Cameron Mackintosh is a renowned British theatrical producer, responsible for numerous successful West End and Broadway productions. He is best known for productions of Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, and Hamilton. Les Misérables was first a novel by Victor Hugo in 1862, which was adapted into a musical by Boublil and Schönberg in 1980. The musical tells the story of Jean Valjean, an ex-convict's quest for redemption in 19th century France. It was a critical and commercial success in its debuts in Paris and London.

1. LES MISERABLE ANALYSIS

2. CAMERON MACKINTOSH
”The most successful, influential and
powerful theatrical producer in the world.”
– The New York Times
Cameron Mackintosh was born in 1946,
to a Jazz trumpeter and timber merchant,
and a secretary from Malta of French
descent.
In 1969 he does the revival of Anything
Goes which closed 2 weeks after.
Mackintosh is the ‘King of Revivals’
because he revived many musicals and
made them successful again. He then
went on to producing his new musicals
including Les Miserable, Miss Saigon and
Hamilton.
He is the producer of shows such
as Les Miserables, The Phantom
of the Opera, Mary Poppins,
Oliver!, Miss Saigon, Cats, and
Hamilton.
Mackintosh was knighted in 1996 for services to
musical theatre. In 2008, The Daily Telegraph
ranked him number 7 in their list of the "100 most
powerful people in British culture". In the Sunday
Times Rich List of 2011, Mackintosh was estimated
to have a fortune of £675 million ($1.1 billion),
making him the third richest person in the British
music industry.

3. LES MISERABLES
Les Miserable was first written as a novel by
Victor Hugh in 1862 in a two-volume set. This
work was then translated into different
languages.
Boublit and Schönberg first met in 1973 and 6
months later they had 20 songs written for a
dreamed up musical. This then lead to the creation of
Les Miserable. The first production of Les Miserable
in Paris in 1980 - over 500,000 people saw this over
100 performances.
It then debut in London on 8th October 1985 at the Barbain
arts centre. This was an extraordinary occasions when
against all the odds a theatrical alchemy took place that
made everyone forget the years of work and months of
rehearsals. The first week of performances it soared, both
audience and cast member were elevated to a state of
powerful emotion. It then transferred to the Palace theatre
on 4th December 1985.
In 1986 it went to the USA and performed in the Kennedy
The story of Les Miserable is set in early 19th-century
France, Les Misérables is the story of Jean Valjean, a
French peasant, and his desire for redemption after
serving nineteen years in jail for having stolen a loaf
of bread for his sister's starving child. Valjean decides
to break his parole and start his life anew after a
bishop inspires him by a tremendous act of mercy, but
he is relentlessly tracked down by a police inspector
named Javert. Along the way, Valjean and a slew of
characters are swept into a revolutionary period in
France, where a group of young idealists attempt to
overthrow the government at a street barricade.

4. Character Summary Singing skills Dancing skills
Woman
This character is part of the lead
ensemble and is involved in the
factory scene because she sings
about how hard they work with
barely any pay.
There isn’t much
independent singing but
mainly chorus singing.
This character doesn’t have
any dance skills at this point
because she just acts and uses
simple gestures.
Prostitute
This character is part of the lead
ensemble and is involved in the
Docks scene.
There is a range of
singing but it is all
singing.
This character has some
ability because the character
has some movement. The
movement is based around
idea of the making themselves
more seductive.
Student
This character is part of the
student revolution and part of
fight on the barricade.
This is only a chorus
singing part, the singing
happens to back up the
male students.
There is no dancing skills
for this character.
Wedding guest
This character is part of the
wedding scene and the
characteristics of this character
are posh and proper.
This character sings as
part of the chorus
members but not alone.
This character has lots of
dance skills because the
wedding guest dances the
Waltz whilst the principles