The Words and the Music with James Grout as Victor Hugo
While living in exile in Guernsey, Victor Hugo wrote his epic novel, Les Misérables - a blazing pageant of life and death at the barricades of political and social revolution in 19th-century France.
Almost 125 years after Hugo completed his masterpiece, the ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY presented ALAIN BOUBLIL and CLAUDE-MICHEL SHONBERG 'S pop-opera of Les Misérables. This montage documentary examines the epic themes of the novel, explores its translation from page to stage and features the music of the show which has broken box-office records on both sides of the Atlantic. Compiled by BARRY CARMAN Producer JOHN KNIGHT BBC Bristol. Stereo