Originated in France as an album and then briefly as a show. Cameron Mackintosh got hold of it and the English show opened at the Barbican Centre in 1985. Moved first to the Palace and then on 3 April 2004 to Queen’s. The “world's longest running musical” claim is disputed by Wikipedia who awards that prize to ‘The Fantasticks’ (42 years) with Les Mis coming in second. But they confirm it is the longest-running musical in the West End.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Les Miserables the musical
Commemorated ati
Les Miserables
Les Miserables - opened 8 October 1985 - The world's longest running musical
Other Subjects
Phileas Fogg
Phileas Fogg is the fictional hero of Jules Verne's 'Around the World in Eighty Days'. Without reading the novel we can't confirm the middle 'J'. Inception run a chain of 'Fogg' themed establishm...
2 memorials
Henry Earlforward's bookshop
Bookshop in Arnold Bennett's 1923 novel "Riceyman Steps" set in Clerkenwell.
1 memorial
The Mousetrap
The world's longest running play - still going in 2013. Written by Agatha Christie who gave the rights to her grandson. We've heard the butler did it.
2 memorials
Previously viewed
1 memorial
Hablot Knight Browne, 'Phiz'
Artist. Born Lower Kennington Lane, exact date in doubt. Illustrated 10 of Dickens' books. Took the pseudonym Phiz to pair with Dicken's early pen-name, Boz. Also worked for other novelists and f...
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
William George Armstrong
Born Newcastle. Armaments manufacturer and industrialist. Developed the hydraulic accumulator.
2 memorials
Anthony Green
NW5, Lissenden Gardens, Lissenden Mansion
Lissenden Gardens Tenants Association Anthony Green, R.A., artist, lived here from 1939 to 1990. Awards for all.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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