Phantom variations
Subtitle: the adaptations of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the opera, 1925 to the present
By: Ann C. Hall.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780786442652
Subjects: Leroux, Gaston, -- 1868-1927; Leroux, Gaston, -- 1868-1927 -- Film and video adaptations; Leroux, Gaston, -- 1868-1927 -- Adaptations; Horror tales -- Film and video adaptations
Description: "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 Phantom are covered in detail, including Webber's spectacular 1986 production and its lesser-known predecessors and competitors, and those that followed. "--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the skull beneath the skin. masking and unmasking: Gaston Leroux's original Phantom of the opera (1910); title: Darkness made visible: the phantom on film. Defining the phantom: Lon Chaney's Phantom of the opera (1925); title: The feminist phantom: Claude Rains's Phantom of the opera (1943); title: Taming of the phantom: Hammer films' wholesome Phantom of the opera (1962); title: Phabulous phantom: Brian de Palma's glam rock parody The phantom of the paradise (1974); title: Decoys in the Danube: the tv miniseries of Phantom of the opera (1983); title: Nightmare at the opera: Freddy Krueger meets The phantom of the opera (1989); title: Red phantom: Ronny Yu's Chinese The phantom lover (1995); title: "When you hear my thoughts, you'll know where to go": Dario Argento's handsome phantom (1998); title: Songs of innocence and experience: stage versions of The phantom of the opera. The precursor phantom: Ken Hill's Phantom of the opera (1984); title: Phantom rivalries: Arthur Kopit's forgotten Phantom on stage (1991) and screen (1990); title: Kopit's Phantom: the television version; title: Spectacular Phantom: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom on stage (1986) and screen (2004); title: The 2004 film version of the Webber musical; title: That phantom in Vegas; title: Phantom of the midwest: John Kenley and Robert Thomas Noll's Phantom of the opera (1988); title: A phunny phantom: the pinchpenny Phantom of the opera (1988); title: Flexible phantom: Bruce Falstein's Phantom of the opera (1990); title: The invisible phantom: Joseph Robinette and Robert Chauls's Phantom of the opera (1992); title: Variations on the theme: novels and miscellaneous versions of The phantom of the opera. The romantic phantom: Susan Kay's Phantom (1991); title: Taking a bite out of the Big Apple: Frederick Forsyth's The phantom of Manhattan (1999); title: A chapter book Phantom: R.L. Stine's Phantom of the auditorium (1994); title: A steamy phantom: Colette Gale's unmasqued: an erotic novel of "The phantom of the opera" (2007); title: Phantom of the short story: Donald Barthelme's "The phantom of the opera's friend" (1981); title: Conclusion: the phantom's future. lrichardson@mcfarlandpub.com; bc: lgrubb@mcfarlandpub.com