40 years of Les Miserables on display By Zhang Kun in Shanghai | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-08-11 17:33

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202508/11/WS6899b8fea310724b60020fcd.html Based on the novel of the same title by French poet and playwright Victor Hugo (1802-1885), Les Miserables premiered in 1985, with music composed by Claude-Michel Schonberg and lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel.