Phantom Variations: The Adaptations of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera, 1925 to the Present

Contents

• 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