The Les Miserables
IMPORTANT: PLEASE NOTE
This costume plot is a “suggested” design interpretation of your production and may differ greatly from the Costume World stock. To guarantee a costume selection that is in closest possible accordance with your specifications, our Designer/Costumer will advise you of the costume options currently available.
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The Les Miserables Plot
Prologue – 1814 Dione
Chain Gang
Convicts: Ensemble: 2 piece convict costumes with hats (some with scarves and rag belts)
Soldiers: Blue/red uniform cutaway coats, knickers, , bicorn hat, dickey
Javert: Uniform Tailcoat, shirt, cravat, pants, hat with plume
Valjean: 2 piece convict costume (#24601 on front), hat
Farmworkers
Men: Remove convict shirts, add peasant shirts, straw hats, belts or ropes, some with rough vests, leather or bib aprons
Valjean: Adds brown overcoat (removes from satchel)
Women: Assorted skirts, blouses, jackets, aprons, some with straw hats
Inn
Ensemble: Remove hats
Innkeeper/Servant: Pants, shirt, leather apron, hat
Bishop: Cassock, yamulka, nightgown (underdress), adds shawl
Bishop’s Sisters: skirts, blouses, aprons, bonnets. Change to nightgowns, caps, shawls
Soldiers (Constables): Repeat Montreuil – Sur – Mer (“At The End Of The Day)
Unemployed Men: Assorted Ragged smocks, jackets, scarves, hats
Unemployed Women: Assorted ragged skirts, blouses, shawls
Factory Men: Shirts, pants, jackets or vests, fishermen’s caps
Factory Women: Skirts, blouses, aprons, dust caps
Fantine: Empire dress, apron, mob cap
Foreman: Pants, vest, jacket, shirt
Valjean: Dark frock coat, brocade vest, pants, shirt, cravat, top hat
Javert: Repeat, add tricorn
"Lovely Ladies"
Men: Assorted pieces to suggest sailors on leave
Pimp: Brocade jacket, vest, pants, shirt, cravat, top hat
Whores: Ragged bright skirts, corsets, camisoles, bloomers, lace gloves, hats, ratty boas
Beggar Women: Ragged dresses with shawls, caps
Fantine: Adds shawl (removes dress to have corset and skirt made out of dress fabric)
Bamatabois: Tailsuit with brocade vest, knickers, top hat, shirt, jabot
Cart/Trial
Man under cart: Pants, apron, cap, shirt, tie
Ensemble: General peasant clothes
3 Judges: 2 in black robes and hats, 1 in red robe with hat
Javert: Repeat
Valjean: Repeat
Hospital
Fantine: White nightgown
Javert: Repeat
Valjean: Repeat
2 Nuns: white robes, tabards, white "Flying nun" headdresses
1823 – Montfermeil
Thenardier’s Inn
Young Cosette: Ragged skirt, blouse, bloomers, mob cap
Young Eponine: dress, pantaloons, bonnet
Mme. Thenardier: Skirt, bloomers, peasant blouse, corselette, apron with pockets
Thenardier: Knickers, shirt, bright scarf, distressed uniform coat, large apron, hat
Inn Patrons: Assorted peasant characters – each significant
2 Travelers: Tailsuits, top hats, mufflers
Valjean: Change to vest
Young Cosette: Dress with lace collar, straw bonnet (Valjean dresses her onstage)
1832 – Paris
Beggars: Large coats and rag shawls. Very distressed
Gavroche: Tattered pants, shirt, vest, shawl, cap
Students: Assorted pants, vests, jackets, shirts, cravats (Upper Class)
Thenardier: Adds long distressed coat and vest
Mme. Thenardier: Dress, ragged shawl
Eponine: Ragged camisole, brocade skirt, bloomers, cap, belt
Brujon: short pants, ragged shirt, vest, belt, cap
Babet: Distressed brocade tailcoat, vest, pants, top hat
Claquesous: Short coat, vest, pants, hat
Montparnasse: Tailcoat, vest, pants, belt
Enjolras: Tailcoat, pants, brocade vest, shirt, cravat
Marius: Tailcoat, brocade vest, shirt with ruffles, cravat, pants
Valjean: Repeat
Cosette: Dress with lace collar, bonnet
Constables: Repeat
Javert: Repeat
ABC Café
Students: Assorted pants, brocade vests, jackets, shirts, cravats (Upper Class)
Marius and Enjolras: Repeat
Act I Finale
All: Repeat
Enjolras: Add red vest with gold boullion
Javert: Tailcoat, pants, vest, tricorn
ACT II
Barricade
Students: All repeat, removing jackets, adding some aprons, tricorns, etc.
Eponine: (Disguise) Pants, camisole, long overcoat, boy’s cap
Ensemble Women: Skirts, blouses, bonnets, tricolors
Valjean: Add blue and red uniform jacket
Eponine: Adds bloody version of camisole
Javert: Repeat
The Sewers
Thenardier: Repeat
"Turning"
Women: Repeat skirts, blouses, aprons, mob caps, bonnets “Empty Chairs”
Marius: Black overcoat over black tailcoat, pants, white brocade vest, cravat Wedding
Men: Black tailcoats, pants, white brocade vests, cravats
Women: Assorted hoop gowns, feathered hairpieces, bloomers
Major Domo: Livery
Cosette: Wedding hoop gown, veil
Thenardier: Cutaway coat, pants, brocade vest
Mme. Thenardier: Hoop dress, camisole, bloomers
Valjean’s Death
Valjean: Black pants, white shirt
Marius and Cosette: Repeat
Eponine: Repeat “not bloody” version of last COSTUME WORLD
Fantine: Repeat nightgown
Finale
Marius, Cosette, Fantine, Eponine, Thenardier, Mme. Thenardier: Repeat last costumes
All others: Repeat Finale Act I costumes