LES MISERABLES – CAST LIST
JEAN VALJEAN
Vocal Range: Low A to high A (above Middle C)
Jean Valjean is the hero of the show. It is his life journey that we must follow. Jean Valjean is
supposed to be stronger than other men, and so physically should appear robust. He should
reasonably carry himself as mature and paternal. A Convict and Cosette’s adopted father. Valjean is
an ex-convict who leaves behind a life of hatred and deceit in order to earn the kindness and
forgiveness offered him by the bishop. He finds fulfillment in protecting his adopted daughter and
helping people who are in difficult situations, even when it means risking his own life and welfare.
Valjean adopts a false name to evade the police and combines a convict’s street smarts with his
idealism and compassion. His life is a quest for redemption. The key to his character is great
humanity and compassion – is a very demanding vocal role.
JAVERT
Vocal Range: A (below Middle C) to D (above Middle C)
Javert is a police inspector who strictly believes in law and order and will stop at nothing to enforce
the law. Javert is incapable of compassion or pity, and performs his work with such passion that he
takes on a nearly animal quality when he is on the chase. He nurses an especially strong desire to
recapture Valjean, whose escapes and prosperity he sees as an affront to justice. Javert is unswerving
in his belief that men cannot change for the good. He is a dedicated policeman with a profound
sense of duty – must be a good singer.
CHAIN-GANG
Vocal Range: Low F to High E flat
The Chain-gang consists of Jean Valjean’s fellow prisoners (can cast up to 12 men).
2 CONSTABLE OFFICERS
Vocal Range: E to High E
There are 2 constables in the show – due to their expensive period costumes they will mostly likely
need to stay the same characters throughout the show. They are the police that arrest Jean Valjean
after he steals from the Bishop.
FARMERS AND LABORERS
Vocal Range: Middle C to D flat / A sharp to D Flat
Interact with Jean Valjean after he is released from prison – have solo lines that are a bit difficult to
sing.
BISHOP OF DIGNE
Vocal Range: Low A to High E
The bishop of Digne is a much-admired clergyman whose great kindness and charity have made him
popular throughout his parish. He passes on these same qualities to Valjean and initiates the exconvict’s spiritual renewal by saving Valjean from arrest and making him promise to live as an honest
man. He literally buys Jean Valjean’s soul for God.
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FANTINE
Vocal Range: G Flat (below Middle C) to E flat
An unfortunate woman, Fantine is a working-class girl who leaves her hometown to seek her fortune
in Paris. Fantine has a two year affair with a handsome student who leaves her pregnant and
abandoned. She leaves her daughter, Cosette with the Thenardier's in order to work in another town
as having children is not allowed where she is able to find work. She does everything she can to meet
Thenardier's demands for money for Cosette's care, eventually descending into prostitution. She is a
brave woman defeated by life, sustained by her love for her daughter and clinging to her dignity.
FOREMAN
Vocal Range: E (below Middle C) to D flat (above Middle C)
The Foreman of the factory where Fantine works. He fires Fantine after hearing rumor’s from the
other women that she has an illegitimate child and Fantine refuses to sleep with him.
GIRL #5 (FACTORY GIRL)
Vocal Range: B flat (below Middle C) to C (above Middle C)
The shop girl who fights with Fantine. She is mean, catty and selfish.
SAILORS
Vocal Range: Low C to Middle C
The sailors begin the dock scene and have singing solos.
BAMATABOIS
Vocal Range: D (below Middle C) to High D
Bamatabois is a "customer" who taunts Fantine into violence. He is a wealthy dissolute young man
who thinks of himself as a gentleman. He is drunk and in a sadistic mood and chauvinistically feels it
is his right to buy anything, even Fantine.
OLD WOMAN
Vocal Range: E (above Middle C) to High D
The Old Woman is a nice feature part. This is the character that purchases Fantine's hair.
PIMP
Vocal Range: E (below Middle C) to D
The Pimp controls the prostitutes at the docks. He is mean, aggressive and abusive.
FAUCHELEVANT
Vocal Range: B (below Middle C) to E Flat
Fauchelevant is the victim of the cart crash – this role requires painful yelps. A critic of Valjean’s
while Valjean is the mayor of Montreuil-sur-mer under the assumed name of Madeleine.
JUDGE
NO SINGING REQUIRED
The Judge or Judges appear when Jean Valjean goes to court to save the mistaken prisoner who
Javert thinks is him.
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MISTAKEN JEAN VALJEAN AND FAMILY
NO SINGING REQUIRED
These characters are also non-singing and is the family that Javert believes to be Jean Valjean, they
appear in the court scene.
YOUNG COSETTE
Vocal Range: A (below Middle C) to C
Fantine’s daughter at the age of six who has been living with the Thenardier's since the age of two.
Valjean adopts her after Fantine gives Cosette to him on her deathbed. Cosette has spent her
childhood as a servant for the Thenardier’s, getting none of the money her mother has sent. She is
bullied by the entire family including Young Eponine.
This casted actress will also appear in ensemble scenes as a little girl with her family.
YOUNG EPONINE
NO SINGING REQUIRED
The THENARDIERs' daughter same age as Cosette, receives all of Thenardier's love and
(unknowingly) benefits from the money sent for Cosette.
This casted actress will also appear in ensemble scenes as a little girl with her family.
MADAME THENARDIER
Vocal Range: G sharp (below Middle C) to D
Thenardier’s wife. , Mme. Thenardier is just as evil as her husband and takes special pleasure in
abusing Cosette. In later years, she becomes her husband’s most devoted accomplice and is
particularly enthusiastic about his schemes to rob Valjean and Cosette. Actress must have excellent
comedy skills and be a good musician with a good sense of rhythm.
THENARDIER
Vocal Range: C (below Middle C) to G sharp (above Middle C)
A thief, grave robber and scoundrel. We meet him as innkeeper. A cruel, wretched, moneyobsessed man who first appears as Cosette’s keeper and tormentor. Thenardier extorts money from
whomever he can, and he frequently serves as an informant to whoever will bid the highest. His
schemes range from fraud to murder, and he has strong ties to the criminal underworld in Paris.
Blinded by greed, Thenardier spends every minute in pursuit of money. He is the true villain of LES
MISERABLES. He is the embodiment of evil but should also possess a wicked sense of humor as he
is the comic relief of the show. His comedy however should be based in realism and not be too
exaggerated. He is married to Madame Thenardier and the father to Eponine and Gavroche
(although he has abandoned Gavroche to the streets of Paris).
GAVROCHE
Vocal Range: B (below Middle C) to G
A Paris street urchin, Gavroche leaves home at an early age to fend for himself. He is a happy-golucky child who enjoys the small pleasures of life and demonstrates unusual generosity toward those
even less fortunate than he is. He is also fierce and brave, and plays a decisive role in the barricade.
His “arch enemy” is Javert the Policeman and should be similar to the young artful “Dodger” in
OLIVER.
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GAVROCHE’S GANG
NO SINGING REQUIRED
A chorus of young orphaned children who follow Gavroche around in a little street gang.
EPONINE
Vocal Range: F sharp (below Middle C) to E
The Thenardier’s’ eldest daughter, now 16 who is streetwise and tough but also sensitive and lonely.
Eponine is a wretched creature who helps her parents steal, but she is eventually redeemed by her
love for Marius who she knows will never love her back. She proves that no one is beyond
redemption, and she ultimately emerges as one of the novel’s most tragic and heroic figures. She
bravely follows Marius to the barricades in the hopes that they will die there together.
ENJOLRAS
Vocal Range: A to G (above Middle C)
The leader of the Friends of the ABC. Enjolras is a radical student revolutionary. He is both wild and
beautiful. Together with the other students, Enjolras leads the insurrection at the barricade. He is
described by Victor Hugo as “a thinker and a man of action.” On the barricade he physically and
vocally should dominate everybody else. His death at the barricade is one of the most dramatic
highlights of the show.
MARIUS
Vocal Range: Low A to High A flat
The son of Georges Pontmercy, a colonel in Napoléon’s army. Marius grows up in the home of his
grandfather, M. Gillenormand, a monarchist. Marius was kept from his father by his grandfather. An
innocent young man, Marius is capable of great things and manages both to fight on the barricades
and successfully court the love of his life, Cosette. Marius is the handsome romantic hero of the
story. In Act I Marius plays Romeo to Cosette’s Juliet.
COSETTE
Vocal Range: B flat (below Middle C) to High C (2 octaves above Middle C)
Fantine’s daughter (now 16) who lives as Valjean’s adopted daughter after her mother dies. Under
the care of Valjean Cosette blossoms into a beautiful, educated young woman. She finds fulfillment
in her love for Marius. Cosette is innocent and docile, but her participation in Valjean’s many escapes
from the law show that she also possesses intelligence and bravery; she is not in any sense a “soppy”
romantic heroine although when she meets Marius it does change her world and priorities.
ABC SOCIETY CAFÉ STUDENTS
Vocal Range: Low A to F
A secret society of students and workers drawn from wealthy families who have chosen to fight for
freedom. Additional members of this group are Enjolras and Marius:
Combeferre - STUDENT - The philosopher and believer in peace. He is gentle, humane, strong and
brave.
Feuilly - STUDENT- A worker, self-educated and an orphan. A believer in "nationality."
Affectionate, warm and poetic.
Courfeyrac - STUDENT - He is youthful, passionate and fearless.
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Joly - STUDENT - A medical student. Eccentric and light-hearted, although sometimes morbid. His
name is derived from the English word "Jolly."
Jean Prouvaire - STUDENT - A student of social studies. He is kind, softly spoken and at the right
moments strong and masterful. He is also a poet.
Lesgles - STUDENT - Cheerful, laughing at life but unlucky. His close friend is Joly.
Grantaire - STUDENT - He is the opposite of Enjolras. He believes in nothing. Although he
admires Enjolras, he loves to mock him. Witty and drunken, he is happy being with the group and
the put up with him because of his good humor. He also keeps a watchful eye on Gavroche, the
mascot of the group, and is most heartbroken when Gavroche is killed. So much so that Grantaire
abandons his cynicism and rushes to die on the barricade.
MEMBERS OF THENARDIER’S GANG
Vocal Range: C sharp (below Middle C) to E
These roles may be cast as a mixture of males and females.
Brujon - Physically very strong. The body of a bear and a pea sized brain. A genuine gangster, he is
stupid and evil.
Babet - Physically frail. He is lean and cunning.
Claquesous - Tough, dangerous and secretive.
Montparnasse - A teenager. Handsome and dangerous. Kills with a knife. He is well dressed, strongly
built and supple.
ARMY OFFICER SOLOIST
ENSEMBLE / CHORUS MEN AND WOMAN
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Sings warnings to barricade offstage
SING
Chain – gang, factory workers, farmers, women with bishop, nurses, poor people in town,
sailors, lovely ladies, ABC Café families, inn-keeper guests, barricade solders, wedding guests
and more to be determined in the rehearsal process…