(Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Herbert Kretzmer, 1985). A partial retelling of the Victor Hugo novel of the same name, this work follows Jean Valjean, who was convicted of stealing a loaf of bread to feed his starving niece. He breaks his parole and is doggedly pursued by Inspector Javert. Several years later, the lives of Valjean, his adoptive daughter Cosette, her lover Marius and his former lover Éponine, and Javert become intertwined on the barricades of an 1832 student rebellion in Paris. The longest-running show on London's West End, it features the songs 'I Dreamed a Dream,' 'Master of the House,' 'Do You Hear the People Sing?', 'One Day More,' and 'On My Own.'