Productions
It began previews at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London on 7 May 2008 and had its press night on 20 May 2008. Co-authors and producers Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg announced an early closing date of 13 September 2008 (it had been scheduled to run through 1 November 2008).
A new production of Marguerite opened on 2 December 2010 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. This production was entirely different from the original staging in London, completely rewritten book and lyrics by Alain Boublil and his wife Marie Zamora. New musical numbers were written by Michel Legrand and completely new orchestration added by William David Brohn. This new version was produced by the subsidized theatre NDM (National Moravian Silesian Theatre) in Czech, with lyrics by Michael Prostejovsky. The Czech creative team was led by director Gabriela Haukvicová. The main actress Hana Fialová in the leading role was nominated for the Thalie Award in the category "operetta, musical and other musical-dramatic genres" for outstanding female stage performance.
The original version of the show had one of its first out of London stagings at The Mill Studio in Guildford from 12–15 January 2011, by PH Productions, featuring Becky Van-Orden as Marguerite and Oliver Trumble as Armand, supported by a cast of 16.
The first London revival of Marguerite shall be staged by Alex Parker Productions from 3-28 October 2012 at the Tabard Theatre, having undergone extensive reworking. Whilst the concept has changed significantly, the featured songs are a hybrid of the Theatre Royal Haymarket production and the Ostrava, Czech Republic production. It features a totally new book with revised plot by Alain Boublil assisted by Director Guy Unsworth. The score has received a rigorous re-working by Jude Obermüller. Featuring a new 7-piece orchestration, Obermüller (under Boublil's supervision) has made major structural changes to the existing material, created several new musical arrangements and new vocal arrangements. Additional lyrics and book have been provided by Callum McIntyre.
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