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#1

Les Miserables help

ok, my school is thinking of doing les mis this year (not definate-i personally think its a big mistake) but anyway, i was wondering if someone could just help explaining the main characters and their relations to other people. i borrowed the highlights CD from a friend, but its hard to tell whos related to who. if someone could even tell me how eponine, javert, valjean, eponine, cosette, marius, and the thenardiers (or at least the main people if i left anyone out) are related if at all, thatd be great! thanks!
Bob: "there is a chance, albeit a microscopic one, that our baby at some point in his or her formative years will get lodged in a tree" ~Related~
#2

re: Les Miserables help

Fantine is Cosette's mother.

Valjean is Cosette's sort-of-foster father.

Mme. and M. Thénardier are married.

Eponine is their daughter.

In the book, Gavroche is their son (but this is not addressed in the musical.)

No one else in the show is related to any other character.
http://www.kcuk.org/lesmis/principals.htm
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#3

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thank you very much! re: Les Miserables help

so are fantine and valjean married if if hes cosettes foster father?
Bob: "there is a chance, albeit a microscopic one, that our baby at some point in his or her formative years will get lodged in a tree" ~Related~
#4

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No. Read a synopsis.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#5

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ah, ok. sorry, ive just never really listened to les mis before. thanks for bearing with me!
Bob: "there is a chance, albeit a microscopic one, that our baby at some point in his or her formative years will get lodged in a tree" ~Related~
#6

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would you like us to all go in and audition for you as well???
#8

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Geez, Lizzie, just because she/he? is a Yankees fan...

Valjean is an escaped convict who is chased throughout the play by Javert (it's more complex than that, but that's the gist). Valjean gets put into a position where he feels he's wronged Fantine causing her to die (it's more elaborate than that, of course) and so he adopts Cosette. The Thernardiers are inkeepers who are less than moral who Fantine had sent Cosette to live with while she worked to pay for her. Cosette grows up, and falls in love with a student revolutionary, Marius. Eponine is a girl at the barricade where Marius is fighting who is in love with him as well, though her love is not reciprocrated. Gavroche, as Lizzie said, in the book is the Thernadier's son, but it isn't mentioned in the play. He is a boy who is also fighting at the barricade. The play has a lot of big themes, though I would say the most important is what the word "justice" means (but that's subject to debate). It's also about "being yourself" (sorry, random Simpsons joke).

Hope that helps.
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
#9

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Cats, must you always be so mean to everyone?
Am I cut out to spend my time this way?
#10

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I'm not mean to everyone. just people who use BWW as their own personal google...
#11

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*claps*
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#12

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Go to www.theatre-musical.com then go to the les mis section, and then to a synopsis. It's quite helpful. If you have any one questions, PM me.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
#14

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*threadjack, i guess* jasonf, i think you are one of the nicest people on the boards (that i have said this to... btw). way to go! okay i'm through here. *end threadjack* re: Les Miserables help

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