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The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera is a novel by Gaston Leroux, inspired by George du Maurier's Trilby. Published in 1910, it has since been adapted many times as films and stage productions.

Table of contents

1 Adaptations 1.1 Stage 1.2 Movies 1.3 Novels 2 External links

Adaptations

Stage

• The Phantom of the Opera (1984): Musical by Ken Hill, with lyrics set to music by Gounod, Offenbach, Verdi, and others
• The Phantom of the Opera (1986): Musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber
• The Phantom of the Opera: Musical by Helen(?) Grigal and (?) Anderson for the Baltimore Actors' Theatre
• Phantom (1991): Musical by Maury Yeston (music and lyrics) and Arthur Kopit (text)

Movies

• The Phantom of the Opera (1925): Featuring Lon Chaney, Sr
• Phantom of the Opera (1943): Featuring Claude Rains
• Phantom of the Horse Opera (1961): A Woody Woodpecker cartoon
• The Phantom of the Opera (1962): Hammer Horror version featuring Herbert Lom
• The Phantom of the Paradise (1974): Also called The Phantom of the Fillmore; a rock musical directed by Brian De Palma
• The Phantom of the Opera (1989): Faustian horror movie re-working featuring Robert Englund
• The Phantom of the Opera (2004): Movie version of the Lloyd Webber musical

Novels

• Phantom by Susan Kay, a retelling of the Phantom's life
• The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth, a sequel (to the Lloyd Webber musical rather than to the original novel)
• The Canary Trainer by Nicholas Meyer, a Sherlock Holmes novel which re-interprets Leroux's plot

External links

• Project Gutenberg e-text of the original novel by Gaston Leroux (English translation): The Phantom of the Opera

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