Phantom Variations: The Adaptations of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera, 1925 to the Present
- Author: Hall, Anne Carothers
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$33.00Contents
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Skull Beneath the Skin
- 1. MASKING AND UNMASKING: GASTON LEROUX’S ORIGINAL PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1910)
- 2. DARKNESS MADE VISIBLE: THE PHANTOM ON FILM
- Defining the Phantom: Lon Chaney’s Phantom of the Opera (1925)
- The Feminist Phantom: Claude Rains’s Phantom of the Opera (1943)
- Taming of the Phantom: Hammer Films’ Wholesome Phantom of the Opera (1962)
- Phabulous Phantom: Brian De Palma’s Glam Rock Parody The Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
- Decoys in the Danube: The TV Miniseries of Phantom of the Opera (1983)
- Nightmare at the Opera: Freddy Krueger Meets The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
- Red Phantom: Ronny Yu’s Chinese The Phantom Lover (1995)
- “When You Hear My Thoughts, You’ll Know Where to Go”: Dario Argento’s Handsome Phantom (1998)
- 3. SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE: STAGE VERSIONS OF THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
- The Precursor Phantom: Ken Hill’s Phantom of the Opera (1984)
- Phantom Rivalries: Arthur Kopit’s Forgotten Phantom on Stage (1991) and Screen (1990)
- Kopit’s Phantom: The Television Version
- Spectacular Phantom: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom on Stage (1986) and Screen (2004)
- The 2004 Film Version of the Lloyd Webber Musical
- That Phantom in Vegas
- Phantom of the Midwest: John Kenley and Robert Thomas Noll’s Phantom of the Opera (1988)
- A Phunny Phantom: The Pinchpenny Phantom of the Opera (1988)
- Flexible Phantom: Bruce Falstein’s Phantom of the Opera (1990)
- The Invisible Phantom: Joseph Robinette and Robert Chauls’s Phantom of the Opera (1992)
- 4. VARIATIONS ON THE THEME: NOVELS AND MISCELLANEOUS VERSIONS OF THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
- The Romantic Phantom: Susan Kay’s Phantom (1991)
- Taking a Bite Out of the Big Apple: Frederick Forsyth’s The Phantom of Manhattan (1999)
- A Chapter Book Phantom: R.L. Stine’s Phantom of the Auditorium (1994)
- A Steamy Phantom: Colette Gale’s Unmasqued: An Erotic Novel of “The Phantom of the Opera” (2007)
- Phantom of the Short Story: Donald Barthelme’s “The Phantom of the Opera’s Friend” (1981)
- Conclusion: The Phantom’s Future
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index