Theatre Royal Haymarket

Season ends 13 September 2008
Marguerite
The World Premiere of a New Musical

Cast includes Ruthie Henshall, Julian Ovenden and Alexander Hanson

Music by Michel Legrand

Book by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg and Jonathan Kent

Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer

Original French Lyrics by Alain Boublil

Orchestrations and Arrangements by Michel Legrand and Seann Alderking

A love story set in Paris during the Second World War, Marguerite draws inspiration from one of the greatest of romantic novels, La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas. Marguerite is the beautiful and notorious mistress of a high ranking German officer. Armand is a young musician half her age who falls obsessively in love with her. Their dangerous love story is played out against the background of Occupied Paris.

Marguerite will be the World Premiere of a collaboration between Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg (Les Misérables, Miss Saigon and Martin Guerre) and the triple Oscar® winning musical legend Michel Legrand (Windmills of Your Mind, Yentl and Summer of '42) and lyricist Herbert Kretzmer (Les Misérables).

Ruthie Henshall, the award-winning West End and Broadway actress returns to the London stage to play the title role.

Direction Jonathan Kent

Design Paul Brown

Lighting Mark Henderson    Sound Paul Groothuis

Choreography Arthur Pita

 

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