928 The Boom Will Start

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"Lord, let me find him! Let me see him! Go back to the cage and be at peace with the world! Until then, I will never stop, I swear, I swear to Fanxing!"

On the stage, Javert, played by Ezra Miller, is bathed in a halo like a divine revelation, swearing to the stars and praying to God. Taking the stars as evidence, chasing Jean Valjean to the ends of the earth, never letting go, devout faith and stubborn paranoia are fully revealed in a "starlight" full of holiness and justice!

The melody gradually rises; the singing voice gradually blooms, pushing the emotions of the third act to the climax step by step. The belief in the heart burst out with unimaginable power, which is completely released in the melody and aria, The last abrupt ending, Qi Yu's splendid, majestic and mighty momentum reached its peak!

Simply neat, impassioned, turbulent; then, 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 came to an end. The first half ended. After a two-and-a-half-hour break, the second half will continue!

The applause, which lasted for two minutes, still did not stop, it was mighty, vigorous and deafening, and the enthusiasm and excitement of the audience were clearly shown. Although this is only the first half of the performance, although the magnificent story is not over yet, and although the long time is really a torment, the audience paid no attention to it and sent their high respect with applause!

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

The first act ends with a monologue by Jean Valjean, presenting his changing mood and the current state of society.

The second act ends with the confrontation between Jean-Valjean and Javert, presenting Fantine's predicament and disaster, spy on society from her point of view, and of course, Jean-Valjean's identity disclosure and re-flight, running through always.

The third act ends with Javert's monologue - "Starlight", which shows the further intensification of social contradictions, the people are suffering, life is ruined, and the situation is in dire straits. The Thenardiers are the absolute protagonists.

The content of three acts, three hours, presents a magnificent picture that truly shows the Ukiyo-e of Paris in the early 19th century; not only the three main characters of Jean Valjean, Fantine and Javert, but also other supporting roles. All got enough performance space.

In particular, the third act, which is completely different from the Queen's Theatre version, adds a lot of new tracks and new characters, reducing the influence of the protagonist as much as possible, but outlines the status quo of the entire society.

The whole process of appreciation is like a masterpiece like "The Lord of the Rings". The delicate and magnificent epic temperament outlines the majesty and vastness of Midway World. The Almeida Theater version of "Les Miserables" also presents Vic. In the era described by Do-Hugo, the shock of the soul came unknowingly.

Three hours, three exhausting and exciting hours, the audience stood up collectively, and the two-minute applause never subsided. The intention was really obvious: the audience was calling the encore to the curtain call, waiting for the actors to come again. Come on stage and accept the adoration of the audience!

So, John Codd led the core main actors to the stage and accepted the applause.

The tsunami-like applause reached its peak in an instant, like thunder, earthquake, and storm; the surging sound waves created an unimaginable chain reaction under the surround echo effect of the theater. If John hadn't taken the initiative to come out, he took the initiative to express that he was looking forward to the audience coming back in the second half and continuing to watch the performance. Otherwise, the applause seemed to have no end in sight.

John's reminder was undoubtedly important: a two-and-a-half-hour break, they needed to eat as soon as possible, and they needed to relax, and then have another three-hour baptism. This marathon is just over halfway through, and the most exciting part is far from here.

The applause gradually subsided, and the audience gradually dispersed, but the lingering ripples in my heart still did not subside.

As a professional drama critic, but also as a veteran drama enthusiast, Alistair-Smith's perspective is slightly different.

First is the story. John Codd's presentation and excavation of the original story of "Les Miserables" is worthy of affirmation, there is no doubt. In this regard, Alistair 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 in the second half to make a comprehensive judgment. As far as the first half is concerned, it is at least a work of more than eighty points.

Next is the actor. This is also the key observation part of the first half.

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

Especially in the second act, there are several rival scenes with Renly. It can be clearly felt that Renly is converging inward and controlling the rhythm and control, but the natural and swaying performance still faintly weighs on Reese, whether it is emotional fullness, or the presentation of the characters and plot. , or the filling of the performance details, which can see the gap between the two people.

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

In the match between Ezra and Renly, one could faintly smell Ezra's shortness of breath and unease, and it seemed that he couldn't straighten his back in front of Renly. Especially in the "face" scene, the feeling is particularly obvious, which to some extent affects Javert's character shaping-after all, in the original story, Javert is the one who has the upper hand, Ran - Ah Rang is the one who is holding his head.

However, objectively speaking, it is not that the two actors are not good enough, but the blue

The gift is too good. Aside from Renly, the performances of Reese and Ezra are already at the forefront among young actors, which keeps the overall quality of the first half of "Les Miserables" at a high level.

Reese's performance of "I Had a Dream" is slightly less explosive, but the emotional transmission is full enough; and the biggest advantage is that her age is closer to Fantine in the original novel, in the Queen's Theatre version The Fantine of the novel often chooses actors in their thirties to perform. The sense of vicissitudes is enough, but it lacks the innocence and tenderness in the original work.

In the monologue at the end of the second act, Reese really interprets Fantine's emotions: she is young and ignorant, she has a beautiful fantasy about the world, but she is deceived and hurt, and she falls into the abyss step by step. She once dreamed that she could have love and warmth, but the end was bruised and unsustainable.

This can be regarded as a small surprise.

Ezra's performance of "Starlight" is full of explosive power, but it lacks a sense of layering and delicacy. It shows more of the young people's indomitable and resolute determination, and fails to show the complexity and complexity of Javert's heart. Fortunately, the story in the first half was long enough to make up for it with plot and arias.

So Ezra's rampant paranoia and twist in the monologue at the end of the third act, instead, injects another interpretive meaning into the story, which leads to applause.

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

"Alistair."

"Nick."

I saw a familiar face on the head, Nick-Morris, another well-known senior drama critic in the industry, known for his vitriol, and the future of many new dramas was ruined by his pen. Full of blood.

However, Nick was able to occupy a place in the West End of London because he was professional, he should be criticized, and he was absolutely soft-hearted; he should praised and never be stingy. Even Alistair was more than happy to exchange ideas with Nick.

The two joined the crowd one after the other and left the theater, "How is it, what did you find?" Alistair took the initiative to ask.

Nick shrugged. "So far? Renly Hall."

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

Nick nodded neatly and affirmed, "Yes. All the other discoveries are overshadowed." Just like Nick's style, "Kord's adaptation of the script, this is barely half, but it still depends on the second half of the script. Honestly, I was a little surprised by Renly's performance, you know, those Hollywood actors, tsk tsk..."

Needless to say, it was enough to just raise the corners of his eyes critically.

For senior people in the West End of London, in fact, the Oscar statuette is not very important, at least, it is not comparable to the three major European film festivals, the Tony Awards and the Oliver Awards; in their eyes, the basic skills of the actors in the West End are the world's leading, Actors born here can easily gain a firm foothold in Hollywood, which is not a big deal at all.

It can be said that they are arrogant, or they can be said to be arrogant. But in real life, even Hollywood agrees, and that's where the term "British gang" was born.

"However, his control is really brilliant." Nick's praise went to the point, but he didn't go deep, but the light in his eyes revealed his excitement, "Actually, I'm a little curious, if Renly is full of firepower for this play, the whole process All performed at their best, I don't know how well it will work."

"At least, it's curious enough." Alistair said with a big smile, and then Nick asked Alistair for his opinion. He frankly said, "Several young actors deserve to be polished. This time, John Codd really A lot of potential new stars have been tapped. I think it is very interesting. In the second half, the other main characters will appear, and I don’t know what the average strength is.”

"If it wasn't for Renly's guidance, the quality of the finished product would never have been this high." Nick still had a critical face.

Alistair didn't refute, but nodded, "So, John Codd has a vicious eye." Choosing Renly to play Jean Valjean wasn't the most shocking West End casting; The courage and determination, "I have a hunch that the second half is worth looking forward to."

"Hopefully they don't fill up too much food, otherwise the evening show wafts away with pizza and fried chicken, and that's too bad." Nick is still Nick.

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