Les Misérables Lyricist Herbert Kretzmer 'Felt Lack of Credit', Archive Reveals

Les Misérables lyricist Herbert Kretzmer 'felt lack of credit', archive reveals

Herbert Kretzmer said his version was "virtually a new, rewritten show" compared with the French original.

Journalist who wrote English lyrics for Les Miserables ‘felt lack of credit’

The 40th anniversary of the English-language version of the musical, which opened in London in 1985, is on October 8.

October on the London Stage: A Simultaneous Punch, Les Misérables' 40th, Jennifer Westfeldt in The Assembled Parties

October is chock-a-block, as the Brits like to say, with theatrical activity. Tracy Letts’ Mary Page Marlowe reaches the Old Vic Theatre with Susan Sarandon heading the cast, and Rachel Zegler is appearing in concert, fresh from her triumph in Evita. Not to be overlooked are the enticements listed below, from the London version of a show happening simultaneously on Broadway to a new milestone for a musical that just may outlive us all. Joanna Wo…