"Les Miserables"

(Vatican Radio) As film critic Father Peter Malone writes in his film review, for over 25 years theatre audiences around the world have been profoundly moved by Victor Hugo's classic story, and by the musical theatre production with music by Claude-Michel Schonberg. Wisely - he says - writers have decided to honour the theatre experience rather than "opening up" the musical to a "realistic" presentation.

This means that the audience that has seen the stage version of "Les Miserables", will continue to remember and re-experience what they enjoyed...

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