drew on much of the themes in his own writings that

The ‘Old Man’ of Jean Valjean

A well-written story which has been widely read by fans since the 19th century.

The “Old Man”, who is named The Old Man of Valjean, is a young man and who has only recently come of age having lost his parents. The story starts about the early 17th century. Valjean, whose parents were Dutch, had been living with his mother and grandmother as he grew up from a simple farm farm in a small town of about four dozen children. He would leave for Paris as early as about 1765. His mother died when she was in her late sixties, he had become a professional nurse of a children’s nursery, his father a farmer, and, most important, both his mother and aunt were dead and his step-son was already in high school years. Valjean was a well established soldier, he was a captain and a soldier who was at a level as far as he could keep himself from being out and about. In late 1775 he was one of several soldiers to win a place on the French Legion under the command of General de la Réunion and be commissioned as a lieutenant-general. These victories were remarkable for their size, they also allowed Valjean to avoid being the only one who had failed to win a place on the French Legion.[2] For centuries he suffered the most in combat and with an average score of 719.3, he would have a rough but very acceptable record for his rank. The next year he had an honorable promotion of lieutenant and by that time the Legion had suffered a serious setback from the war in France. When the Legion had been routed by the French, many of them were killed. Many were captured by the French and many have returned to France. Valjean’s last year of enlistment was in 1771. During that time Valjean, who was more prone to violent acts, decided to give up his family life. His wife, Helena, moved away with him.[2] In 1778 Valjean was sent to France as a valet to aid the French. Valjean received a position on a French Legion. He was assigned to battle against the French who had captured or killed him.[2] Over his past 15 years of living he has never been seen in the presence of men of the Legion, never served in the Legion, no matter the battle, never visited anyone for a meal, he never even entered the battlefield.[1] Valjean is portrayed as a typical young soldier who would have been hard to emulate on the battlefield when he was much younger. With both the military and romantic elements of the historical setting his story succeeds by giving real depth to the individual in the real world.[2] It is also evident as an artistic approach that most of Valjean’s characters were not written by any one author at all. The story had a unique blend of rich historical themes and very well established modern themes and concepts which brought the story to life very realistically. And although Jean Valjean, or rather The Old Man, is not the only one, it is evident to me that it was another character on the author’s personal list who actually drew on much of the themes in his own writings that

The ‘Old Man’ of Jean Valjean

A well-written story which has been widely read by fans since the 19th century.

The “Old Man”, who is named The Old Man of Valjean, is a young man and who has only recently come of age having lost his parents. The story starts about the early 17th century. Valjean, whose parents were Dutch, had been living with his mother and grandmother as he grew up from a simple farm farm in a small town of about four dozen children. He would leave for Paris as early as about 1765. His mother died when she was in her late sixties, he had become a professional nurse of a children’s nursery, his father a farmer, and, most important, both his mother and aunt were dead and his step-son was already in high school years. Valjean was a well established soldier, he was a captain and a soldier who was at a level as far as he could keep himself from being out and about. In late 1775 he was one of several soldiers to win a place on the French Legion under the command of General de la Réunion and be commissioned as a lieutenant-general. These victories were remarkable for their size, they also allowed Valjean to avoid being the only one who had failed to win a place on the French Legion.[2] For centuries he suffered the most in combat and with an average score of 719.3, he would have a rough but very acceptable record for his rank. The next year he had an honorable promotion of lieutenant and by that time the Legion had suffered a serious setback from the war in France. When the Legion had been routed by the French, many of them were killed. Many were captured by the French and many have returned to France. Valjean’s last year of enlistment was in 1771. During that time Valjean, who was more prone to violent acts, decided to give up his family life. His wife, Helena, moved away with him.[2] In 1778 Valjean was sent to France as a valet to aid the French. Valjean received a position on a French Legion. He was assigned to battle against the French who had captured or killed him.[2] Over his past 15 years of living he has never been seen in the presence of men of the Legion, never served in the Legion, no matter the battle, never visited anyone for a meal, he never even entered the battlefield.[1] Valjean is portrayed as a typical young soldier who would have been hard to emulate on the battlefield when he was much younger. With both the military and romantic elements of the historical setting his story succeeds by giving real depth to the individual in the real world.[2] It is also evident as an artistic approach that most of Valjean’s characters were not written by any one author at all. The story had a unique blend of rich historical themes and very well established modern themes and concepts which brought the story to life very realistically. And although Jean Valjean, or rather The Old Man, is not the only one, it is evident to me that it was another character on the author’s personal list who actually drew on much of the themes in his own writings that

Directed by Tom Hooper and produced by Cameron Mackintosh, Les Miserables the film starring Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway was released in 2012. It was a revolutionary production of film fused with musical theatre as it evoked tears from audiences all around the world. However, as a film, it deviated from certain norms of musical theatre and such is evident upon comparison with the 10th Anniversary Concert of Les Miserables starring Colm Wilkinson, Lea Salonga, and Michael Ball among others.

A glaring difference between the two productions lies in the spectacle. While the costumes of both productions were vibrant and candy to the eyes, the 10th Anniversary Concert provided a powerful and striking display of ensemble and orchestra that was absent in the movie. Throughout the concert, the entire cast of characters was seated somewhere around center stage, easily visible to the audience. More so, the ensemble and cast members would occasionally participate in scenes that they did not have an on-stage role in. In contrast, the movie provided a very rigid and precise depiction of scenes and characters. Only characters that played active roles during a scene were tangible to the audiences senses. In sum, the movie provided a “what you see is what you get” type of value to the audience, thus, giving them a clear idea of what was going on and exactly how the plot was unfolding. However, the concert provided audiences with a more dynamic and holistic theatrical experience, and as a result, a more appealing form of spectacle.

Both performance films had similar and contrasting means of unveiling the given circumstances for certain characters. For instance, both productions utilized the music in the confrontation scene between Valjean and Javert to uncover the character of Javert. Following that scene,