Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera" is one of the most successful musicals of all time. It is based on the classic romantic horror story set in the Paris Opera House in which a masked musician, living in the dark recesses of the vast building, commits murder in order to further the career of a young soprano with whom he is besotted. This ...
Following the formula of Victorian novelist Wilkie Collins, Ebert penned a newspaper serial that was enjoyed by readers of newspapers all over the world. Now he has revised his outrageous weekly cliffhanger into a funny, free-wheeling thriller that reflects the dizzying imagination of the Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic.
This edition of Leroux's "The Phantom of the Opera" is fully annotated, and includes facts, bibliographical information and legends. It also features a full bibliography of works by and about Gaston Leroux, including critical works on "The Phantom of the Opera".
The Essential Phantom of the Opera is the most comprehensive edition ever produced of the classic 1911 novel of romance, mystery, and psychological suspense, fully annotated with thousands of fascinating facts and legends. Here is the complete, authoritative edition of literature's most bizarre tale of love, obsession, and aberration-a story that ...
This is an analytical study of "The Phantom of the Opera" in its many different versions from the original Gaston Leroux novel to the 21st century. It proposes answers to the question, "why do we keep needing this story told and retold in the Western world?" by revealing the history of deep cultural tensions that underlie the novel and each major ...
This book examines the themes and variations of "Phantom of the Opera", demonstrating why Phantom has appealed to multiple generations through numerous incarnations. After discussing Gaston Leroux's original 1910 story, the work turns first to Phantom on film from Lon Chaney's 1925 "Phantom" through Dario Argento's 1998 film. Stage versions of ...
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