Marguerite (musical)

Marguerite
MusicMichel Legrand
LyricsAlain Boublil
Herbert Kretzmer
BookAlain Boublil
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Jonathan Kent
BasisLa Dame aux Camélias
by Alexandre Dumas, fils
Productions2008 West End
2009 Japan
2010 Czech Republic
2012 London Revival

Marguerite is a musical with a book by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Jonathan Kent, lyrics by Alain Boublil and Herbert Kretzmer, and music by Michel Legrand, with original French lyrics by Boublil. Based on the romantic novel La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, the musical updates the story to 1940s German-occupied Paris. It tells the tale of a 40-year-old ex-singer and her affair with a young musician who is mixed up with the French Resistance, whilst she is the mistress of a Nazi officer.