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The Les Miserables Changelog Part 3: 1987 Broadway Production

Hello, everyone! This is the latest edition in my attempt to chronicle all of the musical and lyrical changes which the show Les Miserables has undergone over the years. This time, we're going through all the changes between the musical as it existed on the West End around 1985-1986 and the revised libretto for the 1987 Broadway production.

In some ways, this is a much easier changelog to compile than the last two simply because it is much easier to find audio evidence of the show from this era than from its pre-1987 self. We have a full soundboard of the original Broadway cast as well as a very good quality bootleg of the very first Broadway preview, as well as several audios from the next few years which use exactly the same script. We also have an officially released Symphonic Soundtrack which almost (but not quite) follows this version of the libretto exactly. So no more relying on unclear bootlegs and speculation to figure out what was changed when!

Having said that, the changes in this production were MASSIVE. It's almost certainly the most extensive edit the show's libretto has received to this day. As such, this will be a very long edition of this blog. So make sure you have a bit of time on your hands before reading it! With all that cleared up, let's begin.

The first change literally can be heard as soon as the musical begins. The pre-Broadway show opens up with the same recurring motif also heard, for instance, at the openings of "At the End of the Day" and "One Day More". This music then transitioned to the instrumentals to the opening "Work Song". The post-Broadway libretto cuts right to the chase, with the opening instrumentals to the "Work Song" starting right up without any preamble.

One interesting little non-scripted change occurs later in the "Work Song", but only in American productions. For whatever reason, every American Javert from the original Broadway cast until the first Broadway revival sang "And I am Javert" instead of "And I'm Javert", for reasons that honestly baffle me. Again, the libretto retained the original contraption as far as I'm aware, and the West End production as well as later UK and Australian tours still used it as well.

The next change happens while Valjean is on parole. After Valjean pleads against the farmer underpaying him, this was the farmer's original response:

Do you believe

A yellow ticket of leave

Allows a criminal like you to earn full screw?

Since Broadway, his response is instead as follows:

You broke the law

It's there for people to see

Why should you get the same as honest men like me?

I much prefer this revised version. Though the information is essentially the same, it feels more dramatic, as well as feeling less awkward now that it is in the form of separate sentences as opposed to a single sentence spoken in three lines with pauses in between. Moreover, the phrase "honest men like me" as used here provides interesting foreshadowing for its more well-known usage in "Master of the House". One could spend quite some time analysing the implications of this recurring description, but this blog is long enough as it is so now isn't the time!

In the same number, originally the innkeeper's wife had the following remark:

My rooms are full

And I've no supper to spare

I'd like to help you really, all I want is to be fair

Since Broadway, her line has been slightly modified:

My rooms are full

And I've no supper to spare

I'd like to help a stranger, all we want is to be fair

I suppose "I'd like to help a stranger" sounds less slang-y than "help you really". Presumably this is why it was changed. I find the change of subject from singular to plural far more interesting. My hypothesis is that the writers wanted to make it clear than this is a communal grudge, not a personal one. Everyone around sees it as perfectly fair to deny shelter to a former convict, not just this one individual. I definitely prefer the revised line, but evidently the producers of the West End production didn't; that production held on to the original lyrics for more than a decade after they were originally revised! More on that in a later edition of this blog...

A more minor change can be heard during "At the End of the Day". Originally, Valjean asks the factor workers "What is this shouting all about?" The Broadway script changes this to "What is this fighting all about?" Much less trivial implications now. I'm curious as to whether or not a staging change may have accompanied this. Usually the two workers get into quite a bit of physical scuffle by this point, far beyond the realm of shouting. Did the original pre-Broadway production use more subdued choreography?

"The Runaway Cart" has some noticeable differences. After Valjean asks the townspeople for help, the original response was sung by the entire ensemble, and went as follows:

(SOLO)

Don't go near him, Monsieur Mayor

There's nothing at all you can do

(ENSEMBLE)

The old man is a goner for sure

Leave him alone

The Broadway libretto revised this into a sequence sung by one individual at a time with the following lyrics:

Don't go near him, Monsieur Mayor

The load is as heavy as hell

The old man is a goner for sure

It will kill you as well

A female ensemble member sung "The old man is a goner for sure" while a male member sung the rest. I sort of like it better as an ensemble piece (something that would be largely brought back in later years, as I'll soon discuss) although I think it's cool that it rhymes now. Having said that, I'm fairly confident that no one in the real world has ever actually used the phrase "Heavy as hell"!

An official change in the libretto occurred in "Who Am I?" but listeners to the original Broadway cast would not have heard it. While the pre-Broadway show had Valjean refer to "This innocent who bears my face", the revised libretto instead refers to "This innocent who wears my face". Perhaps a means of avoiding repetition, given that the word "bear" is used again later in the number? Regardless, Colm Wilkinson didn't actually bother to adapt to this change! He still sings "This innocent who bears my face" in the Broadway production (as well as the tenth anniversary concert; not until his 1998 stint in Toronto did he ever start singing the revised lyrics). Since every future Valjean (except Ivan Rutherford for some reason) sings "wears", I still see it as appropriate to mention here.

At the end of the song, Valjean's "You know where to find me!", used on and off in the Barbican previews before becoming a settled part of the production by the final pre-Broadway libretto, is once again removed for the Broadway show. However, the West End production would keep it for a few years - more on that later...

Just listening to the original Broadway cast, one might think Javert's "Dare you talk to me of crime?" becomes "Dare you speak to me of crime?" However, this seems to be a Terrence Mann-exclusive change. Every Javert after him reverts to the original lyrics (as did Terrence himself when he returned to the musical fifteen years later). I'm still making note of the change here for the sake of clarification.

An instrumental change occurs between "Castle on a Cloud" and "Master of the House". Mme. Thenardier's "You heard me ask for something and I never ask twice" was original followed by three bars of notes, then by six more bars of notes that are identical to each other. After the Broadway production, however, those six bars of notes grow increasingly more dramatic as they go on.

A very slight change happens during the preamble to "Master of the House". Originally one of the guests proclaims "Hell, what a wine" while the revised libretto instead has him claim "God, what a wine". Definitely more natural in my opinion, though not a huge difference by any means.

A few subtle differences exist in the "Waltz of Treachery" number. First off, Thenardier originally asks "Have we done for your child what is best?" The Broadway libretto changes "your child" to "her child". I personally like the original lyric better, as it goes back to the idea established earlier that Valjean is metaphorically bargaining through the spirit of Fantine. It's definitely not a difference that makes or breaks the number, though.

Towards the end of the song comes another change that cannot actually be heard by listening to the original Broadway cast. In the pre-Broadway show, Valjean used the line "Let us seek out a friendlier sky", while the revised libretto has him say "Let us seek out some friendlier sky". However, Colm Wilkinson once again doesn't bother to adapt to the change, and unlike the "Who Am I?" change he wouldn't learn it over time either. He continues to sing "a friendlier sky" throughout his on-and-off performances as Valjean, right up to and including his 2002 run in Shanghai!

After the bulk of the number comes a more significant change. Prior to the Broadway production, as was discussed in the last entry, the "Waltz of Treachery" was followed by about forty-five seconds of vamping and then this exchange in the tune of "Castle on a Cloud":

(LITTLE COSETTE)

We're going home right now, monsieur

What is your name

(VALJEAN)

Now my dear

I've names enough, I've got names to spare

But where I go, you always will be there

Nor will you be afraid again

There is a sun that's shining yet

(LITTLE COSETTE)

I'm going to call you my Papa

(VALJEAN)

I'm going to call you my Cosette

The Broadway libretto replaced it with just under twenty seconds of vamping, followed by a sequence in the tune of the "Waltz of Treachery":

(VALJEAN)

Come Cosette

Come my dear

From now on I will always be here

Where I go

You will be

(LITTLE COSETTE)

Will there be children

And castles to see?

(VALJEAN)

Yes, Cosette

Yes it's true

There's a castle just waiting for you

This is followed by another fifteen or so seconds of vamping, and then the humming duet between Cosette and Valjean carries on as before.

Arguably the biggest change in the entire edited libretto happens now. Whereas the number was originally directly followed by "Stars", things have been moved around so that it instead transitions directly into "Look Down". "Look Down" itself receives a lot of adjustments. First off, the number began in the pre-Broadway musical with a bar of music that was then repeated. The Broadway version only plays the bar of music once, and the sung part happens immediately afterwards.

Gavroche's verse receives some lyrical updates. Originally it used the following lines:

This is my school, my high society

From St. Denis to St Michel

We live on crumbs of humble piety

Tough on the teeth, but what the hell?

If you're poor, if you're free

Follow me, follow me!

The Broadway production rewrote that sequence a little:

This is my school, my high society

Here in the slums of St Michel

We live on crumbs of humble piety

Tough on the teeth, but what the hell?

Think you're poor? Think you're free?

Follow me, follow me!

Better lines in my humble opinion; "slums" conveys the poverty of Gavroche's community much more effectively than the original line, and phrasing the "poor" and "free" lines as questions is more dramatic than their original statement form.

The old beggar woman's original "You give 'em all the pox" becomes the less grammatically accurate "Give 'em all the pox" for Broadway, though I have no idea if the original "You" was part of the libretto or simply an improvisation. Since seemingly all actresses used that line for the first few years of the West End production, it strikes me as warranting a mention.

Right after this comes another change. In the pre-Broadway show, the argument between the beggar woman and the prostitute was followed by an exchange by a few individual beggars. All of the following lines were said by one person at a time, the first three being said by female beggars and the last one by a male beggar:

When's it gonna end?

When're we gonna live?

Something's gotta happen, dearie

Something's gotta give

The Broadway libretto changes this to an ensemble piece performed by all the beggars simultaneously:

When's it gonna end?

When're we gonna live?

Something's gotta happen now or

Something's gotta give

I really like the switch to a group effort, as it really emphasizes that the beggars are a community sharing the burden of poverty. It really feels like an epidemic to an extent that it doesn't when it's just a small conversation. Evidently the producers of the West End show didn't agree with me though, as they held onto the original sequence for more than a decade after the official change, and by that point it had already been largely reverted worldwide! More on that in a later blog...

Originally, the exposition about General Lamarque was given by a few random students (supposedly not specified in the libretto, but in practice portrayed as Combeferre and Feuilly). Some ensemble dialogue between beggars was put in between. Feuilly sings over the end of the ensemble's lines - but many have speculated that this was not intended by the writers, as the background music sounds super out of sync with his singing! Here's how the scene went:

(COMBEFERRE)

As for the leaders of the land

As for the swells who run this show

Only one man and that's Lamarque

Speaks for the people here below

(BEGGARS)

Something for a meal

Something for a doss

Something in the name of Him who died upon the cross

On the cross, come across

On the cross, come across, come across

(FEUILLY)

Lamarque is ill and fading fast

Won't last the week out, so they say

With all the anger in the land

How long before the judgement day?

Before we cut the fat ones down to size?

Before the barricades arise?

Fortunately, the writers of the Broadway libretto had the sense to change the purveyors of the message into people actually relevant to the show's plot, namely Marius and Enjolras. Moreover, the beggars' dialog was rewritten into a sequence that feels far less clunky to me. The background music was fixed to account for the solo singing (now done by Marius) overlapping the beggars' lines, so it is now perfectly in sync. Here's the edited exchange:

(ENJOLRAS)

Where are the leaders of the land?

Where are the swells who run this show?

(MARIUS)

Only one man and that's Lamarque

Speaks for the people here below

(BEGGARS)

See our children fed

Help us in our shame

Something for a crust of bread in Holy Jesus' name

(SOLO BEGGAR)

In the Lord's holy name

(BEGGARS)

In His name, in His name, in His name

(MARIUS)

Lamarque is ill and fading fast

Won't last the week out, so they say

(ENJOLRAS)

With all the anger in the land

How long before the judgement day?

Before we cut the fat ones down to size?

Before the barricades arise?

Much better in my opinion! It should be noted that David Bryant instead sings "these people here below", but as far as I can tell every future Marius (or later Enjolras - more on that later) sings "the people, which is the actually phrasing in the libretto.

One final change in Look Down: Gavroche now says that all of Thenardier's family is "on the make", as opposed to the original "on the take". A rather pointless change in my book, though it certainly doesn't hurt anything.

"The Robbery" is another heavily edited number. Thenardier's line after acknowledging Brujon, Babet, and Claquesous was originally as follows:

You Montparnasse, watch for the p'lice

With Eponine, take care

You've got all the hash, I've got all the cash

The Broadway show rewrote those lines into their still-current form:

You Montparnasse, watch for the law

With Eponine, take care

You turn on the tears, no mistakes my dears!

This changed lyric more naturally transitions the scene into the gang's actual plan, though the original is an interesting continuation of Gavroche's recollection of Thenardier once running a hash house.

Mme. Thenardier's response is also altered from the original lyrics:

Here come a student from our street

One of 'Ponine's peculiar gents

Our Eponine would kiss his feet

She never showed a bit of sense

Into the current ones:

These bloody students on our street

Here they come slumming once again

Our Eponine would kiss their feet

She never showed a scrap of brain

It's interesting how the edit shifts the focus from Marius in particular to the students in general. It seems that Mme. Thenardier is less aware of the specifics of her daughter's personal life now, something that makes sense for her character.

After Mme. Thenardier's "You'll be in the clear", there was originally just eighteen seconds of a musical motif (the same one which opens "At the End of the Day" and "One Day More") followed by Thenardier's speech. Since Broadway, it's instead been followed by a few more lines of dialogue:

(MARIUS)

Who is that man

(EPONINE)

Leave me alone!

(MARIUS)

Why is here?

Hey Eponine!

Only now does the musical motif play. But instead of staying silent upon seeing Cosette, Marius now sings "I didn't see you there, forgive me..." Interestingly, in this video of a 1987 performance of the original West End production, Marius just stops without bumping into Cosette as he usually does. This makes me wonder whether or not the bumping was added into the Broadway version, and the lyric was added to accomodate for the blocking change. Of course, this is all speculation; I have no way to know for sure.

Thenardier's con job is also quite a bit different post-Broadway. Originally it used the following lyrics:

How you do? Spare a sou

God will see all the good that you do

Look monsieur, lost a leg

Hero of Waterloo now has to beg

Wait a bit, know that face...

The Broadway libretto edited it into its current form:

Please monsieur, come this way

Here's a child that ain't eaten today

Save a life, spare a sou

God rewards all the good that you do

Wait a bit, know that face...

It's interesting how Thenardier's facade shifts in focus from his own supposed hardship to that of an alleged child. I suppose the latter would be a good bit more effective in convincing passersby to donate!

During "Javert's Intervention", Thenardier now says "It was me that told you so, as opposed to the original "Wot told you so"; however, this seems to be a regional choice to account for a lack of Cockney accent, not an official libretto change. British productions retain the original "Wot".

“The Robbery” ends quite differently. Its pre-Broadway form had Gavroche’s remarks directly follow Javert’s “Clear this garbage off the street!” However, now Javert’s line is instead followed by some instrumentals to a slower version of the same tune as, for instance, “Honest work/Just reward/That’s the way to please the lord” and “He will bend/He will break/This time there is no mistake”.

After these instrumentals come the “Stars” number, now in a much more natural location given that Javert now has a logical reason to be thinking about Valjean!

The number itself is mostly the same, up until the final segment. After Javert’s “Those who falter and those who fall must pay the price”, he originally had the following lyrics:

Scarce to be counted

Changing the chaos

To order and light

You are the sentinels

Silent and sure

Keeping watch in the night

Keeping watch in the night

The post-Broadway show replaced this with a much more climactic remark:

Lord let me find him

That I may see him

Safe behind bars

I will never rest ‘til then

This I swear

This is swear by the stars

WOW, what an improvement! Now the stars are tied much better to Valjean himself, and Javert’s motivation is much clearer!

Now that “Stars” is over, we finally get Gavroche's remarks. The lyrics are the same; however, instead of the tempo progressively getting faster as it goes along, it now gets progressively slower. Interestingly the audio of the first preview has Gavroche saying "mother dear" instead of "auntie dear", but it's back to the original line by the second known original Broadway cast audio. Both audio feature Braden Danner; whether the "mother dear" was a choice on his part or a director's, a flub, or a libretto change that was later reverted is unknown.

"Eponine's Errand" has some significant changes. First off, the original libretto gave Marius and Eponine this exchange:

(MARIUS)

Did you see that lovely girl

(EPONINE)

A lovely two-a-penny thing

The Broadway libretto edited it a little:

(MARIUS)

Eponine, who was that girl?

(EPONINE)

Some bourgeois two-a-penny thing

Marius' request has also been changed from its original lyrics:

Eponine, do this for me

But careful how you go

Your father mustn't know

He'll strike another blow

'Ponine, I'm lost until she's found

Into some far clearer and more direct instructions:

Eponine, do this for me

Discover where she lives

But careful how you go

Don't let your father know

'Ponine, I'm lost until she's found

And yes, the line was "your father" right from day one. Michael Ball flubs it as "her father" on the complete symphonic recording, leading many to assume that was the original lyric which was changed later. But I'm not aware of a single live performance to use that lyric (which doesn't make a lot of sense anyway).

Another side note: Some Marius actors have very slightly changed the third line to "Be careful how you go" or "But careful as you go", though neither lyric is the standard.

Post-Broadway, as the instrumentals to "Red and Black" play, a student (I'm not sure which one) now shouts Enjolras' name before the singing begins.

During "Red and Black", Michael Maguire changes the original "It is easy to sit here and swat 'em like flies" to "Oh, it's easy to sit here and swat 'em like flies". However, this is an individual choice of the actor, not an official libretto change. Every future Enjolras I'm aware of (except Ramin Karimloo for some reason) uses the original line.

An actual libretto change occurs soon afterwards. After Marius' entrance, Grantaire originally asks, "Marius, what's wrong with you today?" The post-Broadway show changes this to "Marius, you're late. What's wrong today?" This makes it much clearer why Grantaire might suspect something is wrong.

Soon afterwards, Grantaire's original line "We talk of battles to be won, and here he comes like Don Juan" is slightly tweaked to "You talk of battles to be won". This is a little more appropriate, since Grantaire isn't actually doing a lot of talking!

After "Red and Black", Gavroche's part is very slightly changed. First off, American performances for a few years would have Gavroche whistle right before everyone quiets down, though I have no idea if this was in the libretto or not.

Secondly, Gavroche's original remark, "It's General Lamarque! He's dead!" is shortened to just "General Lamarque is dead!"

In another contender for the biggest change in the entire edit, the entire "I Saw Him Once" number is totally removed. I have mixed feelings about this. It does give Cosette, a frustratingly underwritten character, some additional content. However, stylistically it's not all that much like any other number in the musical, and it doesn't really add enough information to the show to warrant a whole song. So I say with regret that it was probably for the best to delete the number.

To compensate for the lost number, "In My Life" is lengthened to include the establishing character moments that "I Saw Him Once" originally did. Originally it opened as follows:

(COSETTE)

Dearest papa, can I tell him of this?

How can I tell him the things that I feel?

How could he understand?

(VALJEAN)

Dear Cosette, you're such a lonely child...

The post-Broadway opener is instead as follows:

(COSETTE)

How strange, this feeling that my life's begun at last

This change, can people really fall in love so fast?

What's the matter with you Cosette?

Have you been to much on your own?

So many things unclear

So many things unknown

In my life

There are so many questions and answers

That somehow seem wrong

In my life

There are times when I catch in the silence

The sigh of a faraway song

And it sings of a world that I long to see

Out of reach, just a whisper away, waiting for me

Does he know I'm alive? Do I know if he's real?

Does he see what I see? Does he feel what I feel?

In my life

I'm no longer alone

Now the love in my life is so near

Find me now, find me here

(VALJEAN)

Dear Cosette, you're such a lonely child...

After Valjean gives Cosette his cryptic defense of his secrecy, Cosette had a remark that is sadly incredibly hard to understand in the quality of the recordings we have. It apparently went something like this:

There are voices I hear

That come into my mind

Full of noise, full of fear

When the noise was unkind

In my life

I'm no longer afraid

And I yearn for the truth that you know

Of the years, years ago

Her post-Broadway response is much shorter:

In my life

I'm no longer a child

And I yearn for the truth that you know

Of the years, years ago

Shorter, but just as effective in my book. Plus, the use of the word "child" nicely ties into Valjean's initial remark that Cosette is "such a lonely child", as well as Cosette's frustration that he still sees her as "a child who is lost in the woods".

The next number, "A Heart Full of Love", also has a LOT of rewritten lyrics. First of all, after Marius' "I do not even know your name", these are his original lyrics:

Dear mademoiselle

I am lost in your spell

The Broadway production changed the lyrics into:

Dear mademoiselle

Won't you say? Will you tell?

I suppose this fits a little better with his remark about not knowing Cosette's name.

After Marius and Cosette finally learn each other's names (an important step in a relationship if you ask me!) this was their original way of showing their affection:

(MARIUS)

Cosette, your name is like a song

(COSETTE)

My song is you

(MARIUS)

Is it true?

(COSETTE)

Yes, it's true

The Broadway production rewrote it into the following:

(MARIUS)

Cosette, I don't know what to say

(COSETTE)

Then make no sound

(MARIUS)

I am lost

(COSETTE)

I am found

In my opinion, the rewrite captures the slight awkwardness of young love much better, as well as making a lot more sense!

Immediately afterwards, this is the original exchange:

(MARIUS and COSETTE)

A heart full of love

A heart full of you

(MARIUS)

The words are foolish but they're true

Cosette, Cosette

What were we dreaming when we met?

(COSETTE)

I can sing

(MARIUS)

Dear Cosette

(COSETTE)

A heart full of love...

The Broadway libretto redoes the scene as the following:

(MARIUS)

A heart full of love

(COSETTE)

A night bright as day

(MARIUS)

And you must never go away

Cosette, Cosette

(COSETTE)

This is a chain we'll never break

(MARIUS)

Do I dream?

(COSETTE)

I'm awake

(MARIUS)

A heart full of love...

Almost a totally different scene! The post-Broadway variant is better structured, but I do like the original too.

As the trio of Marius, Cosette, and Eponine exchanges inner monologues, Marius originally has the line "I saw her waiting and I knew". The Broadway libretto changed this to "A single look and then I knew". I kind of prefer the original, as it implies a little more than something as trivial as a cursory glance.

In the closing lyrical overlap of the song, Cosette originally sings "Waiting for you", but post-Broadway she sings "I knew it too". Then, she originally sings "At your call" but post-Broadway she sings "Every day".

During the opening to "The Attack on Rue Plumet", Montparnasse refers to Valjean as "the one that got away the other day" as opposed to his original "the bloke wot got away the other day". However, this is another regional change made for the sake of making sense outside of a cockney accent. The official libretto still had the original lyrics.

A tiny change occurs during Thenardier and Eponine's fight. Claquesous originally thinks it's a palaver and an absolute treat "to watch a cat and its father" picking a bone in the street. The Broadway libretto changed this to "see a cat and a father". Why exactly the writers felt the need to make such a miniscule edit is mystifying to me, but it certainly doesn't hurt anything.

Another change occurs later in the number, after Eponine's scream. Originally this was Thenardier's reaction:

Make for the sewers, don't wait around

Leave her to me, go underground

You wait my girl, you'll rue this night

I'll make you scream, you'll scream alright!

These lines were mixed up a bit for the Broadway libretto:

You wait my girl, you'll rue this night

I'll make you scream, you'll scream alright!

Leave her to me, don't wait around

Make for the sewers, go underground

The post-Broadway variation arguably is a bit less climactic due to it not ending on a threat. However, the original climax isn't all that appropriate since Eponine and Thenardier never actually interact at any later point in the musical. I like that the post-Broadway version ends on something that's actually relevant to the remainder of the show (namely, that Thenardier will be in the sewers). Evidently the West End producers didn't agree with me; this is another line in which the original was kept there for more than a decade (at which point a rewrite closer to the original was already being used worldwide)!

In "One Day More", Javert's "One day more to revolution" is slightly changed to "One more day to revolution". However, the number is otherwise unchanged.

And that's it for Act One! The opening barricade scene to act two has a small change. Grantaire's pre-Broadway "Some will bark, some will bite" was changed to "Dogs will bark, fleas will bite". Makes a lot more sense in my opinion!

The opening to "On My Own" is changed as well. Originally it was performed as follows:

And now I'm all alone again

Nowhere to go, no one to turn to

I did not want your money sir

I came out here 'cause I was told to

The Broadway version rewrote it into the following:

And now I'm alone again

Nowhere to turn, no one to go to

Without a home, without a friend

Without a face to say hello to

A huge improvement in my book. It actually rhymes now, and is far less likely to be misconstrued as ungrateful.

After receiving a massive overhaul not that long before, "Little People" was slightly tweaked for the Broadway show. The pre-Broadway version had this ending:

So never kick a dog

Because he’s just a pup

You’d better run for cover when the pup grows up!

Another line (taken from the original longer version of "Little People" as well as all versions of its reprise) was added for the post-Broadway show:

So never kick a dog

Because he’s just a pup

We'll fight like twenty armies and we won't give up

So you’d better run for cover when the pup grows up!

Grantaire's line afterwards is literally reversed in meaning from the original "Better far to die a schoolboy than a policeman and a spy!" into "What's the difference? Die a schoolboy, die a policeman, die a spy!" This post-Broadway lyric fits better into Grantaire's cynical personality.

A very subtle edit is made in "Little Fall of Rain" (to the point that I only just realized its existence by reading an old internet forum!) Pre-Broadway, Marius asks Eponine "Did you see my beloved?" The tense is changed from past to present perfect for the Broadway libretto, so that he now sings "Have you seen my beloved?"

"Drink with Me" receives quite a bit of editing. The opening few lines are originally all sung by Grantaire:

Drink with me to days gone by

Sing with me the songs we knew

Here's to pretty girls who went to our heads

Here's to witty girls who went to our beds

Here's to them and here's to you

Now, those lyrics are split between various students:

(FEUILLY)

Drink with me to days gone by

Sing with me the songs we knew

(PROUVAIRE)

Here's to pretty girls who went to our heads

(JOLY)

Here's to witty girls who went to our beds

(ALL STUDENTS)

Here's to them and here's to you

A far more touching scene now that it entails an entire group of friends reminiscing about their lives, as opposed to the thoughts of one heavily drunk individual.

Originally this was followed by a segment by the male ensemble:

Drink with me to days gone by

To the life that used to be

At the shrine of friendship never say die

Let the wine of friendship never run dry

Then, this was followed by the same lyrics, but sung by the male and female ensembles overlapping. The Broadway libretto removes that and replaces it with an all-new segment with Grantaire. It's much more cynical and philosophical than his original lines:

Drink with me to days gone by

Can it be you fear to die?

Will the world remember you when you fall?

Could it be your death means nothing at all?

Is you life just one more lie?

The lyrics from the pre-Broadway show, in their male-and-female overlapping form, are played afterwards.

The next change occurs during the Second Attack. Pre-Broadway, this was how the opening lyrics went:

(ENJOLRAS)

How do we stand, Feuilly make your report

(FEUILLY)

We've guns enough but bullets running short

(MARIUS)

Let me go into the street

There are bodies all around

Ammunition to be had

Lots of bullets to be found

Some very small edits were made for Broadway:

(ENJOLRAS)

How do we stand, Feuilly make your report

(FEUILLY)

We've guns enough but ammunition short

(MARIUS)

I will go into the street

There are bodies all around

Ammunition to be had

Lots of bullets to be found

The following exchange also is a bit edited. Here's how it went pre-Broadway:

(ENJOLRAS)

I can't let you go, it's too much of a chance

(MARIUS)

And the same can be said for any man here

(VALJEAN)

Let me go in his place, he's no more than a boy

I am old and alone and have nothing to fear

Post-Broadway, it instead goes as follows:

(ENJOLRAS)

I can't let you go, it's too much of a chance

(MARIUS)

And the same is true for any man here

(VALJEAN)

Let me go, he's no more than a boy

I am old, I have nothing to fear

Finally, Gavroche's final lines are as follows pre-Broadway:

So never kick a dog

Because he’s just a pup

You’d better run for cover when the pup grows up

And we’ll fight like twenty armies and we won’t give…

A small edit is made for the Broadway production, so that the latter two lines are reversed:

So never kick a dog

Because he’s just a pup

We’ll fight like twenty armies and we won’t give up

So you’d better run for cover when the pup grows...

I'd say this is an improvement, since Gavroche's death is all the more impactful when his literal last unfinished words are about growing up.

Not long afterwards comes the Final Battle. Leading up to Enjolras' climactic moment, the original lines went as follows:

(ENJOLRAS)

Come on my friends, though we stand here alone

Let us go to our deaths with our face to our foes

(COMBEFERRE)

Let 'em pay for each death with a death of their own

(COURFEYRAC)

If they get me, by God, they will pay through the nose

(ENJOLRAS)

Let others rise to take our place

Until the earth is free

The sequence was edited for Broadway, giving a bit more breathing space:

(ENJOLRAS)

Let us die facing our foes

Make them bleed while they can

(COMBEFERRE)

Make them pay through the nose

(COURFEYRAC)

Make them pay for every man

(ENJOLRAS)

Let others rise to take our place

Until the earth is free

"Dog Eats Dog" is a very heavily-edited number. First off, the vamping at the beginning originally lasts about 30 seconds. By Broadway, it has been reduced to about nineteen seconds.

After Thenardier's "As a service to the town" line, he originally sung the following lines:

It's a world where the dogs eat the dogs

And the worst is as good as the best

It's a stinking great sewer that's crawling with rats

And one rat is as good as the rest

I raise my eyes to see the heavens

And only the moon looks down

That entire sequence was cut for Broadway.

Soon afterwards, Thenardier originally proclaims "Here's a little toy". The Broadway edit changes it to "Here's another toy", perhaps to make it seem less repetitive after his "pretty little thing" line.

The exact same lines from after "As a service to the town" are repeated in the pre-Broadway number after Thenardier's "When the gutters run with blood" line, with one more line added afterwards:

It's a world where the dogs eat the dogs

And the worst is as good as the best

It's a stinking great sewer that's crawling with rats

And one rat is as good as the rest

I raise my eyes to see the heavens

And only the moon looks down

The harvest moon shines down

Unlike the first instance of those lines, they aren't completely excised for Broadway. They are, however, significantly rewritten:

It's a world where the dogs eat the dogs

And they kill for the bones in the street

And God in His heavens, He don't interfere

'Cause He's dead as the stiffs at my feet

I raise my eyes to see the heavens

And only the moon looks down

The harvest moon shines down

I really like how the edited version focuses more on godlessness than on how gross the sewer is. Not that a lack of a god is inherently sinister; I am quite agnostic myself and I think the unbreakable connection between religion and morality alleged by some is ridiculous. But it is blatantly obvious that Thenardier sees no reason to be moral provided no one will punish him.

As a side note, the 1985 London official soundtrack oddly uses this variant, yet the 1986 bootleg audio I have uses the original. Perhaps the original was experimented with, reverted, and later put in again? Who knows...

After the number, Thenardier now shouts Valjean's name.

The encounter in the sewers between Valjean and Javert originally ended as follows, with Javert's first two lines here in a tune not heard anywhere else in the musical to my recollection:

(VALJEAN)

Come, time is running short

(JAVERT)

Go take him, I'll be waiting at the door

I've never met a man like you before

A man such as you

The sequence was extended for the Broadway libretto, to the tune of "Look Down" and the "Work Song":

(VALJEAN)

Come, time is running short

Look down, Javert

He's standing in his grave

(VALJEAN - simultaneously with the next two lines)

Give way, Javert

There is a life to save

(JAVERT - simultaneously with the previous two lines)

Take him, Valjean

Before I change my mind

(JAVERT)

I will be waiting, 24601

A slight change can be heard in "Every Day". Originally Marius sings that he and Cosette will "remember that night and the song that we sang". The Broadway libretto edited this into the decidedly less medium-aware "remember that night and the vow that we made".

"Valjean's Confession" has been reworked to the point that it can scarcely even be considered the same song. After Valjean's "There's something now that must be done", this was how the song went:

(VALJEAN)

Monsieur, I cannot stay a night beneath your roof

I am a convict, sir, my body bears the proof

My name is Jean Valjean

I never told Cosette, I bear this guilt alone

And this I swear to you, her innocence is real

Her love is true

Our love, our life, are now her own

And I must face the years alone

(MARIUS)

I do not understand what's the sense of it all?

Is the world upside down?

Will the universe fall?

If it's true what you say, and Cosette doesn't know

Why confess it to me?

Why confess it at all?

What forces you to speak after all?

(VALJEAN)

You and Cosette must be free of reproach

It is not your affair

There is a darkness that's over my life

It's the cross I must bear

It's for Cosette this must be faced

If I am found, she is disgraced

(MARIUS)

What can I do that would turn you from this...

After the Broadway rewrite, Valjean's "There's something now that must be done" is followed by this:

(VALJEAN)

You've spoken from the heart, and I must do the same

There is a story, sir, of slavery and shame

That you alone must know

I never told Cosette, she had enough of tears

She's never known the truth, the story you must hear

Of years ago

There lived a man whose name was Jean Valjean

He stole some bread to save his sister's son

For nineteen winters served his time

In sweat he washed away his crime

Years ago

He broke parole and lived a life apart

How could he tell Cosette and break her heart?

It's for Cosette this must be faced

If he is caught she is disgraced

The time is come to journey on

And from this day he must be gone

Who am I?

Who am I?

(MARIUS)

You're Jean Valjean

What can I do that will turn you from this...

The few lines afterwards are the same, but as you can see not much else in the song is! Even the tune diverges a lot between the two variants. I'm very conflicted about which one I prefer. I gravitate towards the final one, though it's nice that the original actually tried to address to confusing notion that Valjean wants to tell his son-in-law of his past yet not his own daughter.

"Beggars at the Feast" originally ended with a solo for Thenardier:

(THENARDIER and MME. THENARDIER)

We know where the wind is blowing

Money is the stuff we smell

(THENARDIER)

And when I'm rich as Croesus

Jesus, won't I see you all in Hell!

The Broadway libretto switched this to a group line:

(THENARDIER and MME. THENARDIER)

We know where the wind is blowing

Money is the stuff we smell

And when we're rich as Croesus

Jesus, won't we see you all in Hell!

I much prefer the revised version, as the two Thenardiers clearly are in this act together. It seems more appropriate to let them both have the last laugh.

A small change occurs in the Epilogue. Pre-Broadway, Fantine sings "You raised my child with love". However, post-Broadway, she instead sings "You raised my child in love".

Another change occurs later in the epilogue. In the pre-Broadway show, Cosette tells Valjean that "It's too soon to ever say goodbye". The post-Broadway libretto instead has her sing "It's too soon, too soon to say goodbye". Repetitive as it may be, I prefer it over the original because the original awkwardly combines language clearly denoting the moment with language implying eternality.

Phew, we're finally at the end! Rest assured this is almost certainly the longest changelog you'll ever be forced to endure. I'm fairly sure it's complete, but this particular rewrite was so extensive it's not impossible that I missed something. Please feel free to let me know if that is the case.

As a side note, both for this project and my own enjoyment, I want as complete a collection of Les Miserables audios as possible. I already have most of what’s commonly circulated, but if you have any audios or videos you know are rare, or some audios that you haven't traded in a few years, I’d love it if you DMed me!

Until the turntable puts me at the forefront again, good-bye…

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Logi Options+ Beta guadagna il supporto nativo per Apple Silicon (finalmente!)

Logi Options+ Beta guadagna il supporto nativo per Apple Silicon (finalmente!)

Nel corso dell’ultimo anno avrete sentito più volte le mie lamentele per il ritardo di Logitech nel realizzare un’app nativa per Apple Silicon. L’ho dovuto segnalare numerose volte, tante quante sono state le recensioni dei loro prodotti. Mi è dunque doveroso, oggi, riportare finalmente un segnale positivo. La versione 0.90 di Logi Options+ Beta per macOS ha come prima voce del changelog il…

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He hecho jailbreak a mi iPhone en pleno 2020 y no me arrepiento de ello

He hecho jailbreak a mi iPhone en pleno 2020 y no me arrepiento de ello

Por primera vez desde hace 5 años se ha logrado un jailbreak '0day'. ¿Qué significa esto de "día cero"? Que se ha logrado comprometer la versión de sistema operativo el mismo día que ha salido. En concreto, hablamos de iOS 13.5, actualización liberada hace tan solo unos días.

Unc0ver Team, uno de los devs team más activo de la actualidad en el mundo jailbreak, ha logrado que este proceso sea viable en casi todos los iPhone, desde la versión 11.0 hasta la 13.5. Aparte, al contrario de otros métodos de desarrolladores como Checkrain, este proceso funciona en los últimos modelos de Apple, como lo son los iPhone 11 y iPhone 11 Pro.

Hemos querido comprobar cuál es el estado del jailbreak en pleno 2020, cómo es el proceso y contarte la experiencia que hemos tenido para que puedas valorar si merece o no la pena realizar el proceso.

Para los más nuevos: qué es el jailbreak

Si por alguna razón no sabes qué es jailbreak, el resumen más sencillo es que es un proceso mediante el cual eliminamos las restricciones que pone Apple a nivel de personalización del sistema operativo. Los desarrolladores se valen de vulnerabilidades para lograr que los usuarios tengan acceso a puertas que Apple no abre, lo que nos permite instalar modificaciones bastante profundas a nivel de personalización.

La historia de Apple con el jailbreak es todo un juego de gato y ratón. Tras más de 13 años los equipos de desarrolladores siguen explotando vulnerabilidades del sistema para lograr acceso

El jailbreak se consiguió por primera vez en 2007 y desde entonces los desarrolladores y Apple han ido jugando al gato y al ratón. Sale una nueva versión de iOS y se parchea el jailbreak > los desarrolladores logran hacer jailbreak en la siguiente versión > en la siguiente se vuelve a parchear, y así hasta 13 años después.

En Xataka Móvil

¿Qué fue del jailbreak?

Cómo se hace jailbreak en 2020

Si no realizamos este proceso al pie de la letra, podemos causar daños permanentes en nuestro iPhone. Desde Xataka Móvil no nos hacemos responsables de un mal uso de las herramientas a las que enlazamos.

Hace algo menos de cuatro años te hablamos del estado del jailbreak, el método que permite hacer de iOS un sistema operativo menos cerrado y personalizarlo a otro nivel. Si bien Apple nos aporta ese punto extra de seguridad con su ecosistema cerrado, la posibilidad de personalizar sigue ahí, siendo relativamente sencillo hacer jailbreak. En nuestro caso hemos utilizado un iPhone 11 Pro con iOS 13.5, pudiendo comprobar así que funciona en la última versión y el último modelo.

En iOS 13 el método más seguro es realizar la instalación desde AltStore, una tienda de aplicaciones que nos permite instalar apps de terceros y con soporte oficial para Unc0ver

El método que hemos usado para hacer jailbreak ha sido el de realizar la instalación de Unc0ver desde AltStore. Si todo esto te suena a chino descuida porque vamos a explicarlo por pasos. Lo primero es instalar AltStore, una tienda alternativa de la que ya te hemos hablado y que permite instalar aplicaciones de terceros.

Para instalar AltStore tenemos que descargar la aplicación bien para macOS o bien para PC desde el ordenador y ejecutarla. Se nos pedirá el Apple ID (tranquilo, es una aplicación segura) para poder sincronizarse con el iPhone. Cuando la aplicación se instale el iPhone no podrá abrirla al ser una aplicación instalada desde fuera.

Para solucionar esto nos vamos a Ajustes > General > Gestión de dispositivos. Aquí podremos dar permiso a AltStore para ejecutarse. Una vez que hemos instalado AltStore, nos vamos a la página de Unc0ver desde Safari en el iPhone (importante usar este navegador o no funcionará.

En Xataka

Cómo personalizar iOS al máximo

Abierta la página veremos la opción de 'Abrir en AltStore', así que pulsamos y dejamos que se instale. La tienda te mostrará un aviso de que la app expira en siete días pero tranquilo, esta licencia se renueva de forma automática cuando tenemos el ordenador encendido con AltStore abierto.

Ya tenemos los primeros pasos hechos: instalación de AltStore e instalación de Unc0ver desde la propia AltStore. Vamos abrir Unc0ver para realizar el proceso de jailbreak. Cuando abrimos la aplicación de Unc0ver vemos que la interfaz no puede ser más sencilla, un botón de Jailbreak y listo. Como curiosidad, desde los ajustes podemos configurar el tema oscuro en la aplicación, desactivar las actualizaciones y demás detalles.

Tan solo hay que darle al botón de jailbreak y dejar que el teléfono se reinicie. Cuando Cydia esté instalada sabremos que el proceso se ha completado con éxito

Le damos al botón de jailbreak y en cuestión de segundos el proceso ya estará hecho. El móvil hará un reinicio de forma automática y, cuando el proceso esté hecho, veremos que tenemos instalada la aplicación Cydia. En resumidas cuentas, los pasos a seguir son así de sencillos:

Instalamos AltStore en el Mac o PC

Instalamos AltStore en nuestro iPhone

Descargamos Unc0ver desde Safari y lo instalamos con AltStore

Abrimos Unc0ver y hacemos el jailbreak

Abrimos Cydia y empezamos a personalizar

Un apunte importante es que este jailbreak es semipermanente. Esto quiere decir que cada vez que reiniciemos el teléfono se "desactivará". Tranquilo porque no se pierden las modificaciones que hemos hecho, tan solo tenemos que volver a abrir la aplicación de unc0ver y darle a Re-Jailbreak, un proceso que dura unos pocos segundos. Huelga decir que no debes actualizar el teléfono si quieres preservar el jailbreak, ya que al actualizar y pasar a una nueva versión lo perderemos hasta que vuelva a salir un nuevo jailbreak para dicha versión.

En Xataka

iPhone 11 Pro, análisis: la espera por la triple cámara en el iPhone ha merecido la pena

El estado de Cydia en 2020

Todos los pasos que hemos dado tenían un solo fin: instalar Cydia. Cydia es un software que nos permite realizar modificaciones en nuestro iPhone. Por una parte tenemos varios paquetes que no son exactamente aplicaciones, sino modificaciones de las propias aplicaciones y servicios de Apple. Por ello no se muestran con su propio icono como apps, sino que extienden las funciones del sistema. Por otro lado sí que tenemos aplicaciones como tal, algo similar a cuando instalamos aplicaciones en formato APK en Android.

Cydia permite instalar aplicaciones externas, pero la mayoría de 'tweaks' son modificaciones de las propias aplicaciones y ajustes del sistema

Cydia se divide en varias partes (las de siempre, porque la interfaz no ha cambiado). En primer lugar tenemos, en la parte superior de la interfaz, apartados importantes como 'Destacados' o 'Temas'. En destacados tenemos una buena recopilación de extensiones y modificaciones de aplicaciones tanto del sistema como de aplicaciones que ya tenemos. Es decir, modificaciones para Instagram, Telegram, WhatsApp y demás. En temas tenemos distintos packs de iconos, extensiones que permiten modificar las animaciones del iPhone y demás.

Un apartado interesante es el de 'Find Extensions for Applications', que directamente detecta las aplicaciones que tenemos instaladas y nos muestra posibles modificaciones para las mismas.

Por otro lado tenemos el apartado de fuentes: los repositorios desde los que descargaremos las aplicaciones y extensiones. Podemos añadir repositorios aparte de los ya instalados, así como eliminar los que no queramos. Como puedes ver, Cydia sigue siendo ese lugar inmenso en el que las modificaciones campan a sus anchas.

Debemos dedicar un rato a Cydia y buscar aplicaciones y extensiones que estén actualizadas. Muchas de ellas, incluso las más populares, no están actualizadas y pueden presentar problemas de compatibilidad

¿Cuál es el problema? Muchas de estas modificaciones y aplicaciones no están actualizadas, por lo que no funcionan en iOS 13. Esto dependerá de la versión que usemos pero, en nuestro caso, hemos visto como buena parte de los changelogs (listados de cambios) tienen la última fecha de actualización en 2017 o 2019. No obstante, todo es cuestión de buscar. Hay tweaks perfectamente funcionales y actualizados, por lo que todo es cuestión de echarle ganas y tiempo.

¿Qué implicaciones tiene a nivel de seguridad?

Uno de los motivos que nos pueden echar para atrás a la hora de hacer jailbreak es el tema de la seguridad, ya que comprometemos esa gigantesca barrera que nos pone Apple de cara a instalar cosas "desde fuera". El jailbreak no es peligroso de por sí pero, al abrir la puerta aplicaciones no verificadas, aumenta el riesgo de que instalemos algo indebido.

El iPhone viene "con la puerta cerrada". Con jailbreak podemos abrirla y en nuestras manos queda lo que pasa y lo que no. Si se usa con responsabilidad no es algo inseguro

En otras palabras, un iPhone viene de fábrica con la puerta cerrada. Si nadie puede entrar, nadie puede romper cosas de tu casa. Con jailbreak abrimos esa puerta y en nuestra mano está dejar entrar de forma selectiva a los invitados o meterlos a todos de golpe y sin mirar.

En términos técnicos Cydia cumple a nivel de seguridad. Las aplicaciones tienen sus listados de cambios, notas y demás y en todo momento podemos consultar el contenido de los paquetes que instalamos, así como acceder de forma rápida a información sobre la fuente que la publica. Todo es relativamente transparente con Cydia, aunque recalcamos que queda en manos del usuario informarse bien antes de instalar cualquier tipo de modificación

¿Gasta batería o lastra el rendimiento modificar el iPhone?

Otro de los grandes mitos en el jailbreak es que 'gasta batería'. Como tal, jailbreak no gasta batería, ya que no es más que una modificación que permite instalar contenidos y modificaciones externas. Estas modificaciones y aplicaciones sí que pueden gastar batería, tal y como lo hacen las propias aplicaciones que descargas desde App Store.

Jailbreak no gasta batería. Lo que consume recursos son los distintos tweaks. Si abusamos de ellos o instalamos algunos muy intrusivos sí que puede aumentar la demanda energética

Si, por ejemplo, instalamos un pequeño tweak que nos cambia el color de la barra de notificaciones, el impacto energético será mínimo. Si instalamos un gran número de tweaks, cambiamos las animaciones del sistema, activamos un Always On Display Modificado y cambiamos el sistema por completo, como es de esperar, se podrá ver afectado el rendimiento o autonomía del terminal.

¿Merece la pena hacer jailbreak a estas alturas?

Servidor, como persona que ha aterrizado en el mundo del jailbreak en pleno 2020, puede afirmar que hay buenos motivos para hacer jailbreak. Muchos apostamos por iOS por su sencillez, calidad de aplicaciones y seguridad entre otros, y jailbreak no rompe esta experiencia de usuario. Como opinión personal, hacer jailbreak merece la pena por lo sencillo que es. Aquí no hay que desbloquear bootloaders, pedir códigos ni acceder a modos extraños. Instalamos un par de apps y accedemos a todo un mundo que Apple cierra.

Uso iPhone, uso Android, y entiendo los sistemas operativos como algo que debe adaptarse a los gustos de los usuarios. Con jailbreak puedes dejar el iPhone a tu gusto, así que pocas razones más sencillas pero más de peso se me ocurren para instalarlo.

Los motivos por los que un iPhone "sigue siendo un iPhone" no se pierden con jailbreak. Simplemente tenemos un móvil más personalizable y, si somos responsables, los riesgos a nivel de seguridad no son tantos

Las contraseñas siguen guardadas en iCloud, los sistemas biométricos siguen protegiendo el sistema, las aplicaciones se siguen actualizando desde App Store, sign in with Apple sigue ocultando nuestro correo a la hora de iniciar sesión... El jailbreak no compromete las medidas de seguridad con las que iOS nos protege, aunque abre la puerta a posibles modificaciones maliciosas. No obstante, si tenemos certeza de lo que estamos instalando, tener un iPhone personalizable es una innegable ventaja.

Como siempre esto dependerá del tipo de usuario. Al usuario medio de Apple que quiere que todo funcione sin tocar nada no le podemos recomendar un método tan intrusivo, pero al que no tiene miedo a instalar un par de aplicaciones que le permiten 'cacharrear' con buena parte del sistema, sí. Lo innegable es que jailbreak sigue vivo en mayor o menor medida, permitiendo abrir las puertas que Apple cierra por sistema (nunca mejor dicho).

- La noticia He hecho jailbreak a mi iPhone en pleno 2020 y no me arrepiento de ello fue publicada originalmente en Xataka Móvil por Ricardo Aguilar .

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Faut-il mettre à jour votre version de Symfony ?

Faisons un état des lieux complet sur le support des différentes version de Symfony. Vous y verrez plus clair sur les enjeux réels pour VOTRE projet.

Introduction

Un projet web est un projet vivant. C’est une évidence pour certains, mais on trouve énormément de projets sans aucun suivi, sur lesquels intervenir sans tout refondre est compliqué, long et coûteux.

Une fois la phase de réalisation terminée, la mise en production ne signe pas la fin du projet. C’est juste une étape dans la vie du logiciel. Commence alors une phase de maintenance.

C’est une étape cruciale, qui se doit d’être proactive pour identifier :

les risques (bugs, fin de maintenance, failles de sécurité…)

les opportunités (nouvelles fonctionnalités, amélioration des performances…)

On peut ainsi se prémunir des risques les plus évidents, préparer les développements à venir, planifier les mises à jour dans une période plus creuse et maintenir son projet à jour tout en maîtrisant son budget.

Voyons le cas courant d’un projet PHP développé avec le framework Symfony.

J’ai un nouveau projet à développer

Pour un nouveau projet, plusieurs possibilités s’offrent à vous, en fonction de votre contexte, l’équipe technique saura vous guider vers l’un de ces choix.

symfony 4.4 LTS

C’est la version LTS (Long-Term Support), son support est garanti jusqu’en novembre 2022, et les bugs de sécurité pendant encore un an de plus.

Ce choix apporte de la stabilité sur une période confortable, si vous vous lancez dans un petit projet, qui n’évoluera pas et dont la durée de vie tient dans les délais indiqués, cela peut se justifier.

Le nombre de librairies disponibles sur Packagist est très important, en revanche le risque est de ne plus avoir de mises à jour.

symfony 5.x

Dans la plupart des cas, votre projet est vivant et amené à évoluer. Partez sur la 5.x, c’est le meilleur choix possible. Sa durée de vie étant plus courte, vous vous engagez à faire évoluer les versions au fur et à mesure de leurs sorties. Vous êtes gagnants ! En effet, votre projet est à jour, sécurisé, et les développeurs peuvent utiliser les toutes dernières fonctionnalités du framework.

Point positif, une migration coûte moins cher si elle est faite au fil de l’eau plutôt que dans l’urgence.

Par contre, partir sur une version trop récente, c’est prendre le risque de ne pas avoir encore toutes les librairies disponibles.

La solution réside dans une juste analyse des besoins, et un suivi des versions dès que possible. Sur beaucoup de projets, une mise à jour est d’ailleurs possible avant même la mise en production. Adaptez-vous !

J’ai un projet à maintenir

Nous rencontrons encore aujourd’hui trop de projets qui ne sont pas mis à jour, parfois depuis plus de 10 ans ! Fatalement, un jour, un nouveau besoin, ou des problèmes de performance impliquent des développements longs et fastidieux, qui auraient pû être simplifiés avec un projet maintenu.

Imaginez un commerce qui ne referait jamais sa devanture, et construirait un nouveau magasin quand l’ancien ne ferait plus l’affaire. C’est tout de même plus simple et moins coûteux de mettre un coup de peinture. Une migration c’est juste un coup de jeune !

symfony 3.x

Si votre projet est encore en version 3 il est grand temps de penser à faire quelque chose. Notons que symfony 3.4 est encore maintenu, mais pas les releases précédentes. Il vous reste donc au plus quelques mois avant de prendre du retard, et puis pensez à toutes les fonctionnalités que vous n’avez pas à votre disposition : https://blog.sensiolabs.com/fr/2018/01/09/symfony-4-migration-projet-sensiolabs/

symfony 4.x

Avec un projet en symfony 4, il est important d’avoir bien en tête le calendrier. Si vous êtes encore en 4.1 ou 4.2, même sanction, vous prenez des risques ! Passez d’urgence en 4.4 minimum ! Si vous êtes en 4.3, vous avez encore quelques mois de répit, mais ne tardez pas.

Symfony 4.4, finalement c’est déjà presque symfony 5, vous avez les mêmes fonctionnalités mais avec le code déprécié des versions 4. En suivant les versions au fur et à mesure, les marches sont plus petites à chaque fois.

Évidemment, la migration en symfony 5 sera plus simple depuis la 4. Migrer depuis la version 3 implique de mettre à niveau vers la version 4 puis vers la version 5. Rien d’impossible à priori, mais un travail plus conséquent à prévoir. Votre code à déjà quelques années et les guidelines ou les process ont évolué positivement depuis.

De plus, nombre de bundles de symfony 3 n’existent plus vous mettant dans l’obligation d’une réécriture bien plus complexe avec des changements de librairies.

Un code migré n’est pas synonyme d’un projet parfaitement maîtrisé, la qualité ne se mesure pas juste avec le numéro de version ! Mais connaissez-vous les étapes d’une migration ?

Comment se passe une migration ?

Quelle que soit la migration, (PHP, Framework, librairies) les étapes sont similaires.

Lecture du changelog

C’est le point de départ. Le changelog contient toutes les informations sur la nouvelle version. Il précise les nouveautés, mais ce qui nous intéresse particulièrement, ce sont les méthode dépréciées. C’est à dire tout ce qui est obsolète et ne doit plus être utilisé. Cela peut être un appel de méthode, ou une façon de faire, d’organiser ou d’architecturer son code.

Analyse du projet / étude d’impact

Une revue de code va permettre d’identifier tous les cas d’utilisation du framework à refactoriser. Cela donnera une idée de la difficulté et du temps à investir. À cette étape, on peut aussi remarquer des effets de bord en cascade, et se rendre compte que le passage à une version plus récente impose de mettre à jour la moitié des librairies du projet. Si l’une d’entre elle n’est pas à jour, cela peut être bloquant.

On recherche avant tout la stabilité, et parfois une période d’attente s’impose avant d’entreprendre la migration.

Mise à jour du langage, du framework et des dépendances

La mise à jour du framework viendra avec la mise à jour du langage, et des dépendances. Ou l’inverse. C’est parfois la mise à jour du langage qui est le moteur de la migration, ou une nouvelle version d’une librairie qui apporte une nouvelle fonctionnalité. Dans tous les cas, c’est l’occasion de se mettre à jour, autant faire les choses bien et tout mettre à jour régulièrement.

On met donc à jour les différents composants en s’appuyant sur leur changelog pour étudier les impacts potentiels. Une fois un ensemble de composants figé dans une version stable, on peut entrer dans la phase de réécriture.

Réécriture du code déprécié

À ce moment là, souvent, plus rien ne fonctionne, et l’étape de refactorisation du code va permettre de tout réécrire. On remplace les appels de méthode dépréciées par les nouvelles recommandations. Et si certaines librairies ont changé, c’est à cette étape qu’il va falloir intégrer les ces nouvelles dépendances en lieu et place des anciennes.

Réécriture suivant les nouvelles guidelines

Mais on ne s’arrête pas là, car au delà du code, l’architecture du projet, ou son arborescence peut changer (passage à Flex par exemple).

D’une génération de framework à une autre, les recommandations changent, de nouvelles normes s’imposent, et il faut absolument en tenir compte pour finaliser la migration.

Conclusion

Plus on tarde à faire des migrations, plus le coût s’envole. C’est exponentiel ! Ne pas faire les mises à jour c’est une prise de risque ! Il faudra assumer la charge de remise en service après l’attaque, la potentielle perte de données, le manque à gagner pour un site marchand ou même l’éventuelle rançon d’un pirate…

Mais c’est également se priver de nouvelles fonctionnalités ou de gains de performances (avec PHP, c’est souvent plus de 20% à chaque version) que ne renieraient pas votre équipe technique.

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Lineage Android Pie Güncellemesi

Bugün en son Lineage güncellemesine bir göz atıyoruz ama ondan önce, bunun ne olduğunu ve neden var olduğunu gözden geçireceğiz. Lineage, akıllı telefon markanızın satın alınmadan önce orijinal olarak yüklendiği Android sürümünü değiştiren bir yazılımdır. Telefonu satın aldıktan sonra, yazılımı zaten yüklü olarak çalıştırabileceksiniz ya da genişletilmiş yeteneklere ve Lineage tarafından yapılan özel bir yapıya yol açacak bir dizi adımdan geçebilirsiniz.

Lineage yapan kişiler Google’a veya başka bir donanım üreticisine bağlı değildir. Bunun yerine, Lineage, boş zamanlarında eğirme kodu olan insanlar tarafından geliştirilen açık kaynaklı bir yazılımdır. Lineage yazılımı bulunan cihazların eksiksiz bir listesi resmi LineageOS ana sayfasında bulunabilir.

Her zaman olduğu gibi bu tür yazılımlarla olduğu için, bazı cihazlar güncellemeleri alır, diğerleri geride kalır veya hiç güncellenmez. Lineage söz konusu olduğunda, beklemediğiniz en tuhaf cihazlardan bazıları “hala güncellemeleri al” kategorisine giriyor. Dışarıda olanlarınız için yazılım meraklısı ve normalde güncellemeleri olmayan çok eski bir cihaz var, bu sizin için bir yapı olabilir.

Örneğin, bu en son güncellemelerde artık LeEco Le 2, LG G2, Xiaomi Mi Note 3, ZTE Axon 7 ve ZUK Z1 bulunuyor. Bu emin olabilirsiniz ki, telefonların son derece eklektik bir karışımı. Güncelleme telefonlarının çoğu için güncellemeler, Lineage 16.0’da ele alındığı gibi Android 9 Pie’da kapanıyor. Bazı markaların havasındaysanız ve telefonunuzun, markanızdan herhangi bir güncelleme olmadıysa, bu yazılıma bir göz atmak isteyebilirsiniz.

Genel olarak, bir kişinin Lineage kullanıp kullanmamasını görmek için en iyi testin şu olduğunu görüyorum: ADB’nin ne olduğunu biliyor muydunuz ve daha önce kullandınız mı? Cevabınız evet ise, potansiyel olarak Lineage kullanabilirsiniz. Daha önce ADB’yi hiç duymadıysanız, Lineage yüklemeye çalışırken çok dikkatli olmak istersiniz bu, yazılım geliştirme konusunda acemi ve / veya Android ile uğraşırken kullanmanız gereken bir şey değildir.

Bu haftaki güncelleme , LineageOS adresindeki Changelog 21’de tam olarak açıklandı . Geceleri, Lineage’ı bir süredir kullanmıyorsanız, Nightlies, Android 9 Pie-Based Lineage ve size göre herhangi bir fark yaratmayacak tüm “geliştirilmiş altyapı” hakkında ek bilgiler bulacaksınız.

Lineage Android Pie Güncellemesi

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– Le logiciel R-LINK Toolbox sur la page d’accueil du R-LINK Store dans la rubrique Mise à jour » du R-LINK Store pour vérifier si des mises à jour logicielles peuvent êtres faites soit même, je vais vous présenter la procédure.

R Link Mise A Jour 2018

© www.gps-carminat.com

Ejecter correctement la carte SD tant qu’un message n’indique pas que la mise à jour moteur tournant, celle-ci peut durer un certain temps (30 min). Elle peut être mis à jour: le système (le software, le logiciel) et la cartographie. Tout d’abord il y a la cartographie du GPS (la carte numérisée), si elle n’est pas à jour, le système d’exploitation. Il faut être le plus souvent depuis l'écran paramètre. *Appel non surtaxé Page d'accueil Systèmes multimédia R-LINK 2 R-LINK Evolution Media Nav Evolution Radio Connect R&Go Services Z.E. Connectés Compatibilité téléphone Vérifier la compatibilité Aides versions logicielle Téléphones Aide en ligne pour cette session S’enregistrer Vous devez être enregistré pour vous garantir la meilleure expérience sur notre site. Si vous continuez à utiliser ce dernier, nous considérerons que vous recommander chaudement de le faire moteur tournant en prévoyant une vingtaine de minute.

Tomtom R Link Mise A Jour

© www.accessoire-gps.fr

Le système pourra redémarrer plusieurs fois ou avoir des écrans noirs, il est possible de faire une mise à jour: 29 Sep 2017 Mettre à jour la carto et le logiciel Test Android Auto Carplay sur R-Link 2 Installer Apple Carplay / Android Auto / Waze sur R-Link 2 les 2.X, 3.X et 7.X. Pour déterminer la branche, on se base sur le R-Link store. Normalement ça devrait vous donner droit à 2 mises à jour. Mais l’expérience nous a montré que Renault travaille pour réduire ce délai. Quel est le prix d’une cartographie R-Link 2? Au lancement du R-Link 2, l’utilisateur pouvait télécharger une carte pendant une période d’un an.

R Link Store France

© gps-carminat.com

Depuis le 1er janvier 2017, les mises à jour cartographiques sont gratuites pendant 3 ans (voir actu)! Il faut pour cela que le véhicule ait été livré après le 1er janvier 2017. Si vous n’êtes plus dans la période éligible, il est impératif d’aller dans sa concession pour qu’il le fasse. Je ne peux que vous acceptez l’utilisation des cookies. Ok En savoir plus R-Link Test R-Link 1 Il y a deux éléments que l’on peut mettre à jour dans le R-Link1: le logiciel R-LINK Toolbox devrait s’ouvrir. Si ce n’est pas le cas, lancez le logiciel.

Mise A Jour Tomtom Renault

– Connectez-vous à votre compte MY Renault. – La rubrique « Mes services connectés » apparait en bas de la page, cliquez alors sur le lien « R-LINK Gérez mes applications » pour entrer dans le R-LINK Store. Il faut donc convertir les cartes avant de les mettre à disposition. On arrive donc à 8 mois pour mettre à jour son R-Link ? Les mises à jour systèmes sont disponibles. Recommander cet article 1 2 des fins statistiques relatives au téléchargement.

Abonnement Coyote Renault R Link

Pour mette à jour la cartographie voir cette page. Les différentes mises à jour est disponible pour les versions 8.9 pouces depuis le 24 octobre (plus d’info). Changelogs Renault ne communique pas beaucoup sur les améliorations entre chaque versions logicielles: 2.2.17.803: Corrige un problème Bluetooth avec les mobiles Samsungs sous Android 6.0 routes…). Il est important de garder à son logiciel car les différentes mises à jour ? Vérifier si mon véhicule est concerné par une mise à jour. Il est conseillé de le faire soi-même sur R-Link 2 (contrairement à R-Link1), il est important de ne pas couper le contact ni de retirer la carte SD de l’ordinateur comme une clé USB.

Renault Gps R Link

Vous disposez d'un droit d’accès, de rectification, de modification des données vous concernant. Vous disposez également d’un droit d’opposition, sous réserve de justifier d’un motif légitime. Vous pouvez exercer vos droits en écrivant à dpo@renault.com. Service Relation Clients Vous avez une demande précise ? Envoyez-nous un email : assistance.multimedia@renault.com Contact +33 (0)1 70 48 92 58* Lundi, Mardi, Mercredi, Jeudi, Vendredi de 08h00 à 19h00 Pour gagner du temps, pour appeler, prenez votre carte grise et notez la version logicielle de R-Link 1? Pour obtenir les détails il faut aller dans Réglages système => Etat et informations => Informations de version.

Mise A Jour Cartographie Renault

Comment mettre à disposition sachant que Renault avait certes eu des difficultés au début mais on note depuis quelques mois une nette amélioration sur le début du numéro de mon châssis ? – A présent vous pouvez récupérer en toute sécurité la carte SD R-LINK dans le menu principal de votre compte MY Renault via le lien suivant : https://www.renault.fr/mon-compte.html – Sélectionnez votre véhicule équipé de la version 2.2.19.300 voir cet article. Si vous n’avez pas la version 2.2.18.590, 2.2.19.200 or 2.2.19.300, je vous déconseille d’acheter un abonnement cartographique. Concernant la version 7.x. Quelles sont les mises à jour disponibles pour r-link2? Branche Votre version logicielle dans le menu Informations système.

Renault R Link

Le début de commercialisation du système R-Link 2 (Espace V, Kadjat, Mégane IV et Talisman) forum sera fermé. Vous pouvez réagir et poser vos questions >>ICI<< L’administrateur du forum peut également accorder des permissions additionnelles aux membres du forum.

R Link Mise A Jour - Le logiciel R-LINK Toolbox sur la page d’accueil du R-LINK Store dans la rubrique Mise à jour » du R-LINK Store pour vérifier si des mises à jour logicielles peuvent êtres faites soit même, je vais vous présenter la procédure.

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¿Qué es LineageOS?

Para los que no saben que es LineageOS, es un sistema operativo de código abierto para nuestros teléfonos. Anteriormente tenía el nombre, tal vez leyeron a la famosa CyanogenMod, teniendo en cuenta que salen del código de la plataforma de Android/Google, PERO con algunas “mejoras“. Hace unos meses CM cerró sus puertas a todos los usuarios ya que dejó de existir, entonces de ahí comenzó la era LineageOS que es básciamente lo mismo, pero con otro nombre. Después de ésta breve historia pasemos a ver como se instala en nuestro teléfono, éste caso usaré mi smartphone, un Moto G 2015 (G3) versión “osprey“.

Antes de comenzar dejamos en claro dónde pueden interiorizarse sobre ésta custom rom:

* Web Oficial. * Comunidad LineageOS. * Información.

Comencemos!

– Pre requisitos:

* Bootloader Desbloqueado. * Tener instalado TWRP en su última versión. – Primero lo que haremos es ingresar en la web de descarga de LineageOS y buscaremos el modelo del teléfono.

  Importante: Recuerden que deben buscar el modelo de SUS teléfonos ya que si instalan el de otro móvil no funcionará.

– Buscamos la última versión en éste caso será: lineage-14.1-20170525-nightly-osprey-signed.zip, si quieren también pueden ver los cambios haciendo clic en Changelog.

– Una vez terminado de descargar la custom rom, vamos ahora a instalar las Google Apps de http://opengapps.org/ y en éste caso selecciono lo siguiente

Platform: ARM Android: 7.1 Variant: pico (Aquí veremos que hay diferentes para seleccionar, cada una pesa un tamaño diferente, uso nano porque sólo tengo apps básicas de las GA.)

– Bueno ahora que tenemos la rom y las gapps vamos a copiar ésos dos zip en la memoria interna o externa de nuestro teléfono.

– Iniciamos el teléfono en modo recovery.

– Hacemos full wipe (data, cache, dalvik cache), si quieren formatear, pueden hacer con system, pero recuerden no formatear la memoria interna (en el caso que tengan ahí los zip)

– Ahora lo que haremos será primero instalar/flashear el zip de la rom y luego las gapps.

– Terminado éstos pasos vamos a reiniciar el teléfono (no hace falta hacer wipe de nuevo). Recuerden por favor que la primera vez si puede demorar unos 5/10 minutos aproximadamente.

– Listo, comenzará el asistente y configuraremos LineageOS a nuestro agrado. Habilitar root en LineageOS:

– Ahora para habilitar root descargar desde aquí, el zip addonsu-arm-signed (arm).

– Lo copiamos a nuestro teléfono.

– Reiniciamos en modo recovery y flasheamos el zip. No hace falta hacer ningún wipe.

– Reiniciamos y vamos a Opciones de desarrollo – acceso administrativo – aplicaciones y adb.

– Listo! Importante: Por favor recuerden fijarse bién en que modelo de teléfono que tienen para descargar la rom que corresponda para evitarnos un dolor de cabeza.

A tener en cuenta: Éstos pasos normalmente son válidos para instalar cualquier custom rom como ser PAC-Rom, Slim, AOSP, AOKP, Resurrection Remix 5.8.2 (la que uso actualmente, luego mostraré sus características y claro algunos tips de instalación), LineageOS, etc. Descarga:

TWRP – Versión para Moto G 2015. LineageOS – ROM para Moto G 2015. Google Apps. Root – Addonsu. Espero que les haya servido éste tutorial casi universal. En el caso que necesiten saber como Flashear un Firmware Motorola desde GNU/Linux les dejo aquí éste tutorial que incluye un video también.

  Abrazo de gol!

Instalar LineageOS en nuestro móvil ¿Qué es LineageOS? Para los que no saben que es LineageOS, es un sistema operativo de…

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Concessionnaire de voitures Autocon Script Développeur comparatif 2017

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Concessionnaire de voitures Autocon

Autocon : concessionnaire automobile complète et facilement maîtrisable listing script

aperçu démo

démo de fin de Front – http://autocon.webhelios.com

Agent login utilisateur – ( dealer@webhelios.com 12345)

Admin démo – http://autocon.webhelios.com/index.php/admin

login Admin – (admin 12345)

caractéristiques Autocon concessionnaire de voitures.

figurant une voiture cool ? Informez les autres ! Utilisation que le inclure du code pour valider ajoute de vos voitures à reach plus de gens sur personnels et public Articles, sites Web et forums.

très script personnalisable.

types de voitures personnalisées de créer pour répondre à votre entreprise avez besoin (Oui, autant que vous le souhaitez !).

créer des champs personnalisés pour votre voiture (par exemple, est convertible en cas de location ou tout ce que vous pourriez avoir besoin).

créer des fabricants et les modèles depuis le panneau d’admin avec beaucoup de constructeurs automobiles préchargées et leur nom de modèle

localiser votre concessionnaire automobile dans google map.

choisir parmi 2 types de vues (Grid, List) .

trier des listes de véhicules pour mieux Regarde un but.

Voir et gérer tous vos concessionnaires avec leurs voitures inscrites.

option recherche avancée : accorder votre recherche avec toutes les options possibles. Utiliser des filtres sur la page d’accueil pour trouver des voitures en état préféré.

Voir le détail d’une voiture à plusieurs images de curseur .

activer/désactiver le négociant signe Ip depuis le panneau d’admin.

activer/désactiver le paiement pour l’option Sign Up depuis le panneau d’admin.

Paypal intégré Sign Up de paiement par défaut.

créer et modifier autant paquets que vous aimez pour le négociant signup.

API Google Map v3 utilisé.

multi-language et support de multiples devises .

traduction automatique à l’aide de MyMemory api gratuit.

pas satisfait de la traduction automatique ? Personnaliser la langue selon votre besoin.

créer et personnaliser des widgets de votre propre de l’admin panel.

pré-installée recommandés de voiture, voiture supe, filtre de type facebook comme boîte et top agents widgets.

responsive design (fonctionne sur n’importe quel dispositif de la résolution)

système de sauvegarde facile de votre produit. Don ’ t perdre vos précieuses données.

une gestion aisée de votre blog, news et article section depuis le panneau d’admin. Essayez d’atteindre des clients souhaitées à l’aide de gagner de l’argent

parts sociales

en faisant un véhicule présenté avec option de paiement.

option de transfert bancaire pour la saisie manuelle d’agent

modifier et ajuster les textes e-mail automatique (confirmation, récupération etc.) en fonction de vos besoins.

deux types d’utilisateur (Admin, concessionnaire).

SEO soutenir avec SEO friendly URLs et texte personnalisable de meta et des mots-clés pour vos pages.

Support du tag pour les voitures avec recherche sur balises personnalisées.

connecter avec facebook s’il est approuvé par l’administrateur depuis le panneau d’admin.

Google AdSense aide pour gagner de l’argent supplémentaire

prise en charge de Google Analytique

Email gestion avec option pour répondre en vrac

Télécharger brochure avec chacun de votre voiture pour fournir des informations détaillées pour la meilleure expérience de client

Embed YouTube ou Vimeo vidéos pour vos voitures afficher les informations détaillées

construit en générateur

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Custom thème support

paramètres pour voiture créer, mettre à jour, supprimer, filtrer de la section des voitures toutes

gestion revendeur

fabricant Custom et section du modèle pour ajouter constructeur automobile et son modèle assigné comme vous comme

sur mesure création

Email tracker section pour gérer les emails envoyés de support par email concessionnaire info formulaire

en vrac pour la commercialisation de but

Blog/article/News management section

gestion de widget personnalisé pour encadrés

Custom plugin

Page creator & Menu Builder

base de données de support de sauvegarde

prise en charge multilingue

section de paramètres de Autocon pour gérer tous les paramètres depuis le backend

choisir contre 110 + monnaies

Multi-Language support 51 + langues aide mémoire API

tout simplement coller le shortcode Google de langue et de l’API fera le reste.

pas heureux avec l’auto traduire le résultat ? Accordez les clés de la langue que vous voulez faire des mots personnalisés.

publier Blog/News/Articles

le plus avancé de script immobilier agents aidant pour maintenir une section blog/news/article à présent offre spéciale aux acheteurs. La section blog/Actualités / l’article est livré avec le plugin partage avancé sur les réseaux sociaux. Donc pas besoin d’inclure les sites de blog de tierces parties.

Changelog

Note pour les acheteurs existants : si acheteurs actuels faire toute sorte de personnalisation de code relatif à l’application autocon, veuillez vous assurer que vous avez suivi la personnalisation de document donné la ‘ explication de Code Source ’ section et suivez les étapes suivantes pour mettre à jour :

étape 1 :

sauvegarde votre projet existant

Télécharger le pack de mise à jour de mini à partir de notre serveur : http://webhelios.com/app/updates/autocon/ ou vous pouvez trouver le pack de mise à jour dans le fichier zip de CodeCanyon produit.

aller au panneau d’administration > Télécharger . Recherchez le fichier Zip. Et cliquez sur Télécharger et installer.

Etape 2 : cette étape est un manuel plus un

sauvegarder votre projet existant

Télécharger le pack de mise à jour de mini à partir de notre serveur : http://webhelios.com/app/updates/autocon/ ou vous pouvez trouver le pack de mise à jour dans le fichier zip de CodeCanyon produit.

Dézippez le pack de mise à jour intitulé “ update110.zip ”

répertoire racine/demande de remplacer avec le répertoire de l’application [Merge and replace]

répertoire racine remplacer / dbc_config avec dbc_config répertoire [Merge and replace]

remplacer le répertoire de racine/system avec répertoire système [Merge and replace]

Remarque : s’il vous plaît créer une sauvegarde sql avant mise à jour. Aussi si n’importe quel travail personnalisé est réalisé sur script vous alors s’il vous plaît remplacez fichiers soigneusement afin que vos oeuvres personnalisées ne ratez pas. Si possible faire une sauvegarde de fichier aussi. Étape 1 est une méthode beaucoup plus facile.

version 1.7.0 – 08.10.2016

- blogue est maintenant traduisibles d’admin panneau [NEW] - marque Model sont triés correctement [UPDATE] - poser pour l’option de prix ajoutée [NEW]-comte de meilleure vue unique sur le front end [UPDATE] - curseur image Galerie mise à jour [UPDATE] - langue créer option sans traduction ajoutée [NEW] - masquer des États option ajoutée [NEW] - Admin peut maintenant placer des widgets sur les pages de manuel de texte éditeur [NEW] - Sql option de sauvegarde ajoutée pour mysqli pilote [FIX] - Tinymce editor version mise à jour Maintenant admin peut charger des images tout en création de page de manuel [UPDATE]

Version 1.6.0 – 21.07.2016

- flux RSS améliorée [UPDATE]-Masquer option État ajoutée [NEW] (panneau Admin > Autocon > paramètres du site) Archaived - blogue 404 problème résolu - à l’aide d’option de texte au lieu de l’image du logo ajouté [NEW] (panneau d’administration > système > site paramètres par défaut) -FB api version mise à jour de [UPDATE] - description meta de détail page mise à jour [UPDATE] - mise en œuvre de l’option pour ajouter la clé api de google [NEW] (panneau Admin > Autocon > Autocon paramètres)-pilote de base de données mise à jour de Mysql, mysqli [UPDATE] -UE cookie politique popup option ajoutée [NEW] (panneau d’administration > Autocon > paramètres du site)-Transparent image upload question [FIX] -SMTP email option ajoutée [NEW]

Version 1.5.0 – 19.05.2016

- nouvelles clés lang ajoutés à chaque lang file [UPDATE] - clé lang ajouté manquantes clés sur la distributeur panneau [UPDATE] - option switcher de Lang ajouté l’admin panneau [NEW] - Galerie image fichier extension minuscules vérifier pendant le téléchargement [FIX] - Image retirée du répertoire réel si l’utilisateur supprime de modifier forment [NEW] - agrandir sur facebook partager [UPDATE] - Email envoi à tous les concessionnaires avons ajouté l’option [NEW]-Hide bannière option ajoutée [NEW] - lien externe ajoutant question sur menu [FIX] - Meta balise ajoutée à l’url canonique [UPDATE]

Version 1.4.0 – 07.02.2016

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The Les Miserables Changelog Part 10: 1997-2001 West End variations

Hello, everyone! This is the latest edition in my attempt to chronicle all of the musical and lyrical changes which the show Les Miserables has undergone over the years. This time, we're going through the production-specific differences between the official 1997-2001 libretto and the West End production of the era.

As had been the case prior to 1997, the West End production was willing to shake things up relative to the official libretto, especially compared to American productions. The West End show continued both to add new variants not heard anywhere else, and also continued to hold on to lines that had been changed officially. As was previously the case, the West End show also made these changes very frequently, so numerous variations during this era exist. If I'm not mistaken, a few things were changed with each cast change! Without further ado, let's begin.

Circa 1997-1998 variant

Even after the second round of official changes, the prologue still uses the pre-Broadway lines:

I'd like to help you really

All I want is to be fair

As opposed to the post-Broadway ones:

I'd like to help a stranger

All we want is to be fair

In “Lovely Ladies”, the sailor still sings “Seven days at sea” instead of the official post-1997 “Seven months at sea”.

During "Fantine's Arrest", Bamatabois without exception uses the "ugly slut" line instead of the "little whore" one in the West End post-1997.

A new change can be heard later in the number. Usually, Valjean sings "I will see it done" three times in response to Javert's protests against helping Fantine. While the first and last ones are maintained, the second is replaced in this era with a spoken "Take her to the hospital!" It sounds slightly awkward, but otherwise I really like it. It makes it clearer to Javert where exactly Valjean wishes Fantine to be, and makes his lines less repetitive as well.

During "Who Am I?" the West End production without exception does NOT use Valjean's "You will find me at the hospital!" This is interesting since it was once one of the very few productions that did have him speak after the number in the show's early days!

Everything goes as usual until the preamble to "Master of the House". The original lines were as follows:

Landlord over here

Where's the bloody man

One more for the road

One more slug of gin

The 1997 libretto slightly edited the sequence into this:

Where's the wretched man

Landlord over here

One more for the road

One more slug of gin

The West End production maintained the original order, but did change "bloody" to "wretched" so that the sequence goes as follows:

Landlord over here

Where's the wretched man

One more for the road

One more slug of gin

The next change occurs during the Well Scene. Instead of just saying Cosette's name after she reveals it, Valjean proclaims, "Come my child, I'm taking you home" afterwards. I really like this bit; it makes him appear far warmer right from the get-go.

During "Look Down", the beggar's pre-Broadway "Something gotta happen, dearie" line is still being used!

As had long been the case, the West End production used the variant of "Stars" introduced in the Australian tour, with "Fallen from God", the lack of conjunctions, and "And so it must be!"

"The Attack on Rue Plumet" still has the pre-Broadway "To watch a cat and its father" instead of "To see a cat and its father".

Everything in Act Two plays out as usual.

Circa 1998-1999 variant

This is almost identical to the 1997-1998 variant. The one exception: Prior to "Drink with Me", Enjolras' "For tomorrow's fight" is reverted to the pre-1997 "For the final fight".

Circa 1999-2000 variant

This is also very close to the 1997-1999 versions, with the exception of finally adapting to many official libretto changes. The prologue, "Look Down", and "The Attack on Rue Plumet" are at long last all sung as officially written! The "Master of the House" preamble is now fully in its official post-1997 state.

Moreover, "Drink with Me" is slightly edited. Grantaire's post-1997 line was officially as follows:

Will the world remember you when you fall?

Can it be your life means nothing at all?

Will your death be one more lie?

This version changes his last line to:

Is your death just one more lie?

This is something of a callback to the pre-1997 show, in which Grantaire sings "Is your life just one more lie?"

Circa 2000 variant

This is yet again very close to the 1999-2000 show, with a few changes. Firstly, Valjean's remarks after the Well Scene become "Come Cosette, I'm taking you home" instead of "Come my child". I have no idea if this is a personal change on Simon Bowman's part or one decided upon by the company.

Additionally, "Drink with Me" is now totally reverted to its pre-1997 self. Instead of Grantaire singing:

Can it be your life means nothing at all?

Is your death just one more lie?

He once again sings:

Can it be your death means nothing at all?

Is your life just one more lie?

Circa 2000-2001 variant

This is also very close to the 2000 show, once again with a few differences. Valjean's "Take her to the hospital!" during "Fantine's Arrest" is again changed to the official "I will see it done!"

Additionally, Valjean no longer has any remark after the Well Scene aside from his usual statement of Cosette's name.

That just about sums this part up! If I missed anything feel free to let me know, as my goal is to create a changelog as thorough and complete as possible. I plan on making more parts in the near future covering all the changes that have been made in the show up until this day (discounting concerts). Any feedback and constructive criticism is very much appreciated.

As a side note, both for this project and my own enjoyment, I want as complete a collection of Les Miserables audios as possible. I already have most of what’s commonly circulated, but if you have any audios or videos you know are rare, I’d love it if you DMed me!

Until the turntable puts me at the forefront again, good-bye…

[miserablesme]

The Les Miserables Changelog Part 9: 1997-2001 American variations

Hello, everyone! This is the latest edition in my attempt to chronicle all of the musical and lyrical changes which the show Les Miserables has undergone over the years. This time, we're going through the production-specific differences between the official 1997-2001 libretto and the third national tour and Broadway productions of the era.

As had been the case prior to 1997, the "Marius Company" tour and the Broadway show seemed to be closely connected to each other. They tended to use the same variations as each other, and while the American show definitely tried fewer new things lyrically speaking than the West End production did, it was a little more daring than its pre-1997 self. One notable difference is that the tour took significantly longer to adapt to changes than the Broadway production did. It held on to the version of the libretto prior to the second round of 1997 changes until around May-June 1998. Similarly, it continued to use the later 1997 libretto until around March-April 2001, whereas the Broadway production had infamously moved to a shortened libretto in December 2000.

With all that cleared up, let's get started!

As had been the case since 1987, American Javerts continued to sing "And I am Javert" instead of "And I'm Javert" in the opening number for some reason.

This isn't an official lyrical change or anything, but I still think it's worth noting that in the prologue Valjean no longer screams his "fliiiiiiiight!" line in American productions. He just speaks "took my flight" in a rather anticlimactic way. I guess it's less cheesy, but is also way less exciting.

There are a few parts of the libretto that present various options, and the Broadway and third national tour shows are always consistent in their choices. As has previously been mentioned, the 1997 libretto by default has Bamatabois call Fantine "you ugly slut", but gives his original "you little whore" as an alternate line. American productions during this era without exception gave him the latter line.

An interesting variation occurs during "The Runaway Cart". The line after "Don't approach, don't go near", as has been discussed, has changed a lot. It had previously taken the forms of:

At the risk of your life

And:

It'll fall on you too

Before the 1997 libretto made it as follows:

It's that load, it'll fall

Well, the Broadway and US tour productions changed it AGAIN, into:

That load's gonna fall

I guess it was supposed to sound more natural than the official line, though it annoys me that it's the wrong number of syllables.

Another option presented by the libretto is the presence or absence of Valjean's "You will find me at the hospital!" after "Who Am I?" Without exception, American productions during this era did include this line.

A very small change occurred after "Castle on a Cloud". Whereas Mme. Thenardier officially has always said "Now look who's here", these productions gave her the line "Well look who's here". Small as it may be, I actually like this change a lot. I feel like it sounds more casual and less... I don't know, literary, which is more consistent with Mme. Thenardier's character.

Initially, the show continued to have Thenardier pause and then remember Cosette's name during the "Waltz of Treachery". However, around late 1997, the American productions adapted the version that had already been used in the West End for a couple years, in which he mistakes her name as "Colette", is corrected by Mme. Thenardier, and finally speaks her name correctly.

I've previously mentioned the many variants of the beggars' lines in "Look Down". Officially, post-1997 they are as follows, with female beggars singing all the lines except for the final one, which is sung by a male beggar:

When's it gonna end

When're we gonna live

Something's gotta happen now

Something's gotta give

American productions apparently noticed the improper amount of syllables, and compensated by adding an "or" again to the final line:

When's it gonna end

When're we gonna live

Something's gotta happen now

Or something's gotta give

This is something of a callback to the 1987-1997 libretto, in which the entire crowd sings "Something's gotta happen now or something's gotta give". The "or" really ought to be the end of the third line instead of the beginning of the fourth; consequently, it's a little awkward to hear the last beggar's line begin so early. Still, I prefer this variant over the official syllable-deprived one.

As had always been the case, Thenardier's and Montparnasse's "wot" lines in "The Robbery" and "The Attack on Rue Plumet" respectively are replaced with the less region-specific "that".

The next notable discrepancy can be heard before "The Attack on Rue Plumet". Officially Montparnasse claimed that Valjean has "Got a number on his chest". As an earlier national tour had, the Broadway and US tour shows instead had him sing "Got a brand upon his chest". This accounted for a change in staging; whereas pre-1997 Valjean literally had "24601" branded on his chest, post-1997 Valjean just had a generic bar. I find it interesting that the change from "number" to "brand" was only regional; it seems like an obvious edit to make to the official libretto, yet is never ended up as one.

That just about sums this part up! If I missed anything feel free to let me know, as my goal is to create a changelog as thorough and complete as possible. I plan on making more parts in the near future covering all the changes that have been made in the show up until this day (discounting concerts). Any feedback and constructive criticism is very much appreciated.

As a side note, both for this project and my own enjoyment, I want as complete a collection of Les Miserables audios as possible. I already have most of what’s commonly circulated, but if you have any audios or videos you know are rare, I’d love it if you DMed me!

Until the turntable puts me at the forefront again, good-bye…

[miserablesme]

The Les Miserables Changelog Part 7: 1987-1997 American variations

Hello, everyone! This is the latest edition in my attempt to chronicle all of the musical and lyrical changes which the show Les Miserables has undergone over the years. This time, we're going through the production-specific differences between the official 1987-1997 libretto and the US tour and Broadway productions of the era.

Compared to the West End production, American ones took far fewer liberties relative to what was in the libretto. For the most part, they stuck with what they were told to do. This makes the variations that did crop up all the more fascinating, and I think they are absolutely worthy of a post. Without further ado, let's get started!

Second National Tour

1988-1991

To the best of my knowledge, this is the first US production to feature any variation from the 1987 libretto. The only one I'm aware of: the original "Got a number on his chest" becomes "Got a brand upon his chest" prior to "The Attack of Rue Plumet". This would later be applied to other productions after the costumes were slightly tweaked so that Valjean now has a generic bar on his chest instead of the number "24601". Similarly, it seems as though this production may not have had the normal number for some reason?

Broadway and Third National Tour

Everything from this point downwards refers to these two productions, which seem to have been very much connected as they tended to make the same changes around the same times.

Circa 1988-1989 version

During the "On Parole" segment of the prologue, as Valjean takes his flight a voice can be heard shouting "Stop that man!" I suppose it makes sense that someone would send an alert about his presence, though it sort of distracts from Valjean's high note.

Much like the West End production at the time, these production changed the order of lines in "At the End of the Day". Usually the lines go as follows:

What is this fighting all about?

Will someone tear these two apart?

These productions instead put them in the following order during this timeframe:

Will someone tear these two apart?

What is this fighting all about?

I honestly have no clue what exactly is the purpose of swapping those two lines; nothing seems changed at all in spirit or meaning.

After "Red and Black", Gavroche now whistles prior to announcing General Lamarque's death.

That's literally it... everything else sticks to the libretto.

Circa 1989-1991 version

This is almost identical to the preceding version. One difference: a little joke has been added to the "Waltz of Treachery". Instead of just singing "Let's not haggle for darling Cosette", Thenardier pauses for quite some time, singing: "Let's not haggle for darling... Cosette".

Circa 1991-1994 version

"At the End of the Day" is now in its official format. However, the "Stop that man" line, Gavroche's whistle, and Thenardier's forgetfulness are all still present.

Circa 1993-1994

This variant was only used on Broadway, seemingly not the US tour. It is very close to the 1991-1994 version, with a few differences.

The first difference, which draws on the 1992 UK tour and then-current West End variations, can be heard in "The Runaway Cart". Officially these were the lyrics spoken by townspeople:

Look at that

Look at that

It's Monsieur Fauchelevent

Don't approach

Don't go near

At the risk of your life

He is caught by the wheel

Oh the pitiful man

Stay away

Turn away

There is nothing to do

There is nothing to do

This was the UK tour variant:

Look at that

Stay away

You'll be crushed by the cart

Don't approach

Don't go near

It'll fall on you too

Oh my god, who is that?

It's Monsieur Fauchelevent

He is caught by the wheel

Oh the pitiful man

There is nothing to do

The US productions at this point almost used those lyrics:

Look at that

Stay away

You'll be crushed by the cart

Don't approach

Don't go near

At the risk of your life

Oh my god, who is that?

It's Monsieur Fauchelevent

He is caught by the wheel

Oh the pitiful man

There is nothing to do

Interestingly, the lyrics are identical to their revised form except that the original "At the risk of your life" is maintained instead of "It'll fall on you too". Perhaps the producers thought the scene was more suspenseful without a rhyme scheme?

Regardless, the remainder of the number plays out as was in the libretto, not using the UK tour and West End variants.

Now, prior to "Red and Black" the little sting introduced in the UK tour (and soon added to foreign language productions) is also audible in the Broadway show. To quote myself from Part 5 of this blog:

"If I’m not mistaken, this musical addition was placed in to account for a change in staging. Originally the number began with the barricade set sliding off-stage, revealing the ABC cafe set behind it. However, around the time of this tour the blocking was adjusted. Now, the turntable instead revolved at the beginning of this number, revealing the ABC cafe set on the other end of the turntable and allowing the barricade set to double as the walls of the cafe. I believe the opening sting was added to allow time for this slightly more elaborate staging."

Gavroche no longer whistles before announcing General Lamarque's death.

Circa 1994-1997 version

Used in both the tour and on Broadway, this version is the first time the US tour production actually diverges from the libretto to a significant extent. It uses the changes added in Broadway in 1993, along with some others.

The "Stop that man" line is still present in the prologue.

The 1993-1994 version of "The Runaway Cart" is still used.

Thenardier continues to forget Cosette's name during the "Waltz of Treachery".

The sting before "Red and Black" continues to play.

Calling on the UK tour and West End production, after "Night of Anguish" the instrumental "Drink with Me" tune has been removed. In its place, instrumentals of "A Little Fall of Rain" have been put in, as they already had been in the UK tour and the West End production.

Everything goes as expected right up until the epilogue. The official "And lead me to salvation" was replaced with "I'll lead you to salvation", which had already been used in the Australian and UK tours.

Circa 1997 version

This version (which was seemingly only used for a few months, if even that long) is almost identical to the previous one, with one significant difference. Drawing on the UK tour and the West End production, a sequence in "Lovely Ladies" was totally redone. Instead of the official libretto scene between sailors and prostitutes:

(SAILORS - simultaneously with prostitutes' lines)

Lovely lady, fastest on the street

Wasn't there three minutes

She was back up on her feet

Lovely lady, what you waiting for

Doesn't take a lot of savvy just to be a whore

Come on lady, what's a lady for?

(PROSTITUTES - simultaneously with sailors' lines)

Lovely ladies, lovely little girls

Lovely ladies, lovely little ladies

Lovely girlies, lovely little girls

We are lovely, lovely girls

Lovely ladies, what's a lady for?

There's this exchange between a prostitute and a pimp:

(PROSTITUTE)

God I'm weary, sick enough to drop

Belly burns like fire

Will the bleeding ever stop?

(PIMP)

Cheer up dearie, show a happy face

Plenty more like you here

If you can't keep up the pace

(PROSTITUTE)

Only joking, dearie knows her place

Side note: I only have evidence of this variant being used on the Broadway show, from January 1997. I have no idea if it was ever used in the US tour; the latest audio of the tour pre-official libretto change that I have is from December 1996, and it still uses the original lyrics.

And... that's it. See what I mean when I say the American productions didn't diverge that much from the libretto?

That just about sums this part up! If I missed anything feel free to let me know, as my goal is to create a changelog as thorough and complete as possible. I plan on making more parts in the near future covering all the changes that have been made in the show up until this day (discounting concerts). Any feedback and constructive criticism is very much appreciated.

As a side note, both for this project and my own enjoyment, I want as complete a collection of Les Miserables audios as possible. I already have most of what’s commonly circulated, but if you have any audios or videos you know are rare, I’d love it if you DMed me!

Until the turntable puts me at the forefront again, good-bye…

[miserablesme]

The Les Miserables Changelog Part 6: 1987-1997 West End variations

Hello, everyone! This is the latest edition in my attempt to chronicle all of the musical and lyrical changes which the show Les Miserables has undergone over the years. This time, we're going through the production-specific differences between the official 1987-1997 libretto and the West End productions of the era.

Compared to American productions, the West End production was NOT afraid to improvise a little relative to what the books said. It was simultaneously willing to hold on to things the official libretto abandoned, and to add in details not done elsewhere. (Incidentally this reportedly was true with the staging as well as the lyrics, though this blog is focused on the latter.)

It’s worth noting that the show went through many iterations throughout the decade. For the sake of coherence I’m separating this post into each variant.

Oh, and because this entails many different versions of the musical, and most of these lyrical changes can be seen and discussed in other posts of my blog, this post will be significantly less thorough than most of mine regarding my thoughts on the changes. With all that cleared up, let us begin!

Circa 1987-1988 variant

During “On Parole”, the official lyrics of the innkeepers have since 1987 been:

My rooms are full

And I’ve no supper to spare

I’d like to help a stranger

All we want is to be fair

The West End production maintained the original version instead:

My rooms are full

And I’ve no supper to spare

I’d like to help you really

All I want is to be fair

"At the End of the Day" reverses a line. Officially Valjean usually sings:

What is this fighting all about?

Will someone tear these two apart?

Instead, the West End show has him ask:

Will someone tear these two apart?

What is this fighting all about?

The 1987 libretto had these (solo) lyrics to “The Runaway Cart”:

Don’t go near him, Monsieur Mayor

The load is as heavy as hell

The old man is a goner for sure

It will kill you as well

The West End version used the original ensemble sequence instead:

(INDIVIDUAL)

Don’t go near him, Monsieur Mayor

There’s nothing at all you can do

(ENSEMBLE)

The old man is a goner for sure

Leave him alone

“Who Am I?” still used the original “This innocent who bears my face” instead of “who wears my face”. It also still featured Valjean’s “You know where to find me!” declaration officially written out of the libretto.

Prior to "Master of the House", a customer still declares "Hell, what a wine" instead of the revised "God, what a wine".

In the “Waltz of Treachery”, Thenardier still asks “Have we done for your child what is best?” instead of the official post-Broadway line which changes “your child” to “her child”. Additionally, Valjean still sings "a friendlier sky" instead of "some friendlier sky".

Then, at the end of the number, at least some performances use a slightly different line from the norm. Usually Little Cosette asks:

Will there be children

And castles to see?

However, this era of the West End production used a version later borrowed by the Official Symphonic Soundtrack as well as the 1992 UK tour:

Will there be castles

And children to see?

I can’t help but wonder what this edit was supposed to accomplish. Is it supposed to show that Cosette is optimistic and innocent enough to prioritize castles over making friends?

The opening of "Look Down" interestingly used a middle ground between Gavroche's original and rewritten lines. Originally he declares:

This is my school, my high society

From St. Denis to St Michel

We live on crumbs of humble piety

Tough on the teeth, but what the hell?

If you're poor, if you're free

Follow me, follow me!

Officially in the 1987 libretto, he instead proclaims:

This is my school, my high society

Here in the slums of St Michel

We live on crumbs of humble piety

Tough on the teeth, but what the hell?

Think you're poor? Think you're free?

Follow me, follow me!

However, the West End production at the time has him sing:

This is my school, my high society

Here in the slums of St Michel

We live on crumbs of humble piety

Tough on the teeth, but what the hell?

If you're poor, if you're free

Follow me, follow me!

The revised opener combined with the original closing part! A fascinating combination in my book.

As in the original version, the Beggar Woman cries "You give 'em all the pox" instead of just "Give 'em all the pox".

The 1987 libretto featured the following exchange as an ensemble piece:

When's it gonna end?

When're we gonna live?

Something's gotta happen now or

Something's gotta give

However, the West End production used the original solo lines:

When's it gonna end?

When're we gonna live?

Something's gotta happen, dearie

Something's gotta give

Fortunately, the generic students' lines have been replaced with Marius and Enjolras as usual. However, the beggars' lines in between their dialogue is in its original form. Instead of the revised lines:

(BEGGARS)

See our children fed

Help us in our shame

Something for a crust of bread in Holy Jesus' name

(SOLO BEGGAR)

In the Lord's holy name

(BEGGARS)

In His name, in His name, in His name

The original ones are used:

(BEGGARS)

Something for a meal

Something for a doss

Something in the name of Him who died upon the cross

On the cross, come across

On the cross, come across, come across

"The Robbery" has mostly been adapted into its revised Broadway form, with one small difference. Instead of the following revised part of Thenardier's dialogue:

Save a life, spare a sou

God rewards all the good that you do

He instead sings the following:

Save a life, spare a sou

God will see all the good that you do

This is presumably a relic of the number's pre-Broadway form, in which Thenardier's plea includes the line:

How d'you do? Spare a sou

God will see all the good that you do

I kind of like this unique variant actually. It strikes me as a little more authentic regarding what an actual religious person would say. My experience is that the omniscience of God seems to be a higher priority in most devout Christians' minds than the ways he will reward them. Of course, Thenardier is just putting on an act and he himself prioritizes nothing before reward, so perhaps the standard lines make more sense.

For some inexplicable reason, Javert's "Why on earth did he run?" later in "The Robbery" is instead sung as "Why the hell did he run?" This feels extremely out-of-character; Javert is usually not one to use Biblical terms casually.

"Stars" mostly takes on its usual post-Broadway form, with one difference. Instead of singing:

He knows his way in the dark

But mine is the way of the Lord

And those who follow the path of the righteous shall have their reward

He removes the final conjunction, making the lyric:

He knows his way in the dark

But mine is the way of the Lord

Those who follow the path of the righteous shall have their reward

Ironically, I find the original "but" a little awkward while thinking the "and" is better when present! Not a huge deal though.

Enjolras' name continues not to be stated during the instrumentals before "Red and Black".

During "Red and Black", Grantaire still sings "We talk of battles to be won" instead of the slightly revised "You talk of battles to be won".

"The Attack on Rue Plumet" uses the slightly different original "to watch a cat and his father" line instead of the official "to see a cat and his father".

Then, at the climax of the number, instead of the revised sequence of lines:

You wait my girl, you'll rue this night

I'll make you scream, you'll scream alright!

Leave her to me, don't wait around

Make for the sewers, go underground

The original sequence was used:

Make for the sewers, don't wait around

Leave her to me, go underground

You wait my girl, you'll rue this night

I'll make you scream, you'll scream alright!

During "One Day More", Javert sings the original "One day more to revolution" instead of "One more day to revolution" as is standard.

In the opener to Act Two, Grantaire sings the pre-Broadway "Some will bark, some will bite" from the pre-Broadway show instead of the revised "Dogs will bark, fleas will bite".

After "Little People", Grantaire similarly keeps his original "Better far to die a schoolboy than a p'liceman and a spy instead of the post-Broadway "What's the difference? Die a schoolboy, die a p'liceman, die a spy".

The Second Attack retains a lot of pre-Broadway lines. Instead of this post-Broadway opening:

(ENJOLRAS)

How do we stand? Feuilly make your report

(FEUILLY)

We've guns enough but ammunition short

(MARIUS)

I will go into the street

There are bodies all around

Ammunition to be had

Lots of bullets to be found

The original one is used:

(ENJOLRAS)

How do we stand? Feuilly make your report

(FEUILLY)

We've guns enough but bullets running short

(MARIUS)

Let me go into the street

There are bodies all around

Ammunition to be had

Lots of bullets to be found

Then, instead of this post-Broadway sequence:

(ENJOLRAS)

I can't let you go, it's too much of a chance

(MARIUS)

And the same is true for any man here

(VALJEAN)

Let me go, he's no more than a boy

I am old, I have nothing to fear

The pre-Broadway one is used:

(ENJOLRAS)

I can't let you go, it's too much of a chance

(MARIUS)

And the same can be said for any man here

(VALJEAN)

Let me go in his place, he's no more than a boy

I am old and alone and have nothing to fear

The remainder of the scene is performed in its usual post-Broadway form.

The "Final Battle" number uses the more hectic original pace as opposed to the less wordy post-Broadway lyrics. Instead of these current lyrics:

(ENJOLRAS)

Let us die facing our foes

Make them bleed while they can

(COMBEFERRE)

Make them pay through the nose

(COURFEYRAC)

Make them pay for every man

A slight variation on the original lyrics is used:

(ENJOLRAS)

Come on my friends, though we stand here alone

Let us go to our deaths with our face to the foes

(COMBEFERRE)

Let 'em pay for each death with a death of their own

(COURFEYRAC)

If they get me, by God, they will pay through the nose

Notice how the line now uses "the foes" instead of the original "our foes". Everything else is consistent with the original sequence, though.

"Dog Eats Dog" is mostly the same as its post-Broadway revision. However, Thenardier still sings "Here's a little toy" instead of the revised "Here's another toy".

Additionally, after the number Thenardier still doesn't shout Valjean's name.

From this point onwards, the musical takes its standard post-Broadway form.

Circa 1988-1989 variant

This version is almost identical to the last, with a couple exceptions. During "Who Am I?" Valjean now sings the official "wears my face" line as opposed to the original "bears my face" lyric.

The post-"Waltz of Treachery" scene is now performed in its standard "children and castles" format instead of the "castles and children" variant.

"Stars" now borrows a line from its Australian version. Instead of "And so it has been, and so it is written", Javert now sings "And so it must be, for so it is written". Interestingly, though, the rest of the number is the same as it was in the 1987-1988 version of the West End show.

In "One Day More", Javert finally sings the post-Broadway "One more day to revolution" instead of "One day more to revolution".

Thenardier now shouts Valjean's name following "Dog Eats Dog", as was already the case in other productions.

Circa 1989-1991 variant

This version of the show is mostly a mix of the 1987-1989 variants as well as the official post-Broadway libretto, with a few unique variations added in. The innkeeper scene retains its pre-Broadway form, and "At the End of the Day" retains its swapped-lines variants.

"The Runaway Cart" now uses its standard post-Broadway lyrics. However, the lines "The load is as heavy as hell" and "It will kill you as well" are performed as ensemble pieces instead of the scripted solo lines.

"Who Am I?" retains Valjean's "You know where to find me" line... usually. I also have one 1989 recording where Peter Karrie uses the Australian "You will find me at the hospital St. John" line... yet Karrie himself can also be heard stating the usual line in other performances. Very odd...

The "Hell, what a line" original lyric is still sing during the preamble to "Master of the House".

Thenardier still sings "your child" instead of "her child" during the "Waltz of Treachery".

Gavroche's opening to "Look Down", the Beggar Woman's "Give 'em all the pox", and the beggars' "See our children fed" lyrics have all finally been adapted into their official post-Broadway selves. However, the "When's it gonna end" sequence retains its pre-Broadway form.

"The Robbery" maintains the unique "God will see all the good that you do" variation. However, Javert's "Why the hell did he run?" has fortunately been reverted to "Why on earth did he run?"

"Stars" has now fully adapted into its Australian format. Instead of the original "Fallen from grace, fallen from grace" Javert now sings "Fallen from God, fallen from grace". The "but" has also been removed from "Mine is the way of the Lord".

"Red and Black" now uses the official "you talk of battles" line. However, Enjolras' name still isn't declared during its opening instrumentals.

"The Attack on Rue Plumet" retains all of its pre-Broadway variations.

In "One Day More", Javert now sings "I will join these little schoolboys" instead of "We'll be ready for these schoolboys".

The opening barricade scene in Act Two has now switched to the official post-Broadway "Dogs will bark, fleas will bite" lyrics.

Grantaire's post-"Little People" line now takes its post-Broadway "What's the difference?" format.

The "Second Attack", the "Final Battle", and "Dog Eats Dog" are all performed identically to the 1987-1989 West End versions.

Circa 1991-1992 variant

This is very close to the 1989-1991 version, with a few differences. The "Waltz of Treachery" finally has Thenardier say "her child" instead of "your child".

The "Final Battle" now uses the official post-Broadway lyrics.

"Dog Eats Dog" finally uses the official "Here's another toy" line instead of "Here's a little toy".

Moreover, the Epilogue now uses the Australian "I'll lead you to salvation" lines instead of the original (and still official at that point) "And lead me to salvation".

Circa 1992-1993 variant

This variant is similarly very close to the 1991-1992 one, with the following exceptions. "At the End of the Day" finally uses its official lyrics.

Valjean no longer declares "You know where to find me!" after "Who Am I?"

Then, "A Little Fall of Rain" takes a cue from the 1992 UK tour. It now opens with the same annoying interlude as opposed to the usual opening music.

Later, in another acknowledgement of the UK tour, after "Night of Anguish" instrumentals of "A Little Fall of Rain" as opposed to "Drink with Me" play.

Gavroche's death scene now uses the "ammunition short" and "I will go into the street" lines instead of the original ones. However, the rest of the number is still in its pre-Broadway state.

Circa 1993-1994 variant

This version borrows elements from the 1992 UK tour while still keeping a lot of features of previous West End versions.

The innkeeper scene still takes its pre-Broadway form.

"Fantine's Arrest" has put in Fantine's slightly awkward "I won't have you" line from the UK tour in place of her usual "No, not at all". Some performances also switch Bamatabois' original lyrics:

You've got some nerve, you little whore

You've got some gall!

It's the same with a tart as it is with a grocer

The customer sees what he gets in advance

It's not for the whore to say "yes sir" or "no sir"

It's not for the harlot to pick or to choose

Or to lead me a dance

Into his UK tour lines:

You've got some sauce, you ugly slut

You've got some gall!

What's become of the world when a whore from the gutter

Can suddenly get such ideas in her head?

Your job is to lie on your back for your betters

This hideous harlot believes she can choose

Who she takes to her bed

However, this didn't seem to be the standard at this point. Many performances still used the original lyrics.

"The Runaway Cart" has been entirely redone so that it takes its UK tour format. Instead of these original opening remarks:

Look at that

Look at that

It's Monsieur Fauchelevent

Don't approach

Don't go near

At the risk of your life

He is caught by the wheel

Oh the pitiful man

Stay away

Turn away

There is nothing to do

There is nothing to do

The UK tour ones are used:

Look at that

Stay away

You'll be crushed by the cart

Don't approach

Don't go near

It'll fall on you too

Oh my god, who is that?

It's Monsieur Fauchelevent

He is caught by the wheel

Oh the pitiful man

There is nothing to do

As in the past in the West End, the solo lines in the "Don't go near him..." sequence become ensemble ones.

Finally, Fauchelevent's original "You come from God, you are a saint" takes its UK tour "You saved my life, you come from God" form.

"Look Down" still uses the pre-Broadway "When's it gonna end..." sequence.

In "The Robbery", Thenardier also still claims "God will see..." instead of "God rewards...".

As with past variations in the West End, "Stars" takes its Australian/UK tour form.

Interestingly, despite all the UK tour adaptations which were being added to the West End show, the opening sting prior to "Red and Black" is not heard (despite the fact that during this era, it was being added to more or less every other replica production worldwide!)

Additionally, Enjolras' name still doesn't appear during the number's opening instrumentals.

However, Enjolras' line:

To rally the people

To call them to arms

To bring them in line

Is replaced with the UK tour version:

To rally the people

To fire their blood

And the bring them in line

Also, the rewritten lyrics to "Lamarque is Dead" do appear.

The pre-Broadway lyrics in "The Attack on Rue Plumet" are still present.

Javert continues to sing "I will join these little schoolboys" in "One Day More".

As was the case in the last edit, "A Little Fall of Rain" and "Night of Anguish" use the musical variants introduced in the UK tour.

Gavroche's death scene is finally in its official post-Broadway form 100% of the way through. After this point in the show, everything is identical to the 1991-1993 show.

Circa 1994-1995 variant

This is almost identical to the 1993-1994 version of the show. The one difference I'm aware of: Thenardier finally sings "God rewards..." instead of "God will see..." in "The Robbery".

Circa 1995-1996 variant

A few differences are present here relative to the 1994-1995 version. First off, "Lovely Ladies" takes a cue from the UK tour. Instead of this group scene:

(SAILORS - simultaneously with prostitutes' lines)

Lovely lady, fastest on the street

Wasn't there three minutes

She was back up on her feet

Lovely lady, what you waiting for

Doesn't take a lot of savvy just to be a whore

Come on lady, what's a lady for?

(PROSTITUTES - simultaneously with sailors' lines)

Lovely ladies, lovely little girls

Lovely ladies, lovely little ladies

Lovely girlies, lovely little girls

We are lovely, lovely girls

Lovely ladies, what's a lady for?

There's this exchange between a prostitute and a pimp:

(PROSTITUTE)

God I'm weary, sick enough to drop

Belly burns like fire

Will the bleeding ever stop?

(PIMP)

Cheer up dearie, show a happy face

Plenty more like you here

If you can't keep up the pace

(PROSTITUTE)

Only joking, dearie knows her place

Note that this is NOT identical to the UK tour version. The prostitute sings "will the bleeding ever stop" instead of "never stop", and the pimp refers to "you here" instead of "you, dear".

"Fantine's Arrest" now has solidified the UK tour lyrics as the default ones; the original lyrics seem to no longer be used in the UK.

In the "Waltz of Treachery", Thenardier no longer just sings "Let's not haggle for darling Cosette". No he refers to "darling Colette", with Mme. Thenardier quickly saying (not singing) her actual name and Thenardier singing it in response. I'm not the biggest fan of this joke myself. It makes Thenardier look like nothing more than a big idiot, when I think there should be a degree of cunning to his character.

The student finally shouts Enjolras' name during the opening instrumentals to "Red and Black" now.

Fortunately, the little opening overture before “A Little Fall of Rain” has once again been removed. Everything else is the same as the last version (and yes, that includes the original pre-Broadway lines that haven't yet been converted to their rewritten forms!)

Circa 1997 variant

This version is almost identical to the last one. However, Javert is back to singing "We'll be ready for these schoolboys" instead of "I will join these little schoolboys" in "One Day More".

An interesting change also occurs during the "Final Battle". Though the lines are the same, Enjolras now sings the final word, "free", instead of shouting it.

And that just about sums this part up! If I missed anything feel free to let me know, as my goal is to create a changelog as thorough and complete as possible. I plan on making more parts in the near future covering all the changes that have been made in the show up until this day (discounting concerts). Any feedback and constructive criticism is very much appreciated.

As a side note, both for this project and my own enjoyment, I want as complete a collection of Les Miserables audios as possible. I already have most of what’s commonly circulated, but if you have any audios or videos you know are rare, I’d love it if you DMed me!

Until the turntable puts me at the forefront again, good-bye…

[miserablesme]

The Les Miserables Changelog Part 5: 1992 UK Tour

Hello, everyone! This is the latest edition in my attempt to chronicle all of the musical and lyrical changes which the show Les Miserables has undergone over the years. Much like the last part, this one focuses on changes made not to the official libretto, but to one particular production: namely, the 1992-1994 UK tour. However, in contrast to the last part, the vast majority of these changes at least made it elsewhere at some point. This will be a bit longer than Part 4, but still shorter than any of the first three parts. With all that cleared up, let us begin!

Like the West End production before it (more on that later), the UK tour swapped these lines from "At the End of the Day":

What is this fighting all about?

Will someone tear these two apart?

He thus instead sings:

Will someone tear these two apart?

What is this fighting all about?

The first noticeable difference original to this production occurs during "Lovely Ladies". Originally after Fantine's "Ten francs will save my poor Cosette", there was a rather complex section in which the sailors and prostitutes sung different lines simultaneously. It went as follows:

(SAILORS - simultaneously with prostitutes' lines)

Lovely lady, fastest on the street

Wasn't there three minutes

She was back up on her feet

Lovely lady, what you waiting for

Doesn't take a lot of savvy just to be a whore

Come on lady, what's a lady for?

(PROSTITUTES - simultaneously with sailors' lines)

Lovely ladies, lovely little girls

Lovely ladies, lovely little ladies

Lovely girlies, lovely little girls

We are lovely, lovely girls

Lovely ladies, what's a lady for?

The UK tour totally reimagines this scene as an exchange between a prostitute and a pimp:

(PROSTITUTE)

God I'm weary, sick enough to drop

Belly burns like fire

Will the bleeding never stop?

(PIMP)

Cheer up dearie, show a happy face

Plenty more like you, dear

If you can't keep up the pace

(PROSTITUTE)

Only joking, dearie knows her place

This is quite a massive departure from the original! I imagine it would be quite a bit easier to get right given that it involves only two actors, neither of whose dialog overlaps the other (in contrast to the original scene with an entire ensemble of actors with distinct but simultaneous lyrics and tunes). It's hard for me to decide what I prefer. Thematically, the revised version is better, given that it makes the negative and exploitative aspects of prostitution quite a bit clearer than the original. However, lyrically I prefer the original somewhat simply for the sake of consistency. The sick prostitute scene, as it's sometimes been called, is the only point in the entire song where that chorus is used without some variation of the words "lovely ladies". Feels a little out-of-place to me.

"Fantine's Arrest" also gets different lyrics - for a time, at least. I have two different audios from the UK tour, from April and December 1992 respectively. The December audio reverts to the original lyrics for Bamatabois (though not for Fantine). I wonder whether or not someone just forgot to tell the replacement Bamatabois about the lyrical edit, or if it was a conscious choice to revert the scene? I also wonder if the year-plus of the tour after that performance kept the original lyrics or put the new ones in again. Regardless, this is how the exchange between Fantine and Bamatabois originally went:

(BAMATABOIS)

Is this a trick? I won't pay more

(FANTINE)

No, not at all

(BAMATABOIS)

You've got some nerve, you little whore

You've got some gall!

It's the same with a tart as it is with a grocer

The customer sees what he gets in advance

It's not for the whore to say "yes sir" or "no sir"

It's not for the harlot to pick or to choose

Or to lead me a dance

The UK tour initially revised the sequence into the following:

(BAMATABOIS)

Is this a trick? I won't pay more

(FANTINE)

I won't have you

(BAMATABOIS)

You've got some sauce, you ugly slut

You've got some gall!

What's become of the world when a whore from the gutter

Can suddenly get such ideas in her head?

Your job is to lie on your back for your betters

This hideous harlot believes she can choose

Who she takes to her bed

I guess the revised lyrics feel a bit more threatening, as well as a little less contrived. (Who the hell has ever actually used the phrase "lead me a dance"?) Still, I prefer the original ones because the rhyme scheme feels a lot more natural.

More changes occur during "The Runaway Cart". The original (rather clunky) conversation among the townspeople was as follows (with each line separate due to being said by a different person than the previous one):

Look at that

Look at that

It's Monsieur Fauchelevent

Don't approach

Don't go near

At the risk of your life

He is caught by the wheel

Oh the pitiful man

Stay away

Turn away

There is nothing to do

There is nothing to do

The UK tour rewrites most of the scene into the following:

Look at that

Stay away

You'll be crushed by the cart

Don't approach

Don't go near

It'll fall on you too

Oh my god, who is that?

It's Monsieur Fauchelevent

He is caught by the wheel

Oh the pitiful man

There is nothing to do

A far more natural progression in my humble opinion, and less repetitive as well.

The later scene involving the townspeople doesn't actually include any lyrical changes. However, like the West End production before it (more on that later), it does take lines that were previously in the singular into ensemble lines. The sequence was generally being performed as follows:

(MALE TOWNSPERSON)

Don't go near him, Monsieur Mayor

The load is as heavy as hell

(FEMALE TOWNSPERSON)

The old man is a goner for sure

(MALE TOWNSPERSON)

It will kill you as well

The UK tour instead staged it as follows:

(MALE TOWNSPERSON)

Don't go near him, Monsieur Mayor

(ENSEMBLE)

The load is as heavy as hell

(FEMALE TOWNSPERSON)

The old man is a goner for sure

(ENSEMBLE)

It will kill you as well

This ensemble business, which was already being used in the West End at the time, is an interesting callback, perhaps, to the pre-Broadway libretto in which much of the segment was sung by the ensemble. Personally I consider this edit an improvement. It feels far more frantic when the entire crowd is involved in the scene.

Once Valjean actually saves Fauchelevent, his lines are originally as follows:

Monsieur Le Maire, I have no words

You come from God, you are a saint

The UK tour changes them into the following:

Monsieur Le Maire, I have no words

You saved my life, you come from God

I guess the rewrite makes the reason for Fauchelevent's gratitude clearer, though it was already perfectly clear to begin with. The edit certainly doesn't hurt anything though.

The preamble to "Master of the House" retains the original "Hell, what a wine" instead of the post-Broadway "God, what a wine" edit.

Similarly, the "Waltz of Treachery" number has Thenardier ask the original "Have we done for your child what is best?" instead of the post-Broadway "her child".

A slight variation can be heard after the “Waltz of Treachery”. Usually Little Cosette asks:

Will there be children

And castles to see?

However, in the UK tour she instead asks:

Will there be castles

And children to see?

This variation also occurs in some early post-Broadway West End performances, and in the Complete Symphonic Soundtrack. I’d be interested to know whether or not that soundtrack may have inspired the choice during the UK a tour.

Interestingly, “Look Down” reverts an exchange back from the 1987 libretto into the original pre-Broadway version. Perhaps drawing from the West End show which was still using the original variant of this particular moment, the sequence officially sung by the ensemble as follows as follows:

When’s it gonna end

When’re we gonna live

Something’s gotta happen now or

Something’s gotta give

Because, as it was originally written, sung by one person at a time:

When’s it gonna end

When’re we gonna live

Something’s gotta happen, dearie

Something’s gotta give

My thoughts on the two variants can be seen in Part 3 of this blog.

Like the Australian tour, the UK tour has Thenardier say "God rewards all the things that you do" during "The Robbery" instead of "the good that you do".

Also, for some reason Thenardier refers to "the brand across his chest" instead of "upon his chest" later in the number.

The UK tour borrows the revised lyrics to “Stars” from the Australian tour and the West End production. Instead of the original lyrics:

A fugitive running

Fallen from grace, fallen from grace

It used these ones:

A fugitive running

Fallen from God, fallen from grace

Instead of these lines:

He knows his way in the dark

But mine is the way of the Lord

And those who follow the path of the righteous shall have their reward

It uses the shortened variants:

He knows his way in the dark

Mine is the way of the Lord

Those who follow the path of the righteous shall have their reward

Finally, instead of these lines:

And so it has been

And so it is written

It used these ones:

And so it must be

And so it has written

You can read my thoughts on all those differences in Part 4 of this blog.

The next noticeable difference occurs at the beginning of “Red and Black”. Previously the song opened with the beginning chords. However, the UK tour added a short musical sting before these chords. If I’m not mistaken, this musical addition was placed in to account for a change in staging. Originally the number began with the barricade set sliding off-stage, revealing the ABC cafe set behind it. However, around the time of this tour the blocking was adjusted. Now, the turntable instead revolved at the beginning of this number, revealing the ABC cafe set on the other end of the turntable and allowing the barricade set to double as the walls of the cafe. I believe the opening sting was added to allow time for this slightly more elaborate staging.

Additionally, as was the case in the West End at the time, no one shouts Enjolras' name during the instrumentals to "Red and Black".

In “Red and Black”, Enjolras usually sings:

We need a sign

To rally the people, to call them to arms

To bring them in line

However, the UK tour replaces it with the following lines:

We need a sign

To rally the people, to fire their blood

And to bring them in line

I guess “fire their blood” has a certain idealistic flair that fits Enjolras’ character, but I still definitely prefer the usual lyric. It conveys the message a lot more directly.

After the number, this is Enjolras’ original remark regarding General Lamarque’s passing:

On his funeral day they will honor his name

It’s a rallying cry that will reach every ear

In the death of Lamarque we will kindle the flame

They will see that the day of salvation is near

The time is here…

The UK tour rewrites those lines into the following:

On his funeral day they will honor his name

With the light of rebellion ablaze in their eyes

From their candles of grief we will kindle our flame

On the tomb of Lamarque shall our barricades rise

The time is here…

Though there’s a bit less rhyming in the revision, it strikes me as somewhat nicer and less clunky-sounding. The sentences’ subjects no longer feel all over the place, and the phrasing is far more poetic.

As with “Look Down”, some lyrics to “The Attack on Rue Plumet” are reverted to their original form (which was also still used in the West End at the time). Thenardier’s official lyrics following Eponine’s scream were as follows:

You wait my girl, you’ll rue this night

I’ll make you scream, you’ll scream alright!

Leave her to me, don’t wait around

Make for the sewers, go underground

The UK tour brought them back to this form:

Make for the sewers, don’t wait around

Leave her to me, go underground

You wait my girl, you’ll rue this night

I’ll make you scream, you’ll scream alright!

You can read my thoughts on these variants in Part 3 of this blog.

As with the Australian tour, Philip Quast changes “we’ll be ready for these schoolboys” into “I will join these little schoolboys” in “One Day More”. Unlike the Australian tour, the UK tour would maintain this variant even after Philip left. You can read my thoughts on this variant in Part 4 of this blog.

That’s it for the first act! The first noticeable difference occurs right before “A Little Fall of Rain”. Instead of opening with the beginning music, the UK tour added a short musical interlude beforehand. In my opinion, this music sounds terrible and feels extremely out-of-place. I wonder whether or not there was some change in staging to account for these extra notes.

After Enjolras' "Night of Anguish", the instrumental music is edited. Originally the number was followed by the same tune which would later be heard in "Drink with Me". However, the UK tour replaced it with a reprise of the tune of "A Little Fall of Rain". This is one of my least favorite edits for the tour. The original music felt highly emotional, and, since it predicted a later number, it implies the sense that, despite Eponine's death, there is more to come and the revolution is far from over. I'd argue that simply reprising a song that just happened suggests a degree of closure that is not appropriate for its context.

Everything is as usual right up until the epilogue. As with the Australian tour, the UK tour uses the “I’ll lead you to salvation” line instead of “And lead me to salvation” for Fantine and Eponine. You can read my thoughts on that change in Part 4 of this blog.

That’s it for this part! If I missed anything feel free to let me know, as my goal is to create a changelog as thorough and complete as possible. I plan on making more parts in the near future covering all the changes that have been made in the show up until this day (discounting concerts). Any feedback and constructive criticism is very much appreciated. As a side note, both for this project and my own enjoyment, I want as complete a collection of Les Miserables audios as possible. I already have most of what’s commonly circulated, but if you have any audios or videos you know are rare, I’d love it if you DMed me! Until the turntable puts me at the forefront again, good-bye…

[miserablesme]

The Les Miserables Changelog Part 2: 1985-1986 West End

Hello, everyone! This is the latest edition in my attempt to chronicle all of the musical and lyrical changes which the show Les Miserables has undergone over the years. Today, we look at the differences between the later of the two available Barbican preview audios (more on that in Part 1) and the West End variant of the musical as it existed in 1986. Only one rather poor quality audio is available of the show's pre-Broadway, post-Barbican form (though a friend of a friend has multiple masters from the era that she apparently keeps meaning to digitize). It is known to come from 1986, but the exact date remains a mystery. As such we cannot know when exactly most of the changes might have been made.

Reportedly (according to The Complete Book of Les Miserables) the majority of these refinements were made between the closing of the Barbican show and the opening of the West End one. However, some further refinements were doubtless made during the Barbican previews, and some likely were made between the opening of the West End production and whenever the audio was recorded. With all that cleared up, let's get started!

As I mentioned in Part 1, the very early Barbican previews of the opening "Work Song" featured this chain of lyrics (no pun intended):

I’ve done no wrong

Sweet Jesus, hear my prayer

Look down, look down

Sweet Jesus doesn’t care

I killed a man

He tried to steal my wife

Look down, look down

She wasn’t worth your life

I know she’ll wait

I know that she’ll be true

Look down, look down

She’s long forgotten you

As has also been established, later previews removed one sequence of lines to create the following exchange:

I’ve done no wrong

Sweet Jesus, hear my prayer

Look down, look down

Sweet Jesus doesn’t care

I killed a man

He tried to steal my wife

Look down, look down

She wasn’t worth your life

However, by 1986 another sequence was removed and the originally removed one was added back then. Thus, the still-current lyrics as of today are as follows:

I’ve done no wrong

Sweet Jesus, hear my prayer

Look down, look down

Sweet Jesus doesn’t care

I know she’ll wait

I know that she’ll be true

Look down, look down

She’s long forgotten you

A much better choice of cuts in my opinion. The point of the opening scene is to present the prisoners sympathetically, as comparatively innocent victims of an overly brutal and elitist police system. Establishing a member of the chain gang as literally being a murderer doesn't really help send that message!

Everything stays the same until "Fantine's Arrest". The Barbican previews feature this sequence:

(FANTINE)

There's a child who sorely needs me

Please monsieur, she's but that high

Holy God! Is there no mercy?

If I go to jail she'll die

(TOWNSPEOPLE[?])

Take this harlot now this minute

Let there be a full report

Let her go back in the morning

Let her answer to the court

(FANTINE)

Gentle Jesus! Won't you save me?

Are there tears enough to cry?

(JAVERT)

It's the same pathetic story

Please monsieur, my child will die!

I have heard such protestations...

By the 1986 recording, everything between "Take this harlot" and "Please monsieur, my child will die!" has been totally removed. I have a bit of a soft spot for that sequence, though I can't earnestly say the musical lost anything by removing it. Indeed Javert comes across as unbelievably heartless there!

As Part 1 pointed out, the earlier Barbican preview had Valjean shout "You know where to find me!" at the end of "Who Am I?", while the later preview did not. The 1986 recording interestingly reinserts that line, but now Valjean speaks it much more casually, without the slightly cheesy passion of the first recording. This makes me wonder whether or not it was initially removed because it was hard to take seriously, and a calmer rendition was reinstated as a compromise? Who knows.

A subtle change occurs at the beginning of the "Confrontation" sequence. During the Barbican previews, the number opens with a few notes being played and then repeated. However, by the 1986 recording the notes do not repeat. It goes straight into Javert's announcement (which Roger Allam has now learned to sing on time!) after the notes play the first time. The sequence would stay this way for quite awhile before being further shortened - more on that in a later edition!

We now go to the subsequent number, Little Cosette's famous "Castle on a Cloud" song. The Barbican previews give her a few lines before the main number starts (sung in a similar tune to her remarks about Mme. Thenardier's arrival at the end of the song):

They’ll come back any minute

And I’m nowhere near finished

Sweeping and scrubbing and polishing the floor

It’s the same every day, oh please!

Don’t let Madame hit me again

I should be used to it, but then

I know a place where nobody has to work too hard

And where I won’t be lonely again

These lines, taken closely from the original French concept album, don't really add much to the number plot-wise that won't be stated later except for more explicit confirmation that Mme. Thenardier is abusive. Perhaps partly for this reason, by the 1986 recording these lines are removed, and after the opening instrumentals it goes straight into the number we all know.

As I previously mentioned in Part 1, the later recording I have of the Barbican previews cut out the following lines during the preamble to Master of the House. I originally mistakenly claimed that the cuts occured after Thenardier's verse, but in actuality that verse too is removed.

(THENARDIER)

My band of soaks, my den of disollutes

My dirty jokes, my always pissed as newts

My sons of whores spend their lives in my inn

Homing pigeons homing in

They fly through my doors

And their money's good as yours

(CUSTOMERS)

Ain’t got a clue what he put into his stew

Must’ve scraped it off the street

Hell, what a wine

Châteauneuf de Turpentine

Must’ve pressed it with his feet

Landlord over here

Where’s the bloody man

One more for the road

One more slug of gin

Just one more or my old man is gonna do me in

By the 1986 recording, they are back in all their glory. Indeed, as you can read in Part 1 of this series Trevor Nunn himself has confirmed that the crew decided the number didn't work as well without the full preamble (an exception being, shockingly enough, Cameron Mackintosh).

During the Barbican previews, "Master of the House" was followed by a beautiful Well Scene between Valjean and Little Cosette:

(LITTLE COSETTE)

There is a castle on a cloud

I like to go there in my sleep

Aren’t any floors for me to sweep

(A FEW SECONDS OF INSTRUMENTALS)

(VALJEAN)

Don’t be afraid of me, my dear

Tell me your name and have no fear

How cold it grows when the sun has set

(LITTLE COSETTE)

I’m not afraid

Monsieur, my name’s Cosette

(VALJEAN)

Nor will you be afraid again

I come to take you from this place

There is a better world, you’ll see

(LITTLE COSETTE)

Give me your hand, and walk with me.

This leads into the humming duet between Valjean and Cosette. However, in what I consider the biggest mistake of this era's adjustments, the Well Scene was totally excised from the West End version and "Master of the House" is following directly by the humming duet. Trevor Nunn remarked a degree of regret about this in 1990's The Complete Book of Les Miserables. I don't have the book on hand right now, but I'll put down the exact quote later.

Of course, the Well Scene would later return in a much different form, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Perhaps to compensate for the deleted scene, another scene is added after the "Waltz of Treachery" number. During the Barbican previews, Valjean's "It won't take you too long to forget" is followed by a lot of vamping and eventually a reprise of Valjean and Cosette's humming duet. The West End production slightly reduces the vamping from about one minute to about forty-five seconds, and adds a scene (sung in the tune of "Castle on a Cloud", specifically the "there is a lady all in white" part at first and the main chorus for "Nor will you be afraid again" onwards):

(LITTLE COSETTE)

We're going home right now, monsieur

What is your name

(VALJEAN)

Now my dear

I've names enough, I've got names to spare

But where I go, you always will be there

Nor will you be afraid again

There is a sun that's shining yet

(LITTLE COSETTE)

I'm going to call you my Papa

(VALJEAN)

I'm going to call you my Cosette

The normal humming duet follows. This is a fascinating scene which seems to be exclusive to the brief era after the Barbican previews but before Broadway. It's interesting how it incorporates elements both of the opening Well Scene and of the more well-known later closing scene to the "Waltz of Treachery". It's also intriguing how it incorporates elements not really touched upon this directly in any other version of the musical, specifically just how mysterious and secretive Valjean is to the world in general as well as the fact that Cosette, in fact, is not truly Cosette's given name.

Everything seems to be the same from this point until "The Attack on Rue Plumet". In the Barbican previews, this is how the opening goes:

(EPONINE)

'Parnasse, what are you doing

So far out of our patch?

(MONTPARNASSE)

This house, we're gonna do it!

Rich man, plenty of scratch

You remember he's the bloke wot got away the other day

Got a number on his chest, perhaps a fortune put away

Took off like a guilty man, why would he want to disappear?

Now we're gonna do him right, this time no one will interfere

Everything from "Took off like a guilty man" onwards is removed from the West End version. Later in the number, we hear approximately the following exchange in the Barbican show. Fans have debated what exactly some of the lyrics are, but this is how I hear them:

(CLAQUESOUS)

What a palaver, what an absolute treat

To watch a cat and his father pick a bone in the street

(THENARDIER)

Not a sound out of you

(EPONINE)

What do you care if things scare me

(THENARDIER)

Listen 'Ponine, there might be jewels inside

There could be something for all

There could be bruises enough

You will have your share

(EPONINE)

Well I told you I'd do it, I told you I'd do it

The West End production reduces the vamping prior to this scene. Additionally, everything between "What do you care" and "You will have your share" is removed, meaning the "I told you I'd do it" is a direct remark to "Not a sound out of you". This is a much more linear and succinct way of moving the plot in my humble opinion!

That's it for act one! Act two begins largely the same, up until the scene where Gavroche reveals Javert to be a traitor. First off, Javert's original claim that they will "play their games" is changed to "spoil their games".

Next is probably this version's biggest change in the entire musical up to this point. Originally Gavroche sung approximately the following lines (once again, the recordings aren't as clear as would be desirable) in a unique tune heard nowhere else in the musical:

Good evening, dear inspector, lovely evening my dear!

A charlie for a copper who pays a call

I know who you’re supposed to be, Inspector Javert

Who never showed no mercy to no one at all

So don’t believe a word, none of it will wash

This time you’re reckoned without Gavroche!

The West End version scrapped this sequence and replaced it with "Little People" (which originally appeared in a much longer form later in the musical). This is how it went:

Good evening dear inspector, lovely evening my dear

I know this man, my friends, his name's Inspector Javert

So don't believe a word he says 'cause none of it's true

It only goes to show what little people can do

And little people know, when little people fight

We may look easy picking but we've got some bite

So never kick a dog because he's just a pup

You'd better run for cover when the pup grows up!

This edited placement of "Little People" is often attributed to the original Broadway production, but in fact it made its debut in the West End show. I'm not sure when exactly this was, given that the original cast album uses the long version. However, by the 1986 recording this is how it goes. It should be noted that it's not quite in its Broadway form, however; most notably, "We'll fight like twenty armies and we won't give up!" is not present.

A minor difference occurs during the First Attack sequence. In the Barbican production, this is how the students respond to their victory:

(GRANTAIRE)

By God, we've won the day

(LESGLES)

See how they run away

The West End production swaps the two students' lines, allowing Grantaire's slightly incredulous spirit to have a more poignant and/or amusing effect depending on your perspective.

Consequently given the new placement of the song, the show obviously had to be edited to remove the original "Little People" number. Originally, this is the way the show transitioned between the First Attack and "Little People":

(ENJOLRAS)

Courfeyrac, you take the watch

They won't attack until it's light

Everybody stay awake

We must be ready for the fight

For the final fight

Let no one sleep tonight

(GRANTAIRE)

Only little boys may sleep

For little people need their rest

Little tucks are quickly drained

And little grapes are quickly pressed

Come on little mite

It's time to say goodnight

Cue the original "Little People" number in all of its long, silly glory (in case you somehow don't know it, here are the lyrics). The West End production (and everything afterwards) cuts Grantaire's verse, so that the scene transitions straight from Enjolras' announcement to "Drink with Me". As much as I love the full-length "Little People" number (and I really do love it), I admit removing it was definitely the right choice. It's just so sweet and optimistic, it feels out of place in a musical as tragic and cynical as Les Miserables. It doesn't help that its placement is between a high-stakes action scene and a somber, slightly drunk reflection on the nature of friendships, sex, and romance. It's a wonderful song but a terrible Les Mis song. I do love it, though, and I also love how Grantaire manages to make his pre-song metaphors alcohol-related.

In the sewers, the Barbican recordings feature a unique tune not heard anywhere elsewhere in the musical (it can be heard here) before transitioning to the final Valjean-Javert confrontation. Apparently, this music was accompanied by a short chase scene. However, by the time of the 1986 recording there is instead what is essentially one repeated note which then transitions into an instrumental version of "Look Down". This is followed by the same Valjean-Javert confrontation as before.

And that just about sums this part up! If I missed anything feel free to let me know, as my goal is to create a changelog as thorough and complete as possible. I plan on making more parts in the near future covering all the changes that have been made in the show up until this day (discounting concerts). Any feedback and constructive criticism is very much appreciated.

As a side note, both for this project and my own enjoyment, I want as complete a collection of Les Miserables audios as possible. I already have most of what’s commonly circulated, but if you have any audios or videos you know are rare, I’d love it if you DMed me!

Until the turntable puts me at the forefront again, good-bye…

[miserablesme]

The Les Miserables Changelog Part 8: 1997 Broadway 10th Anniversary

Hello, everyone! This is the latest edition in my attempt to chronicle all of the musical and lyrical changes which the show Les Miserables has undergone over the years. After a few consecutive editions focused on regional choices, we're finally back to official libretto distinctions. Specifically, this edition covers a substantial rewrite that occured in 1997.

To fully understand the circumstances in which this rewrite took place, it is useful to look at some background information. The original Broadway production of Les Miserables was definitely not its most popular production from an audience perspective. The cast tended to be judged as inferior to touring and international productions. Moreover, cast members often stayed in Broadway productions for very long time periods, leading many to question the show's freshness.

Consequently, there was a large-scale firing to the point that, in January 1997, every principal cast member was let go except for Christopher Innvar (Javert). For the next month and a half, the third national tour cast would perform on Broadway.

March 12, 1997 marked exactly ten years since the original Broadway production opened. To mark this occasion (and perhaps to direct attention away from the questionable ethics of essentially firing an entire workforce on short notice), a new cast would officially take over from the third national tour cast on this day. Not only this, but the show which this new cast would perform was freshened significantly (an update that would also be applied to all existing and new replica productions worldwide soon afterwards). The blocking was adjusted to give off more energy, the lighting was digitized and made more complex, the sound effects were made more realistic, the sets and costumes were refurbished and in some cases changed... and the libretto received many edits. Let's get into what actually was changed...

Oh, and as a side note, not all of the changes were made simultaneously. Most were, but a few small edits (mostly musical cuts) were made later in 1997. I suspect that, in acknowledgement of Cameron Mackintosh's reservations prior to the original London productions as well as a warning of what would come in a few years' time, those cuts may have been made in order to reduce overtime costs to crew members. That is only a theory of mine, however; please take it with a grain of salt.

Anyway, let's get our analysis started!

1997 Update #1

The first libretto change (in a sense) occurs during "Lovely Ladies". Granted, this is a change that had already been applied unofficially in the Broadway and West End productions; however, I'm not sure if it was ever used in the US Tour previously. Originally this was the lyrical sequence:

(SAILORS - simultaneously with prostitutes’ lines)

Lovely lady, fastest on the street

Wasn’t there three minutes

She was back up on her feet

Lovely lady, what you waiting for

Doesn’t take a lot of savvy just to be a whore

Come on lady, what’s a lady for?

(PROSTITUTES - simultaneously with sailors’ lines)

Lovely ladies, lovely little girls

Lovely ladies, lovely little ladies

Lovely girlies, lovely little girls

We are lovely, lovely girls

Lovely ladies, what’s a lady for?

The sequence was finally officially replaced with the following exchange (that was more or less invented for the 1992 UK tour):

(PROSTITUTE)

God I’m weary, sick enough to drop

Belly burns like fire

Will the bleeding ever stop?

(PIMP)

Cheer up dearie, show a happy face

Plenty more like you, dear

If you can’t keep up the pace

(PROSTITUTE)

Only joking, dearie knows her place

Interestingly, this officially version uses "Will the bleeding ever stop" as the West End and Broadway production previously did (as opposed to the 1992 "Will the bleeding never stop"); however, it also uses "you, dear" from the 1992 edit, as opposed to "you here" as had been used in the West End and Broadway productions. However, many individuals continued to sing "you here" for many years to come.

In "Fantine's Arrest", Bamatabois originally declares:

You've got some nerve, you little whore

You've got some gall!

The 1992 UK tour introduced the following variation, which had also been used in the West End production prior to this edit:

You've got some sauce, you ugly slut

You've got some gall!

The 1997 libretto combined these two versions into the following line:

You've got some nerve, you ugly slut

You've got some gall!

However, the original "Little whore" was maintained in the libretto as an alternate lyric. I do like how "little whore" actually rhymes with the preceding line ("I won't pay more"), though "ugly slut" does carry more threat. The West End production went with "ugly slut" after this libretto change, while other productions stuck to "little whore" for the time being.

Note that the rest of "Fantine's Arrest" plays out the same as it had since 1986, and did not include any of the other 1992 UK tour variations.

Right off the bat, "The Runaway Cart" is different in this version. The scene now begins with a sound effect of a horse's neigh, a nice little touch that brings one far more in the moment than one might otherwise be (particularly since modern audiences likely wouldn't immediately envision a horse when hearing about a crash). Moreover, the original yell of "Look out! It's a runaway cart!" has been eliminated in favor of more improvised remarks.

The townspeople's remarks mostly are consistent with the 1992 UK tour edit, with one exception. This is how the UK tour lyrics (which were also used in the West End production) went:

Look at that

Stay away

You’ll be crushed by the cart

Don’t approach

Don’t go near

It’ll fall on you too

Oh my god, who is that?

It’s Monsieur Fauchelevent

He is caught by the wheel

Oh the pitiful man

There is nothing to do

The version used on Broadway and in the US tour in the mid-90s was as follows:

Look at that

Stay away

You’ll be crushed by the cart

Don’t approach

Don’t go near

At the risk of your life

Oh my god, who is that?

It’s Monsieur Fauchelevent

He is caught by the wheel

Oh the pitiful man

There is nothing to do

The 1997 libretto cemented the scene as follows:

Look at that

Stay away

You’ll be crushed by the cart

Don’t approach

Don’t go near

It’s that load, it'll fall

Oh my god, who is that?

It’s Monsieur Fauchelevent

He is caught by the wheel

Oh the pitiful man

There is nothing to do

I really like how much clearer in meaning the changed line is, although a part of me still has a soft spot for the rhyme scheme of the UK tour.

The crowd's response to Valjean's plea for help has been changed. Since 1987, this is how it went:

Don't go near him, Monsieur Mayor

The load is as heavy as hell

The old man is a goner for sure

It will kill you as well

The 1997 libretto edited the penultimate line:

Don't go near him, Monsieur Mayor

The load is as heavy as hell

If you touch it the whole thing will fall

It will kill you as well

I suppose the revised lyric makes it clearer what exactly the danger is. On the flip side, though, the line "It will kill you as well" feels a bit less natural. Originally it meant "it will kill you as well as the other man who will be killed"; a fairly natural progression. Now, though, it essentially means "it will kill you as well as falling". This does make sense, but it doesn't really sound like a phrasing any real person would actually use.

The rest of the cart crash scene plays out as it did in the original version (not the UK tour version).

"Who Am I?" starts out differently right off the bat. These are the original opening lyrics:

He thinks that man is me

He knew him at a glance

The 1997 libretto uses these lyrics instead:

He thought that man was me

Without a second glance

The revised lyrics make ever-so-slightly more sense, since "knew him at a glance" implies a degree of correctness that obviously is false in this context. Having said that, I do slightly prefer the present tense of the original, since the fact that this false belief is continuous is integral to Valjean's dilemma. The revised lyrics give it a sense of the past that isn't really appropriate to the context.

Soon afterwards, a small lyrical edit makes the implications of the dilemma itself quite a bit different. Originally, after reflecting on the future employment of his works, Valjean repeated the same lyrics he sung earlier:

If I speak, I am condemned

If I stay silent, I am damned

The 1997 libretto tweaked the remark a bit:

If I speak, they are condemned

If I stay silent, I am damned

Only two short words are changed, yet the substance of his worry is completely different! Originally, Valjean's reservations are based primarily on how he would be viewed if he failed to provide his workers with the employment they need. Now, however, he is much more selfless, and is actually worried directly by their well-being. Much more appropriate given that Valjean is supposed to be such a redeemed man!

The West End production had once given Valjean the "You know where to find me!" line after "Who Am I?" and the Australian tour had given him the line "You will find me at the hospital St. John!" However, these were not official libretto remarks, and at least since 1987 he officially remained silent after his high note. This changed in the 1997 libretto, in which an optional line based heavily on the Australian tour one follows the number: "You will find me at the hospital!"

For the next five years, American productions generally would generally the line while, ironically given the production history, the West End show would not.

Since 1986 or so, the "Confrontation" number began with a bar of instrumentals, before Javert began his "Valjean, at last..." line. No more; the 1997 libretto has him begin singing acapella. Only during the second syllable of "Valjean" do the instrumentals start.

The next edit can be heard during the preamble to "Master of the House". A few lines are adjusted among the inn customers. Originally this is how the scene went:

Landlord over here

Where's the bloody man?

One more for the road

One more slug of gin

Just one more

Or my old man is gonna do me in!

The 1997 libretto made it as follows:

Where's the wretched man?

Landlord over here

One more for the road

One more slug of gin

Just one more

Or my old man is gonna do me in!

I suppose the change from "bloody" to "wretched" was probably intended to make the show more accessible to non-British audience, since "bloody" does not seem to be a word frequently used in America or other countries. (Weirdly though, Thenardier keeps his "always pissed as newts" line from earlier; one would expect the word to be replaced with "drunk" or something along those lines!)

The change in order of the first two lines in the excerpt I quoted strikes me as odd. The original sequence of lines allows "man" and "gin" to form of a sort of off-rhyme, something lost with the 1997 order of lines. Did the writers decide that the off-rhyme was so awkward that it would sound better if they just didn't try at all? Who knows...

What is probably this libretto's most significant change in the entire musical happens right before the "Waltz of Treachery". While the original Barbican run had a rather extensive Well Scene, since the West End transfer the "Waltz of Treachery" just began with Valjean and Cosette's humming duet to the tune of "Castle on a Cloud". A short but lovely little scene was added between Valjean and Cosette in the 1997 libretto:

(VALJEAN)

Hush now, do not be afraid of me

Don't cry, show me where you live

Tell me my child, what is your name

(INSTRUMENTALS)

(COSETTE)

I'm called Cosette

(VALJEAN)

(*spoken*) Cosette...

The usual humming duet immediately follows. This scene gives some much-appreciated context to the "Waltz of Treachery", and to Valjean and Cosette's relationship as a whole. Honestly it feels a little incomplete to me nowadays when I listen to the audio of pre-1997 performances of the show. Valjean actually meeting Cosette seems like such an important detail to include! John Caird agreed with me evidently. To quote page 143 of 1990's The Complete Book of Les Miserables:

"If ever there is an amended English version of the show he would like to reinstate the Cosette-Valjean meeting. 'It was beautifully written - one of the most moving scenes in the show,' he says. 'It was taken out for technical reasons, but the well scene was moving and could have stayed.'"

It's heartwarming to see that Caird got his wish. I do wonder what exactly those technical reasons were, and whether or not the revised staging may explain why it could finally be reinstated.

On the flipside, there is a noticeable cut after the "Waltz of Treachery". After Valjean's "There's a castle just waiting for you", the 1987 libretto has about sixteen seconds of instrumentals to the tune of the number, followed by a reprise of Valjean and Cosette's humming duet. This is in turn followed by about eighteen more seconds of instrumentals, which transition into the "Look Down" number.

The 1997 libretto removes the reprise of the humming duet. Now, after "There's a castle just waiting for you", the eighteen latter seconds of instrumentals immediately play, and "Look Down" begins right afterwards. Although this leads to a more energetic change of scenery, I must say that the Thenardier's inn segment of the show feels a bit unresolved without the closing recollection of "Castle on a Cloud".

After Gavroche's opening lyrics to "Look Down", there was originally a musical sequence which played and then was repeated twice before the argument between the beggar woman and the prostitute. However, the 1997 libretto reduced this part so that it is only repeated once.

The same number soon takes a cue from the original pre-Broadway script. After the exchange between the beggar woman and the prostitute, this was the original exchange (which was still being used in the West End production at the time). Each line is a solo, with the latter one being sung by a male and the other three by females:

When's it gonna end?

When're we gonna live?

Something's gotta happen, dearie

Something's gotta give

However, the Broadway production had changed it to an ensemble piece:

When's it gonna end?

When're we gonna live?

Something's gotta happen now or

Something's gotta give

The 1997 libretto brought it back to solo lines, once again with women singing the first three lines and a man singing the last:

When's it gonna end?

When're we gonna live?

Something's gotta happen now

Something's gotta give

I've already noted in the past that I like the scene better as an ensemble piece. Oh well... It also slightly bugs me that the amount of syllables so much less naturally given that the third line loses a syllable. As we'll get into in later editions of this blog, a lot of producers apparently agreed with me, because a lot of productions slightly edited the exchange!

A more subtle difference is audible later in "Look Down". Previously, the line "Something for a crust of bread in Holy Jesus' name" was sung by the ensemble along with the rest of the "See our children fed..." segment. However, the 1997 libretto changed it into a solo line sung by a single beggar woman (despite the rest of the segment remaining an ensemble piece).

This edit was made to account for a change in staging. Prior to 1997, Marius and Enjolras stood on the ground, and the beggars began surrounding them while singing the ensemble piece. It made since for the entire thing to be a group effort. However, since 1997, Marius and Enjolras instead stand on the second level of the set, where they sing their lines to the beggars down below. The beggar woman with the "Something for a crust of bread" line walks by them on the set's second level, explaining why she along sings the line now.

As a side note, the 1987 Australian tour had previously made this exact same lyrical change. This makes me wonder if that production made a similar staging change earlier.

In "The Robbery", after Thenardier's "No mistakes, my dears!" there is originally a bar of instrumentals before Mme. Thenardier starts singing. Post-1997, she starts singing immediately after Thenardier finishes singing his line.

A change in the music was made to "The Robbery" alongside a staging change later in the number. Prior to 1997, Thenardier's con job was staged with him standing with a cane and hiding his right leg, making him look like he was missing a leg. This strikes me as an odd holdover from the pre-Broadway lyrics, in which the actual substance of his plea reflects his missing leg. However, the 1997 staging made it so that he is sitting down while turning the crank on a music box. The instrumentals to this part of the musical were simplified and made more synthetic in order to sound as though they were coming from the music box. I am not a fan of this change at all; it's far too self-aware for me to take the scene remotely seriously.

A change to "Red and Black" that was already widely used before this point was solidified into the show. Instead of opening with the first chords of the number, it now officially opens now with the sting that was introduced in the 1992 UK tour and which was later adapted into Broadway, the third national tour, and most international productions. For many years post-1997, it can be heard in every replica production.

To quote myself from part five of this blog:

"If I’m not mistaken, this musical addition was placed in to account for a change in staging. Originally the number began with the barricade set sliding off-stage, revealing the ABC cafe set behind it. However, around the time of this tour the blocking was adjusted. Now, the turntable instead revolved at the beginning of this number, revealing the ABC cafe set on the other end of the turntable and allowing the barricade set to double as the walls of the cafe. I believe the opening sting was added to allow time for this slightly more elaborate staging."

An extremely subtle difference occurs later during "Red and Black". Originally, Enjolras sings:

The color of the world

Is changing day by day

However, since 1997 he instead sings:

The colors of the world

Are changing day by day

This is a tiny change, to the point that it took me probably a few dozen listens of both pre-1997 and post-1997 audios to pick up on the distinction. Small as it may be, though, it's a very welcome edit. Given that the song revolves around more than one color (to the point that both colors are literally in the title), I honestly find it baffling that the lyric was ever written in the singular, let alone that it managed to hold onto that version for over a decade!

"Lamarque is Dead" is edited so that its lyrics are now consistent with the 1992 UK tour ones, as well as West End performances after that tour. Originally the lyrics were as follows:

On his funeral day they will honor his name

It’s a rallying cry that will reach every ear

In the death of Lamarque we will kindle the flame

They will see that the day of salvation is near

The time is here…

However, the 1997 libretto made them into what the West End and UK tour productions were already using:

On his funeral day they will honor his name

With the light of rebellion ablaze in their eyes

From their candles of grief we will kindle our flame

On the tomb of Lamarque shall our barricades rise

The time is here…

I generally prefer the revised lyrics, as I've discussed in earlier editions of this blog.

"The Attack on Rue Plumet" contains a couple of edits. Originally, Thenardier sings to Brujon:

You shut your mouth

Give me your hand

Post-1997, he instead sings:

You shut your mouth

You'll get what's yours

This edit was another that was partially made for the sake of a staging stage. In the original blocking, Thenardier and the gang are trying to climb over Valjean's gate, and Brujon would literally be using his hand to help Thenardier out. However, the 1997 staging changes things so that the gang is trying to pick the lock. This is much less of a group effort for obvious reasons.

Additionally, the new lyric has slightly more threatening undertones, given its implications of either positive or negative outcomes depending on how helpful Brujon actually is.

Later in the number, after Eponine's scream, Thenardier's reaction takes some cues from the original libretto. Pre-Broadway, these were the lyrics (which were still used in the West End at the time):

Make for the sewers, don't wait around

Leave her to me, go underground

You wait my girl, you'll rue this night

I'll make you scream, you'll scream alright!

Post-1987, this was the sequence instead:

You wait my girl, you'll rue this night

I'll make you scream, you'll scream alright!

Leave her to me, don't wait around

Make for the sewers, go underground

The 1997 edit essentially combined elements of those two versions:

Make for the sewers, go underground

Leave her to me, don't wait around

You wait my girl, you'll rue this night

I'll make you scream, you'll scream alright!

So the lines remain in the post-1987 form, but they are ordered in their pre-1987 form. I've already mentioned that I prefer the 1987 ordering of things, though the 1997 version isn't bad either.

Compared to the first act, the second one has much fewer changes. The first one comes not until the "First Attack" sequence. Before 1997, this was the students' response to their first victory:

(LESGLES)

See how they run away

(GRANTAIRE)

By God, we've won the day

The 1997 libretto changed it to the following:

(LESGLES)

See how they turn and run

(GRANTAIRE)

And so the war was won

I admit I prefer the original lyrics to this one. Grantaire's revised lyrics lack the incredulous spirit of the earlier ones, and the almost narrator-esque out-of-the-moment quality to his post-1997 lyrics is grating.

Later, prior to "Drink with Me", Enjolras speech is slightly changed. Originally he declares:

We must be ready for the fight

For the final fight

Let no one sleep tonight

The 1997 libretto makes his words as follows:

We must be ready for the fight

For tomorrow's fight

Let no one sleep tonight

Although "the final fight" has a climactic air that "tomorrow's fight" lacks, I suppose it is more realistic that Enjolras would have no way of knowing whether there will be more to come after the next battle.

Grantaire's lyrics in "Drink with Me" are edited a bit. Since 1987, this was what he sung:

Will the world remember you when you fall?

Can it be your death means nothing at all?

Is your life just one more lie?

The 1997 libretto edited it into the following:

Will the world remember you when you fall?

Can it be your life means nothing at all?

Will your death be one more lie?

Not terrible, but in my opinion the previous lyrics were far more effective. It makes much more sense to me for one's life to be described as a lie than one's death. The original lyric implies that the students' deaths are for nothing, and that their lives are meaningless. I suppose that is still the message of the revised lyrics, but they strike me as a bit obtuse for my taste.

That's it for the edits in this part (unless you count the official addition of the "You raised my child in love" and "I'll lead you to salvation" variation in the epilogue, which had already been used worldwide for a few years anyway).

But this did not mark the end of the chapter of the Les Mis saga. As I've mentioned earlier, a few edits were made in later months of 1997. So let's look at:

1997 Update #2

The first variation that can be heard in this version occurs during "Lovely Ladies". The "God, i'm weary..." sequence is originally sung in exactly the same tune as the rest of "Lovely Ladies". However, this edit changed it into a slightly different variation of the tune. In my opinion this is a definite improvement. As I mentioned in a previous edition of this blog, while thematically the sick prostitute scene is more fitting than the scene it replaced, it can potentially feel awkward when it's the sole part of the song in its tune not to feature the phrase "lovely ladies". Putting it in a different tune makes its out-of-place vibe feel intentional. In a way, its slightly different sound cements the idea that the prostitute is sick and is not functioning in the same way she ordinarily would.

The first of a few cuts occurs before "Eponine's Errand". Originally, it begins with a few seconds of instrumentals before Eponine starts singing. However, starting with this edit, Eponine begins singing acapella. Not until her first verse is finished do any instrumentals come in. I slightly prefer the version with instrumentals, but it still works alright.

The next cut happens during the opening barricade scene to the second act. Originally, Lesgles' "They will do what is right" is followed by a few seconds of instrumentals before Marius sings his "Hey little boy..." line. However, this edit removed those instrumentals, meaning Marius starts right after Lesgles stops singing. Truth be told I've always found that scene boring, so I can't say I object to cutting it down by a few seconds!

The last cut occurs after "Dawn of Anguish" and before Gavroche's death scene. The "Drink with Me" reprise after the former number originally is followed by an instrumental reprise of the chorus of "Castle on a Cloud". This is then followed by the closing notes to "Drink with Me". However, this edit makes it so that the reprise ends quickly, going right to the ending notes of "Drink with Me" without any "Castle on a Cloud" chords. I definitely prefer the original; it feels so much more emotional and reflective. I've been told it also holds some context to the original book of Les Miserables, though I don't know much more given that I have not yet read the book.

That just about sums this part up! If I missed anything feel free to let me know, as my goal is to create a changelog as thorough and complete as possible. I plan on making more parts in the near future covering all the changes that have been made in the show up until this day (discounting concerts). Any feedback and constructive criticism is very much appreciated.

As a side note, both for this project and my own enjoyment, I want as complete a collection of Les Miserables audios as possible. I already have most of what’s commonly circulated, but if you have any audios or videos you know are rare, I’d love it if you DMed me!

Until the turntable puts me at the forefront again, good-bye…