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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Sam Russell

Journalist who wrote English lyrics for Les Miserables ‘felt lack of credit’

People leaving the Sondheim Theatre, London, after a performance of Les Miserables (Aaron Chown/PA) - (PA Archive)

The lyricist who wrote the English libretto for Les Miserables felt he was not given enough credit for transforming the original French musical into the longer version known and loved by millions today, letters reveal.

The archive of the late showbusiness journalist Herbert Kretzmer, who died in 2020 aged 95, has been donated to Cambridge University Library.

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