Les Misérables performance at the 1985 Laurence Olivier Awards 

I don't think there is a conspiracy, but he is surely underrated. VERY underrated.

Kate Llama It's almost always like this with the majority of Javerts, and I don't understand why. Nearly every single trailer, special and / or feature focuses on Fantine (who dies 35 minutes in), little Cosette (who has 15 minutes of stage time), students (who will forever remain nameless for the majority of the viewers) or Valjean (the only sensible one to focus on). Javert is NEVER shown / filmed / discussed / advertised. Nowadays, they DO try to give him some attention, but earlier on, it was as if he's not even IN the show. Man, I have even seen some videos where they deliberately CUT HIS SCENES OUT for no reason, like "A guy who's pursuing the main character throughout the entire show, is the main antagonist, and whose life story is crucial for plot understanding? NAH, NOT IMPORTANT AT ALL, CUT HIM OUT AND DON'T YOU DARE FILM HIS FACE. Let's focus on that prostitute who sings one big song and dies minutes later instead!" (no disrespect to Fantine, btw, just seems illogical story-wise). Although, this might be the point. Fantine's song is, perhaps, THE most well-known out of all in the show, which, I think, is... weird, but that's why they keep using her: 'cause that's what people associate Les Mis with nowadays. Javert's songs are not so well-known and recognized, and housewives / lonely girls can't really associate themselves with him.

Kate Llama At least he appeared, unlike David Burt, on 25th anniversary concert :D

+Kate Llama He is my fave as well. I fell in love with Les Mis listening to his Javert.

He was offered the opportunity to carry over I think but found a smaller but more challenging production at the same time that interested him more.

And she’s the first American to win an Olivier award. She is my favorite Fantine and the one I base all others on. She is also one of the few, in the beginning, who didn’t perform Fantine as a weepy, oh poor me character. She played her as a character that had crap happened to and needed to be strong to carry on and do what she did for her child.

Daniel Nault completely agree

Coln Wilkinson wins after 45+ years!!

hear hear Only we would know ;-)

+Charlie Kaine they didn't win a olivier award no but they got nominated 3 times: for Best New Musical, Nominated Best Actor in a Musical Colm Wilkinson + Nominated Alun Armstrong , Nominated Best Actress in a MusicalPatti LuPoneWhich is brilliant anyway

+mikey p Actually Patti won the Olivier for best actress in a musical for Les Mis/The Cradle Will Rock in 1985. Sadly neither Colm, nor Alun won for best actor and the show lost out on the Best New Musical award to Me and My Girl

I actually saw THIS VERY PRODUCTION at the Barbican. Twice. BRILLIANCE.

Oddly enough, Valjean is described as medium height in the book. Javert is bigger.

Maybe, because he left the show early to pursue other plays? I only discovered Les Mis after seeing Roger in La Cage aux Folles with Philip Quast, for which was no recording.

@@mariemann278 I can't altogether regret Roger's decision because I loved his work with the RSC over those years seeing most of the productions several times but it's a great shame we couldn't have both.

I thought he was a wonderfully dangerous and tragic Sweeney Todd but the run was so short with him in the role.

TaraNator yes xx

I know right?

it would've made sense if they skipped over the second half or had javert sing the part where he joins the schoolboys but no, no solo

She was Christine in a production of the Phantom of the Opera.

@@Martin-es8mb I know, and she's pretty much very known for this more. Rebecca Caine is more loved by Phantom of the Opera fans, it's so rare to see some vids of her as Cosette, and even rare to see Les Mis fans love her as much as they do Michael Ball.

@@Girl-rj3qe… I love Rebecca Caine!! She’s my favorite Cosette who was the standard I held all other Cosette’s too. My next favorite is Melissa Errico, who was my first Cosette I saw in Boston 1989! And then next, of course, is Judy Kuhn.

@@bookemdano7567 I’ve never heard of the others you mentioned, but I presume they are good. Katie Hall is my favorite Cosette, but Rebecca is also one of my favorites as Cosette. I do think she’s quite underrated in the Les Mis fandom, whenever I search for her almost always, results from Phantom of the Opera come up.

@@Martin-es8mb Yes, I know but there are way more videos of that, seeing a video of her as Cosette in the 80s is rarer.

Forever in our hearts.

Prior to Endeavour Roger Allam did not like to stay on for long with any show.

several stints with the National, brilliant Falstaff and Prospero at the Globe, six years with the RSC And loads of shorter runs.

Samantha Barks she was in the UK production and was part of the cast in the film version of the musical.

Same with Frances Ruffele (Eponine).

Agreed…in fact, the only person Patti does anything for is Patti.

It is difficult to confuse her with someone else)

the best Javert

I disagree. Her expression and disposition captures the character completely. This is a once wide eyed naive teenager who’s been beaten down by the worst life has to offer. She’s exasperated and indifferent, she’s given up, her heart has turned cold, that’s her complete constitution at this moment and her portrayal reflects that; it’s not boredom.

@@patrickhofer6752… Well said! People think she’s bored because they are use to the over acted and over sung show Les Mis, unfortunately, has become.

+Bob Bautista It's all in the video description - it's Patti LuPone

Sweeney541 Thank you! :-)