Chapter 929

"Lord, let me find him! Let me see him! Return to the cage and be safe with the world! Before that, I will never stop, I swear, I swear to the stars

On the stage, Javert, played by Ezra Miller, bathed in a halo like God's revelation, is swearing to the stars and praying to God. Taking the stars as evidence, we will never let go when we chase Jean Valjean to the ends of the earth. Our devout faith and stubborn bigotry are revealed in a "starlight" full of holiness and justice!

Melody, gradually higher; The singing gradually bloomed, pushing the emotion of the third act to the climax step by step. The faith in the heart burst out with unimaginable power, and completely released in the melody and aria. The last sudden ending, the magnificent and majestic momentum, reached the peak!

Crisp, impassioned and surging; Then, suddenly stop! The curtain fell, the lights went out, and then the lights came on. The audience spontaneously stood up and clapped. The thunderous applause shook the Almeida theater. The three hour performance finally came to a stage. The first half ended. After two and a half hours' rest, the second half will continue!

The applause, which lasted for two minutes, was still unstoppable, magnificent and deafening. The enthusiasm and excitement of the audience were clearly displayed. Although this is only the first half of the performance, although the magnificent story is not over, although the long time is really a kind of suffering, but the audience did not care, with applause sent high respect!

The Almeida theater version of "les miserables" had three acts in the first half.

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

The second act ends with the confrontation between Jean Valjean and Javert, presenting Fantine's Dilemma and disaster. From her point of view, we can see all kinds of social situations. Of course, Jean Valjean's identity is open and fleeing again.

The third act ends with Javert's monologue - "starlight", which shows the further intensification of social contradictions. The people are in dire straits. The Thenardiers are the absolute protagonists.

Three scenes, three hours, present a magnificent picture, truly showing the Paris ukiyo painting in the early 19th century; Not only the three main roles of Jean Valjean, Fantine and Javert, but also other supporting actors have got enough performance space.

Especially in the third act, which is quite different from the version of the Queen's Theatre, a large number of new repertoire and new roles are added to weaken the influence of the protagonist as much as possible, but outline the status quo of the whole society.

The whole appreciation process is just like a masterpiece like "the Lord of the rings". The exquisite and magnificent epic temperament outlines the majestic and vast midway world. The Almeida theater version of "miserable world" also presents the era described by Victor Hugo, and the soul shock comes unconsciously.

Three hours, tiring and exciting three hours, the audience stood up, two minutes of applause has never subsided, the intention is really obvious: the audience is calling Encore curtain call, waiting for the actors to appear again, to accept the audience's salute!

As a result, John cod led the core actors to the stage and received applause.

The tsunami like applause instantly reached the peak, like thunder, like an earthquake, like a storm; The surging and boiling sound waves create an unimaginable chain reaction under the surround echo effect of the theater. If John didn't take the initiative to come out and say that he was looking forward to the audience coming back in the second half and continuing to watch the performance, otherwise, the applause would not have come to an end.

John's reminder is undoubtedly important: two and a half hours of rest, they need to eat as soon as possible, also need to relax their nerves, and then accept three hours of baptism again. The marathon is just over half way through, and the best part is far from here.

The applause gradually subsided, and the audience gradually ended, but the lingering ripples at the bottom of my heart still did not subside.

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

The first is the story. John coed's presentation and excavation of the original story of "les miserables" is worthy of affirmation and 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, also need to look at the second half of the story adaptation, in order to make a comprehensive judgment. As far as the first half is concerned, it's at least 80 points or more.

Then there are the actors. This was also the focus of the first half.

Reese Redley, who plays Fantine, is a little immature. The shackles of age can't be ignored after all.

Especially in the second act, there are several scenes against Langley. You can clearly feel that lanli is converging inward and controlling the rhythm and strength, but the natural and free way of performance still has a faint pressure on Reese. Whether it is the fullness of emotion, the presentation of the role and plot, or the filling of the performance details, we can see the gap between the two people.

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

Ezra's shortness of breath and uneasiness can be seen in his opponent's play. It seems that Ezra can't stand up straight in front of lenley. Especially in the scene of "facing", the feeling is particularly obvious, which, to a certain extent, affects the shaping of Javert's role - after all, Javert is the one who has the upper hand in the original story, and Jean Valjean is the one who scurries.

However, objectively speaking, it is not that the two actors are not good enough, but that Lan Li is too good. After leaving aside lanli, the performances of Reese and Ezra can be in the forefront among the young actors, which makes the overall quality of the first half of "les miserables" still maintain at a high level.

Reese's "I had a dream" is a little less explosive, but the emotional transmission is full enough; And the biggest advantage is that her age is closer to that of Fantine in the original novel. In the version of the Queen's Theatre, Fantine often chooses actors about 30 years old to perform. Her sense of vicissitudes is enough, but she lacks the innocence and kindness in the original novel.

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

It's a little amazing.

Ezra's interpretation of "starlight" is full of explosive power, but the sense of hierarchy and delicacy is lacking. It shows more young people's indomitable determination and fails to show Javert's inner complexity. Fortunately, the first half of the story was long enough to make up for the plot and aria.

Therefore, in the monologue at the end of act 3, Ezra's rampant paranoia and distortion injected another interpretation meaning into the story and won applause.

In the first half of three hours, it may become a shortcoming, exposing the young actors' instability and lack of performance; It may also be the advantages, which make up for the lack of performance level of young actors, and make the story more full and profound. John cod's version of "les miserables" is the latter.

"Alistair."

"Nick."

You can see a familiar face, Nick Morris, another famous senior drama critic in the industry. He is famous for his acrimony. The future of many new dramas is buried in his works, full of blood.

However, the reason why Nick can occupy a place in the west end of London is that he is professional, should be criticized and absolutely soft handed; The praise, never stingy. Even Alistair was happy to exchange ideas with Nick.

One by one, the two of them joined the crowd and left the theater. "What's up, what do you find?" Alistair asked.

Nick shrugged. "So far? Langley hall

"Only one?" Aristell picked the thick eyebrows and said in a relaxed tone.

Nick nodded his head in affirmation. "Yes. All the other discoveries are eclipsed. " Just like Nick's style, "Codd's adaptation of the script, which is barely half, but still depends on the script in the second half. To be honest, I'm a little surprised by lanli's performance. You know, Hollywood actors, tut tut... "

Needless to say, it's enough just to raise the corner of your eyes critically.

For senior people in London's west end, in fact, the Oscar winner is not as important as the three major European film festivals and the Tony and Oliver awards; In their eyes, the basic skill of actors in the west end is to lead the world. It's not a big deal that actors born here can easily get a foothold in Hollywood.

It can be said that they are arrogant, it can be said that they are arrogant. But in real life, even Hollywood agrees with this, so the term "British Gang" came into being.

"But his control is brilliant." Nick's praise was not deep, but the light of his eyes revealed his excitement. "In fact, I'm a little curious. If this play is in full swing and performs in the best state, I don't know the effect."

"At least, enough for curiosity." Alistair said with a smile. Then Nick asked Alistair for his opinion. He said frankly, "a few young actors are worth polishing. This time, John - corder did tap a lot of potential stars. I think it's interesting. In the second half, the other main roles will be on the stage. I don't know what the average strength is

"If it wasn't for lanli's guidance, the quality of the finished products would not be so high." Nick is still a picky face.

Alistair did not retort, but nodded, "so John cod's eyes are vicious." Choosing Langley to play Jean Valjean is not the most shocking choice in the west end of London; But it does take courage and determination. "I have a hunch that the second half is worth looking forward to."

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