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Post by BVM on Dec 29, 2023 10:45:42 GMT
Does anyone know if there is a fan site or similar that lists all the UK casts for Phantom and Les Mis from the very beginning (both London and all UK tours ideally)?
Googled it this morning but was surprised to be unable to find such a thing.
(Starlight Express and Cats both have excellent Wiki fan pages that list all casts from day 1!)
Been back at my parents house over Xmas and delving through the piles and piles of programmes I have. Annoyingly so few programmes have dates in them. Would quite like to make a spreadsheet working out dates (well, years) I saw shows. It's easier for shorter runs as I can remember when the show was on or easily google. Or things like Sunset for which I vividly remember the order of the casts! But for Les Mis and Phantom it's a nightmare!
Thanks.
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Post by panda on Dec 29, 2023 15:07:52 GMT
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Post by Dawnstar on Dec 29, 2023 15:23:08 GMT
There used to be a website that had all the past Les Mis casts, along with more limited cast information for various other West End shows, but unfortunately it vanished several years ago.
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Post by BVM on Dec 29, 2023 15:38:50 GMT
There used to be a website that had all the past Les Mis casts, along with more limited cast information for various other West End shows, but unfortunately it vanished several years ago. Yes I was sure there used to be a site for Les Mis (and indeed Phantom) which was why was surprised not to find them! |
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Post by Dawnstar on Dec 29, 2023 15:42:07 GMT
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Post by toomasj on Dec 29, 2023 16:14:06 GMT
If there was something in particular you were looking for, I can probably help. I have every West End programme from each of those two shows.
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Post by Alejo on Dec 29, 2023 18:06:46 GMT
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Post by Alejo on Dec 29, 2023 18:12:42 GMT
You can also use the Wayback Machine to search the archived versions of the official Les Mis and Phantom websites. That should give you the bios of the main actors over the years, providing they were always updated after each cast change. I have wasted away so much time looking through these archived versions. I remember lesmis.com was launched in 1996, but the earliest archived version is Feb 1998: web.archive.org/web/19980209012849/http://www.lesmis.com/ |
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Post by BVM on Dec 29, 2023 18:29:35 GMT
Thanks for this - that's absolutely fantastic and exactly what I was looking for. (Honesty had no idea you could un-archive old versions of websites!) Anyway - those links do work and that's perfect for Les Mis. The "castlists" tab is taking me to exactly what wanted! |
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Post by BVM on Dec 29, 2023 18:31:25 GMT
Just need to find same thing for Phantom now - am SURE one existed somewhere!
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Post by Alejo on Dec 29, 2023 18:36:09 GMT
Thanks for this - that's absolutely fantastic and exactly what I was looking for. (Honesty had no idea you could un-archive old versions of websites!) Anyway - those links do work and that's perfect for Les Mis. The "castlists" tab is taking me to exactly what wanted! Yeah, it's a fantastic tool. Unfortunately you will find a lot of broken links on these archived sites, but if you dig around, you'll find loads of great stuff. |
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Post by BVM on Dec 29, 2023 18:38:49 GMT
Thanks for this - that's absolutely fantastic and exactly what I was looking for. (Honesty had no idea you could un-archive old versions of websites!) Anyway - those links do work and that's perfect for Les Mis. The "castlists" tab is taking me to exactly what wanted! Yeah, it's a fantastic tool. Unfortunately you will find a lot of broken links on these archived sites, but if you dig around, you'll find loads of great stuff. Yeah just having having a play around now - really interesting :-) |
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Post by Alejo on Dec 29, 2023 18:39:26 GMT
Just need to find same thing for Phantom now - am SURE one existed somewhere! I've not followed Phantom as closely, so I can't remember the names of any sites that might have once listed all the casts. But yes, I do remember seeing these at one point. |
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Post by azuraathena on Dec 29, 2023 23:42:25 GMT
I know there used to be a site which listed all the playbills/programmes for Phantom.
I have a PowerPoints which have nearly all the Phantoms, Christines (including alternates and understudies) and Raouls for all major productions (including the tours) plus a brochure (and a lot of programmes) from the London productions history so nearly a complete collection of names.
If you are look for a particular time I might be able to help.
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Post by danb on Dec 31, 2023 16:51:43 GMT
Wow! That’s quite the rabbit hole I just fell down. Thank you x
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