"Lord, let me find him! Let me see him! Return to the cage and live in peace! Until then, I will never stop, I swear, swear to Fanxing!"

On the stage, Javert played by Ezra Miller, bathed in a halo like a divine revelation, is swearing to the stars and praying to God. As evidenced by the stars, chasing Jean-Agen to the end of the world, he will never let go. The pious belief and stubborn paranoia are revealed in a "starlight" full of holiness and justice!

The melody gradually rises higher; the singing gradually blooms, pushing the emotions of the third act to a climax step by step. The belief in the heart bursts with unimaginable power, which is completely released in the melody and singing. The last abrupt ending, the majestic and majestic momentum, reached its peak!

Simply neat, impassioned, surging; then, it stopped abruptly! The curtain fell, the lights went out, and then the lights came on. The audience spontaneously stood up and applauded. The thunderous applause shook the entire Almeida Theater. The three-hour performance finally reached a stage, and the first half ended. After a two-and-a-half hour break, the second half will continue!

The applause lasted for a full two minutes without stopping, majestic, vigorous, and deafening. The enthusiasm and excitement of the audience was clearly expressed. Although this is only the first half of the performance, although the magnificent story is not over yet, although the long time is really a torment, the audience paid no attention to it and sent high respect with applause!

The Almeida Theater version of "Les Miserables" has three acts in the first half.

The first act ends with Jean Ajean's monologue, showing his mood change and social status quo.

The second act ends with the confrontation between Jean-Ajean and Javert, presenting Fantine’s dilemma and disasters. From her perspective, she explores the state of society. Of course, Jean-Ajean’s identity is revealed and escaped again. Always.

The third act ends with Javert's monologue-"Starlight", showing the further intensification of social contradictions. The Denardiers are the absolute protagonists.

The content of three acts, three hours, presents a magnificent picture scroll that truly shows the Ukiyo-e of Paris in the early nineteenth century; not only the three main characters of Jean-Agen, Fantine and Javert, but also other supporting actors. All got enough performance space.

Especially the third act, which is completely different from the Queen's Theatre version, adds a large number of new tracks and new characters to minimize the protagonist's influence as much as possible, but outlines the current situation of the entire society.

The whole process of appreciation is like a masterpiece like "Lord of the Rings". The exquisite and magnificent epic temperament outlines the majestic and vastness of the midway world. The Almeida Theater version of "The Miserable World" also presents Vic Do-Hugo's era, the shock of the soul rushed unconsciously.

For three hours, exhausting and exciting three hours, the audience stood up collectively, and the two-minute applause never subsided. The intention could not be more obvious: the audience is calling for an encore curtain call, waiting for the actors to come back again. Come on stage and accept the worship of the audience!

So, John Cod led the core actors on the stage and received applause.

The tsunami-like applause of the mountain reached its peak in an instant, like thunder, like an earthquake, like a storm; the turbulent and boiling sound waves created an unimaginable chain reaction under the surround echo effect of the theater. If it weren't for John to take the initiative to show up, he took the initiative to express that he was looking forward to the audience returning in the second half and continuing to watch the performance. Otherwise, the applause seemed invisible to the end.

John's reminder is undoubtedly important: two and a half hours of rest time, they need to eat as soon as possible, they also need to relax their nerves, and then receive three hours of baptism again. This marathon has just passed halfway, and the most exciting part is far from coming.

The applause gradually calmed down, and the audience gradually dissipated, but the ripples in my heart still did not subside.

As a professional drama critic and an experienced drama enthusiast, Alistair Smith’s perspective is slightly different.

The first is the story. John Cod's presentation and excavation of the original story of "Les Miserables" is worthy of recognition and undoubtedly. In this regard, Aristel not only admires John's courage, but also has a high degree of completion, but the overall level and height need to look at the story adaptation of the second half to make a comprehensive judgment. As far as the first half is concerned, at least eighty points or more works.

Followed by actors. This is also the key observation part of the first half.

Reese Ridley, who plays Fantine, is slightly immature, and the shackles of age cannot be ignored after all.

Especially in the second act, there are several rivalry scenes with Lan Li. It can be clearly felt that Lan Li is converging inward, controlling the rhythm and controlling the intensity, but the natural and free way of performance still conceals Reese, whether it is the emotional fullness or the presentation of the role and the plot. , Or filling in the details of the performance, this can show the gap between the two people.

Ezra Miller, who plays Javert, has the same problem.

In the rivalry between Ezra and Renly, one can faintly smell Ezra's shortness of breath and anxiety, and it seems that he can't straighten up in front of Renly. Especially in the scene of "face", the feeling is especially obvious. To some extent, it has affected Javert's character creation. After all, in the original story, Javert is the one who has the upper hand. -Ajan is the one who stalks his head.

However, objectively speaking, it is not that the two actors are not good enough, but that Lan Li is too good. Leaving Lan Li aside, the performance of Reese and Ezra can already be among the forefront of young actors, which makes the overall quality of the first half of "Les Miserables" still maintained at a high level.

Reese's interpretation of "I had a dream" has little explosive power, but the emotional transmission is full enough; and the biggest advantage is that her age is closer to Fantine in the original book, in the Queen's Theatre version Fantine often chooses actors around the age of 30 to perform. The vicissitudes of life are enough, but he lacks the innocence and tenderness of the original book.

In the closing monologue of the second act, Reese truly interprets Fantine's emotions: young and ignorant, with beautiful illusions about the world, but encountering deception and harm, step by step into the abyss. She once dreamed that she could have love and warmth, but the ending was bruised and unsustainable.

This can be regarded as a small surprise.

Ezra's "Starlight" is full of explosive power, but it lacks a sense of layering and delicacy. What is more present is the unrelenting and reckless determination of young people, and it fails to show the complexity and complexity of Javert's heart. Fortunately, the first half of the story was enough to make up for it with plot and aria.

Therefore, in the monologue at the end of the third act, Ezra's rampant paranoia and distortion, on the contrary, injected another interpretation into the story, and then won applause.

The three-hour first half may become a shortcoming, exposing the loopholes of young actors' instability and inadequacy; it may also be an advantage, making up for the shortcomings of young actors' lack of performance, and making the story more full and profound. John Cod's version of "Les Miserables" is the latter.

"Aristel."

"Nick."

I saw a familiar face in front of him, Nick-Morris, another well-known senior drama critic in the industry. He is known for his acrimony. The future of many new dramas is buried in his writings. It was full of blood.

However, the reason why Nick was able to occupy a place in the West End is because he is professional, he should be criticized, and he is absolutely soft; he should be praised and never stingy. Even Aristel is very happy to exchange ideas with Nick.

Two people joined the crowd in tandem and left the theater, "How about it, what have you found?" Aristel asked actively.

Nick shrugged. "So far? Renly Hall."

"Only one?" Alistair raised his thick eyebrows and said in a relaxed tone.

Nick nodded swiftly to express his affirmation, "Yes. All other discoveries are overshadowed." Like Nick's style, "Cord's adapted script can barely be counted as half, but it still depends on the second half of the script. To be honest, I was a little surprised by Lan Li's performance, you know, those Hollywood actors, tut..."

Needless to say, just raising the corner of the eye critically is enough.

For veterans in the West End, the weight of the Oscar statuette is actually not that important, at least not as good as the three major European film festivals, the Tony Awards and the Oliver Awards; in their eyes, the basic skills of actors in the West End are the world's leading players. It’s not a big deal for actors born here to get a foothold in Hollywood casually.

It can be said that they are arrogant, or they are defiant. But in real life, even Hollywood agrees with this, and this is how the term "British Gang" was born.

"But ~lightnovelpub.net~ his control is really brilliant." Nick's praise is so complete, not deep, but the light under his eyes reveals his excitement, "Actually, I am a little curious. If this play, Lan The ceremony is full of firepower, and the performance is performed in the best condition throughout the whole process. I don't know how effective it is."

"At least, it's curious enough." Alistair said with a smile, and then Nick asked Alistair again. He frankly said, "A few young actors deserve to be polished. This time, John Cod does I have tapped a lot of potential new stars. I think this is very interesting. In the second half, other major characters will be on the stage. I don’t know what the average strength is."

"If it weren't for Lanly's guidance, the quality of the finished product would definitely not be of such a high level." Nick is still a critical face.

Alistair did not refute, and nodded, "So, John Cod has a vicious eye." Choosing Lan Li to play Jean Agen is not the most shocking cast in the West End of London; but it does require an extraordinary cast. "I have a hunch, the second half is worth looking forward to."

"I hope they don't stuff too much food, otherwise the night performance will smell like pizza and fried chicken, which is too bad." Nick is still Nick.