Les Miserables 悲惨世界

雨果的悲惨世界，是十九世纪的最伟大的小说之一，在中学时期看过，已沒什么印相。许多年前，看过DVD版的舞台剧，只记得可怜可悲的Fantine，还有无数很动听的歌曲，被感动的哭了。

昨晚，女儿和我在戏院哭红了双眼，为Jean Valjean悲惨的一生，为坎坷的Fantine短暂的生命，为革命而牺牲的年轻生命。。。

一开始，囚犯们的歌声就感动了我。。。Look down, look down。。。Don't look 'em in the eye。。。You're here until you die，How long O Lord.. Before you let me die?。。。

仅仅因为偷了一个面包來给就要饿死的外甥，当了十九年的奴隶的Jean Valjean，偷面包五年，其他十四年是因为无数次的企图逃跑，悲惨！

Fantine被无情的男人抛弃,  为了养活女儿,  被逼卖头发牙齿,  最后出卖身体,  结果在还没见到女儿最后一面就病死了。


Fantine唱道：There was a time when men were kind....When their voices were soft...I dreamed that love would never die....I had a dream my life would be....So different from this hell I'm living.....可悲!

企图改变命运的革命学生们 :   It is time for us all....To decide who we are..... Do we fight for the right.....Red - the blood of angry men! Black - the dark of ages past!
Red - a world about to dawn! Black - the night that ends at last!

他们全军覆没, 白白的成为乱世的牺牲品。

而 "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" 最牵动我心 :  Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me...What your sacrifice was for...Empty chairs at empty tables.....Where my friends will sing no more...

最早的音乐剧在1980年在法国制作, 动听的旋律和感人的歌词都由法国人创作。英文版的要到1985年才在英国的West End上演，1987才在美国的Broadway上演。曾由不同的演员演绎过。

 我们刚看的电影版是由Hugh Jackman和Russell Crowe当两个要角，从来不知道他们能唱音乐剧。Fantine由Anne Hathaway演绎，也没想到。而演绎Fantine女儿Cosette的Amanda Seyfried，之前在Mama Mia看过，所以知道。尤其是Hugh Jackman，表情很是不错，令我另眼相看。

DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING

Do you hear the people sing
Singing the song of angry men
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes

Will you join in our crusade
Who will be strong and stand with me
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see

Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free

Do you hear the people sing
Singing the song of angry men
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again

When the beating of your heart
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Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes
Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may advance
Some will fall and some will live
Will you stand up and take your chance
The blood of the martyrs
Will water the meadows of France
Do you hear the people sing
Singing the song of angry men
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes

后紀 17/1/2013 ：



家里的书。

在两个星期多后的今天，我们还沉醉在这些美妙的歌曲中，女儿每晩都会在钢琴弹奏，对这些歌曲也能朗朗上口，美事一桩！