The Greatest Showman

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"Sponsor?" In John's words, Renly captured this key word keenly, and with curiosity and doubt, the question could not help but blurt out.

A wry smile appeared on John's face, "Yeah, it's not easy to find a foundation that is willing to invest in new projects. However, there are still some art lovers willing to invest." John spit out a little Tone, "The only thing I hope is that they know how to respect art and not interfere in the creative process at will."

A professional is a professional, no matter whether it is a layman or an experienced enthusiast, they are not professionals at all, and any form of finger-pointing may bring about a disaster. It's like a football game. Fanatic fans are always pointing and telling the club how to line up and how to bring in new players. However, all this is just talk on paper and flashy. The same goes for artistic creation.

After a moment of sigh, John raised his head and looked at Renly, "Andre Hamilton, have you heard of this name? He is willing to make investment sponsorships in his own name, which is really rare."

An unexpected but reasonable answer. John Codd was well-known in the West End of London, and Andre knew that Renly was his disciple; but on the other hand, Renly's family background was little known, and Andre's friendship with Renly was even more secretive.

The smile at the corner of his mouth paused for a moment, and then lifted up lightly, "You can talk to him to see if he chooses to sponsor this project for the sake of art or to make money." He did not admit or deny, but lightly Bringing up the topic, "If it's the former, then he should give you enough creative freedom; if it's the latter, then choosing the rearranged 'Les Miserables' is not a wise investment."

With these two simple sentences, John suddenly became enlightened, put down the teacup, clapped his hands vigorously, and his expression became bright, "This is good, let's do it like this!" John adjusted his sitting posture and said with great interest, "This time 'Les Miserables', I want to do some adaptations."

Renly nodded with a smile, not surprised at the answer.

"However, it's not going off track, but back on track." John's words made Renly raise his eyebrows a little and became more interested, "Now for the West End version, for commercial reasons, they have made a version of the original book. Reduced and deleted, the whole story revolves around Jean Valjean, reflecting the background of the times with personal destiny. It must be admitted that Cameron Mackintosh's adaptation was very successful, and the classic arias are also exceptionally good, so that now all the The world thinks that 'Les Miserables' is a story about Jean Valjean."

Renly nodded in agreement.

John, who was immersed in his thoughts, was encouraged to continue talking—he always did, as a teacher, sometimes more excited than a student, that energy, that enthusiasm, never diminished. "But, we all know that the original novel is a story about the times, a magnificent chapter, and I hope to put the whole story on the stage in its entirety."

"Wow." Ren Li's exclamation came out involuntarily. After thinking about it seriously, surprise and surprise appeared in his eyes, but then he gradually began to get excited.

As John said, Victor Hugo's original book is huge and huge, a gigantic book about an entire era. The novel is divided into five parts, the first part, "Fantine"; the second part, "Cosette"; the third part, "Marius"; The Heroic Blood of Rue Ney"; Part V, "Jean Valjean".

In the whole story, Jean-Valjean just connects the main line of the whole story, starting from him and ending with him, but he is not a soul character-because the soul of the novel is an era. With deep and serious brushwork, Victor Hugo outlines all beings in this era, showing the cruelty of the tide of the times and the inevitability of historical changes.

Jean Valjean, Fantine, Cosette, Marius, Javert, Enjolras, Thenardier, Eppenne... Each character has its own story and chapter, reflecting the fragments of the times , outlines the era behind the Parisian uprisings of the early nineteenth century. This is an epic, but also a piece of history.

Victor Hugo wrote this novel. After being inspired by two real events, the collection of materials was brewing for 20 years; after finally writing, only three years later, Hugo was subsequently involved in politics/ He managed the whirlpool and began his exile career. This delay was delayed for another twelve years. When "Les Miserables" was finally published, sixty-one years had passed since the first moment of inspiration.

It can be said that, as the title says "Les Miserables", this is a masterpiece. In the same way, the character of Jean Valjean also carried all the weight of Hugo for the status and destiny of France at that time.

The musical "Les Miserables" adapted by Cameron Mackintosh successfully extracted the story of Jean Valjean, focusing the whole story on this character, reflecting the helplessness of the times and the sadness of fate. There is no doubt that Cameron's change was a success, weakening the attributes of the torrent of the times, but increasing the helplessness of the reincarnation of fate. On the basis of literature and artistry, he injected entertainment to adapt to the market, and finally achieved great success.

Still, Cameron's version of "Les Miserables" is three hours long. Therefore, when Tom Hooper adapted, he had to reduce the length of the story. At the same time, he had to adapt to the characteristics of the film, adding some shot scheduling and character close-ups. Under the control of the limited time, he further deleted a lot of content, resulting in The skeleton of the story was further reduced, and the original work was lost.

The grandeur also lost the profoundness of the stage play version.

Now, John said that he wanted to restore the majestic momentum of the original book? It's... audacious! frenzied!

"Five parts?" Renly asked.

John caught the twinkle in Renly's eyes, excited and looking forward to it, which made John very happy, nodded in affirmation, "Five parts, adapted into five chapters. The script has been created, Mackintosh version. The right to adapt has also been obtained, and we will re-create and supplement the original music fragments, and complete all the aria writing. The final repertoire will last for six hours.”

six hours? It's literally a marathon! A feat even in the West End and Broadway!

"Of course, including the rest time." John added with a smile, "Six hours is really too long. We still need to discuss the specific implementation. There are several plans now. One is the performance of the day, which is divided into afternoon performances. And the evening show, the two parts are three hours each, after watching in the afternoon, have a dinner and continue in the evening; the other is divided into the first day and the second day, the same two parts. "

"It's a serious challenge for the audience; even more so for the actors." Just thinking about it in his head, Renly was amazed.

If the performance is divided into two days, the pressure on the actors is relatively lighter. After all, there is 24 hours of adjustment time, but for the audience, this is a severe test, sitting in the theater for three hours for two consecutive days? Unless you're a crazy veteran, it's really too hard to stick with.

If it is a performance on the same day, it means that the actor's spirit must be highly tense. The six-hour long performance in a whole day will test both mental and physical strength; what's more, whether such a performance is performed every day or every other day Staged, how long the entire tour will last, it's like a long march.

John didn't hide his pride and leaned back slightly, "It's just because it's a challenge, so it's worth trying." John adjusted his sitting position and continued, "Our idea is to present the whole The original appearance of the times: religion, society, culture, economy, war, human nature, philosophy, justice, and of course, the most important: revolution/revolution! Truly the appearance of French society at that time, through the eyes of Victor Hugo The sight you see is fully presented, creating an epic!"

"Of course, the core soul character is still Jean Valjean. Although it is said that the whole era is the protagonist, the role of the supporting roles will be greatly increased, and the overall proportion will be slightly averaged. Jean Valjean is no longer the Mackintosh version. The most important thing; however, he still bears the weight of the whole story, and the thinking about fate, philosophy, and faith must be done by Jean Valjean after all." John said the excited part, and he couldn't help but start dancing. stand up.

Renly could sense John's excitement, because even if he, as a listener, listened a bit, and then painted it in his mind, his blood was boiling with that gigantic blueprint. "It starts with Jean Valjean and ends with Jean Valjean. Like the original Victor Hugo."

"Yes!" John nodded heavily, "In order to complete this drama, we need to consider a lot of things. First of all, actors, excellent actors, every role is extremely important, even the smallest supporting role may have A single aria must not be sloppy; secondly, physical strength, strong physical strength, and a six-hour performance, no matter what form it is presented in, this is an absolutely severe challenge for the actors, and we may need to prepare four sets of casts, just in case from time to time needed, but here is the problem..."

Having said this, John paused with a wry smile, and did not continue to speak. He picked up the teacup and took a sip. The helpless expression was enough to explain something.

funds. In the current West End or Broadway, when the market is generally sluggish, the production budget is greatly reduced, and now it is not even two-thirds of the peak period, or even less. Generally speaking, a play has three sets of casts. The first set and the second set are rotated to ensure the status of the actors; the third set is a substitute to prevent the actors from being unable to play due to illness or accidents. However, having more actors means higher costs.

Four casts? This is almost impossible in the current market environment.

In addition to actor remuneration, the rehearsal stage expenditure is also a big problem. A six-hour repertoire requires a lot of rehearsal, and every lineup is rehearsed with real guns. The consumption of manpower, material resources, and energy is by no means easy, not to mention that the rehearsal time is bound to be long.

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