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Australian Arts

The all-powerful hand of the director

2 November 2024

9:00 AM

2 November 2024

9:00 AM

When that writer of spare French prose André Gide was asked who the greatest French poet was he replied, ‘Hugo, helás’. Well, Victor Hugo was many things besides and Les Misérables retains the power of the story of poor Jean Valjean and his pursuit by his enemy, the policeman Javert.

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