Glyn kerslake biography of william shakespeare
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Les Misérables (musical)
Musical based on Victor Hugo's novel of the same name
"Les Mis" and "Les Miz" redirect here. For the novel, see Les Misérables. For other uses, see Les Misérables (disambiguation).
Les Misérables (lay MIZ-ə-RAHB(-əl), -&#;RAH-blə, French:[lemizeʁabl]), colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz (lay MIZ), is a sung-throughmusical with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics bygd Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, and a book by Schönberg and Boublil, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. Set in early 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells the story of jean Valjean, a French peasant, and his desire for redemption. After stealing a loaf of bröd for his sister's starving child, Valjean is imprisoned for 19 years and released in When a bishop inspires him with a tremendous act of mercy, Valjean breaks his parole and starts his life anew and in disguise. He becomes wealthy and adopts an orphan, Cosette. A police inspec
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London Star Gillian Bevan on 25 Years of Musical Memories, from Follies to Billy Elliot
Gillian Bevan has spent 25 years on and off the West End, appearing largely in musicals (Follies, The Boys From Syracuse, Road Show), as well as three years in playwright/director Alan Ayckbourn’s Scarborough theater troupe in the north of England. For the past year, the spirited actress has been playing Mrs. Wilkinson, the crusty but caring dance teacher, in the hit musical Billy Elliot at London’s Victoria Palace Theatre. caught up with Bevan one recent afternoon to talk long-running musicals, Sondheim and more.
After more than a year in Billy Elliot, does the show feel like home?
It does. I finished Road Show at the Menier Chocolate Factory in September and started rehearsals for this the following Monday. After the initial contract, they asked us to stay on, and I thought I’d be stupid not to. I’m contracted until May now.
Billy will celebrate
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A Sentimental Journey
by Lizzie Loveridge
| You can go to extremes with impossible schemes You can laugh when your dreams fall apart at the seams And life gets more exciting with each passing day And love is either in your heart or on its way — Lyrics from "Young at Heart" |
Glyn Kerslake, Mark Halliday and Sally Hughes as Doris Day (Photo: Elliott Franks) |