out-hugo-ed

Updated: May 25, 2025

I began to scribble furtively on the back of an old manuscript the book of an operetta I had once written, a musical version of Les Miserables called "Jumping Jean," in reference to which one of the New York producers, Dillingham, I think, wrote me: "You have out-Hugo-ed Hugo; this is more miserable than Les Miserables itself!"

George S. (George Shepard) Chappell - The Cruise of the Kawa