Ed Bangor’s Bootlegs
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Original West End Cast

Les Miserables 

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Date

[unknown] 1985
The exact date has to be between 28th October and 4th December 1985.

Location

Barbican theater, London, UK

Source

soundboard / MP3
Taper unknown
Lineage unknown

Rating

9/10

Comments

Good recording and is said to be from a preview of the show, which probably 

means it is from the show's initial run at the Barbican theater, before it moved to the Palace.

Clearly, this is the original version of the show, with the original cast including

the full version of "Little People" (later cut) and other parts that would change.

Recording is slightly quiet, and with quite a bit of background Hiss.

This is the complete original cast of the show.

Line Up

Colm Wilkinson as Jean Valjons
Roger Allam  as Javert

Patti LuPone as Fantine

Susan Jane Tanner as Madame Thenardier

Alun Armstrong as Thenardier

Frances Ruffelle as Eponine
Michael Ball  as Marius 
Rebecca Caine as Cosette
David Burt as  Enjolras
Ian Hayden or Oliver Spencer or Ian Tucker as Gavroche

Clive Carter as Bamatabois

 Ian Calvin as Fauchelevent
Ken Caswell as The Bishop of Digne
Keith Burns as Montparnasse
Ian Calvin as Babet
Dave Willetts as  Brujon
 Colin Marsh as Claquesous  

 Paul Leonard as Combeferre
 Gary Huddlestone as Feuilly
Craig Pinder as Courfeyrac
Christopher Beck as  Joly
Clive Carter as  Grataire
Zoe Hart or Jayne O’Mahony or Joanne Woodcock as  Young Cosette 
 Danielle Akers or Gillian Brander or Juliette Caton as Young Eponine 

Ensemble

Dave Willetts, Paul Leonard, Clive Carter, Christopher Beck, Gary Huddlestone,  
Keith Burns, David Burt, Craig Pinder, Jill Martin, Peter Polycarpou 
Ian Calvin, Colin Marsh, Sally Mates, Beverley Klein, Caroline Quentin, 
Aline Mowat, Jackie Marks, Liza Hayden 

Track Listing

CD1
Act One

101 Prologue
102 Valjean's Soliloquy: 

103 What Have I Done

104 .At The End Of The Day 

105  I Dreamed A Dream 

106  Lovely Ladies 
107 Fantine's Arrest

108 The Runaway Cart
109  Who Am I?

110 Come To Me 
111  Confrontation 
112 Castle On A Cloud 
113 Master Of The House

CD2

201 Castle on a Cloud (reprise) / Well Scene

202 The Bargain / Waltz of Treachery
203 Stars

204 Look Down 

205 The Robbery

206 Eponine's Errand

207 The ABC Cafe / The Red & Black

208 Lemarque is Dead

209 Do You Hear the People Sing?

210 I Saw Him Once

211 In My Life

212 A Heart Full Of Love

213 Attack on Rue Plumet

214 One Day More

 

Act Two

215 At the Barricade

216 The Letter

217 On My Own

218 Building the Barricade

219 Javert's Arrival

220  Little Fall Of Rain 

221 [underscoring]

222 First Attack

223 Valjean & Javert

224 Marius Rest!

225 Little People 

CD3

301 Drink With Me To Days Gone By 

302 Bring Him Home

303 Dawn of Anguish

304 Second Attack / Death of Gavroche

305 Final battle

306 [underscoring]

307 The Sewers / Dog Eats Dog

308 Confrontation / Javert's Suicide 

309 Turning, Turning

310 Empty Chairs, Empty Tables

311 Every Day

312 Valjean's Confession.

313  Wedding Chorale 

314 Beggars At The Feast 

315 Finale 

316 epilogue