Stuck with a permanent smile, he is taken in by Ursus, a gruff traveling man, along with a blind baby who Gwynplaine finds abandoned in the snow.įifteen years later, Gwynplaine and Dea are all grown up and are part of a traveling carnival in which Gwynplaine performs as “The Man Who Laughs.” He encounters Josiana, the beautiful sister of ugly Queen Anne at the carnival. Set in England at the turn of the 18th century, “The Man Who Laughs” follows Gwynplaine, whose face was deformed by Comprachicos when he was a child for the amusement of the rich. Hugo’s lesser known “The Man Who Laughs” inspired the EMK Musical Company to create a musical version of the story and in its third production this year, the musical shows the power of the synergy created when a great story meets a famous team. Best known for “Les Miserables” and “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame,” Hugo’s works have inspired many musical and film adaptations. French writer Victor Hugo’s 1869 novel, “The Man Who Laughs,” went onstage in South Korea as a musical in 2018.
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