2001 Focus on the Family's CD cover art
Les Misérables is a 2001 audio drama produced by Dave Arnold and dramatized by Paul McCusker for Focus on the Family Radio Theatre. Music was composed by Jared DePasquale and sound design was by Todd Busteed. The host was Dave Arnold, and the voice tracks were recorded at the Soundhouse in London, England. The CD release contains 3 discs with a runtime of 2 hours and 49 minutes.
Cast[]
- Brian Blessed as Jean Valjean
- Geoffrey Palmer as Inspector Javert
- Tony Robinson as Thenardier/Watchman
- Toyah Willcox as Fantine
- Leo McKern as M. Gillenormand
- Timothy West as The Bishop of Digne
- Orlando Seale as Marius
- Gina Beck as Cosette
Also starring[]
- Robert Benfield as the Butler
- Nick Burnell as the Farmer
- Justin Butcher as the King's Officer
- Lara Cazalet as Eponine
- Ian Cullen as the Prosecutor
- Leo Dennett as Gavroche
- Max Digby as the Court Official
- Beth Ellis as Mother Superior
- Paul Ewing as Dilber
- William Haden as Coachman
- Andy Harrison as the Captain/George
- Michael Haughey as the Cart Driver
- Eve Karpf as Madame Thenardier
- Stash Kirkbride as Labar
- Sallyanne Law as Anna
- Lily Milton as young Cosette
- Joan Moon as the housekeeper
- Christopher Naylor as the Officer
- Eileen Page as Baptistine
- Audrey Palmer as the Home Nurse
- Daniel Philpott as Wheelwright
- Edward Purver as Jacques
- Gordon Reid as Lamont
- Jessica Seaton as the Hospital Nurse
- Philip Sherlock as Additional Voices
- David Simeon as the Judge
- Mervyn Stutter as Martin
- Philip Sully as Javert's driver
- Simon Treves as Enjolras
- Paul Webster as Lafitte
Tracklist[]
Disc 1[]
(54:40)
| Track
Number |
Chapter Title | Featuring | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prologue | ||
| 2 | The Purchase of a Soul | ||
| 3 | The People's Mayor | ||
| 4 | Lamont Rescued | ||
| 5 | Fantine | ||
| 6 | The Thenardiers | ||
| 7 | Javert's Dismissal | ||
| 8 | The Ride to Arras | ||
| 9 | The Other Valjean | ||
| 10 | An Arrest is Made |
Disc 2[]
(54:14)
| Track
Number |
Chapter Title | Featuring | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | To the Shipyard | ||
| 12 | A Young Galley Slave | ||
| 13 | The Purchase of a Daughter | ||
| 14 | Games in the Shadows | ||
| 15 | Lamont Rescues | ||
| 16 | The Gravedigger's Refuge | ||
| 17 | A Good Name | ||
| 18 | Humble Beauty | ||
| 19 | Marius in Love | ||
| 20 | Jondrette's Blindness | ||
| 21 | The Trap's Trap | ||
| 22 | Storm on the Horizon |
Disc 3[]
(59:18)
| Track
Number |
Chapter Title | Featuring | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Branches for Pruning | ||
| 24 | Wars and Words | ||
| 25 | Sharpshooters | ||
| 26 | Javert's Executioner | ||
| 27 | The Barricades Fall | ||
| 28 | Valjean and Javert | ||
| 29 | The Truth Remains Hidden | ||
| 30 | The Truth is Revealed | ||
| 31 | Thenardier Tries Again | ||
| 32 | Freedom | ||
| 33 | Epilogue |
Differences[]
- The story is told through a letter that Valjean is writing to Cosette explaining the events that took place
- Fauchelevant was renamed to LaMont in this production.
- LaMont works as a gardener at the St. Catherine's parish, not the Quartier Saint Antoine.
- The character Dilber is added in to explain Mayor Madeleine's history
- Gavroche is almost 9 years old at the time of the battle, and unlike in the novel, is not stated to be related to the Thenardiers in any way.
- This audio drama implies that Eponine is the only child of The Thénardiers.
Trivia[]
- This production features the youngest actress to play Cosette, with Heather Heyer, who was credited as Lily Milton due to her age being 5 and 6 years old at the time of recording her lines in February 2000.