Main Idea: Gaston Leroux (Kilian)
I must crack this code, as how could a killer escape from a locked room? Oh, hello, I’m Gaston Leroux, renowned detective fiction author. I was born in Paris, France on May 6, 1868. I went to school in Normandy, and went to college in Paris. I graduated in law in 1886, when I inherited a large sum of money from my father. My lifestyle changed from then on, and I turned to leading a life of drinking and gambling. That all ended less than a year later, when I almost went bankrupt. From there, I started working as a court reporter, then a journalist, before leaving that in 1907 to write fiction novels. My two most famous works were Rouletabille And The Mystery of The Yellow Room, and The Phantom of The Opera.
I wrote my first book, “Rouletabille And The Mystery of The Yellow Room” in 1907. It was the first book in a series of detective fiction novels, with the series ending in 1922. It starred Joseph Rouletabille, amateur detective taking on his first case, a murder of the daughter of a noble, in the titular yellow room. The case seemed impossible, as the room had no windows, and the door was locked at the time of the murder, yet the killer escaped. I added complex and detailed diagrams of floor plans and paths in the book to
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This story would later be compiled into a full volume and translated a year later, and known as “The Phantom of The Opera.” It was uniquely written for my time, as it was based on an event that I covered as a journalist, where members of a revolt were being kept as prisoners in the sewers under a famous opera house, but exaggerated and made into a work of fiction. The book has been adapted many times, most notably the 1925 silent film, the 1986 musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and the less than stellar 2004 movie made by Joel Schumacher. The musical is still running even to this
The longest running show on Broadway. The Phantom of the Opera was written in 1909-1910 but didn’t become a musical until 1986. Based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux. Andrew Webber and Charles Hart both wrote the musical together based off that book, back in 1986. Was first played on West End, in London. Then, played on Broadway in 1988 at the Majestic Theatre. Celebrated the 10,000th Broadway performance on February 11th, 2012. Worldwide gross of $5.6 billion and Broadway gross of $845 million. Has been played in 27 different
In 1984 Andrew Lloyd Webber, transformed the original The Phantom of the Opera novel (written in 1911 by Gaston Leroux) into a dialogic, emotional masterpiece. The prologue starts at the end of the story, in an auction in the Paris Opera House, in 1905. Raoul, the Vicomte de Chagny is buying a papier-mâché music box,
Abstract: The Phantom Of The Opera was a story originally written by Gaston Leroux. It is the combination of both romance and misfortune. This story isn’t
The musical, Shultz explains, was written in the Spring of 1890, and although at the beginning was considered scandalous, it is now considered a classic of dramatic literature, as it has influenced and anticipated a lot of other dramatic forms. It is a very influential play even though not well known to mainstream audiences. At the time of its creation it was very reviled and controversial, and because of that it was not given a sage until 1906 in Berlin. After than, the production was banned in many places until 1974, when in England the
The Phantom of the Opera started out as a book written by Gaston Leroux, published January 8th in 1910 (Haining, 1). There have been several adaptations since then, including Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical. The other adaptations were Das Phantom der Opera, which is also known as Das Gespent im Opernhaus produced during 1916 in Germany as a silent drama film, this is known as a lost film due to no known copies existing at this time. A silent drama horror was produced on November 15th, 1925, a drama thriller was produced during August 27th in 1943, a horror film was produced June 25th during 1962, and an indie thriller, called Phantom of the Paradise was adapted from Phantom of the Opera and then produced in October 31st of 1974.
Dante Fragapane Mrs. Stegmeier English 2 9-10* 18 September 2014 Phantom Censorship The movie The Phantom of the Opera is an adaption of the novel, The Phantom of the Opera, written by Gaston Leroux in 1909. It is about an opera house in France, back in 1870, that a man, nicknamed The Phantom, resides in. There is a woman named Christine, whom is an opera singer.
Maurice Leblanc is remembered as an splendid mystery writer who greatly contributed to the mystery/crime genre. Born on December 11 1864, in Rouen, France, Maurice Leblanc started his life. Maurice Leblanc had an impressive imagination as a child and throughout his life. He had a passion for writing and enjoying the land around his hometown. In his free time he would write, read authors like Edgar Allen Poe, play chess and bike through the countryside to marvel at the landscape. Before he created his Arsene Lupin series, he had no prior knowledge of crime detectives.
Phantom of the Opera is a musical focusing on the career of Christine Dubios (also known as Christine Daae). IMDB summarizes the plot with, “Pit violinist Claudin hopelessly loves rising operatic soprano Christine Dubois (as do baritone Anatole and police inspector Raoul) and secretly aids her career (Phantom of the Opera (1943)). But Claudin loses both his touch and his job, murders a rascally music publisher in a fit of madness, and has his face etched with acid. Soon, mysterious crimes plague the Paris Opera House, blamed on a legendary "phantom" whom none can find in the mazes and catacombs. But both of Christine's lovers have plans to ferret him out (Phantom of the Opera (1943))”
What makes mystery novels so exciting? Is it the thrill of what is to come? Is it the mental challenge to try to solve the unknown? Whatever it is, Agatha Christie has shaped the mystery genre for history. Christie, born on September 15, 1890, lived in the small village of Torquay. Travelling around Europe trying to find a career in singing, and later helping out with the war effort, Christie got into writing her first book from a dare. Christie’s sister, Madge, dared Christie that she could not write a good mystery book, and to that Christie accepted. Her first work did well, but it was not until her sixth work, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, when she skyrocketed into fame and still to this day is hailed as one of the bestselling authors (Christie
There are many estranged rumors flying about. Especially those of the Palais Garnier opera house. These are rumors not to be thought of as measly or unworthy of your time, for they are more real than you can imagine. As many of you may have heard in the last paper, the Opera Ghost has become more of an interest to the public, whether it be fear or disbelief.
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A young Emmy Rossum played the lead female role of Christine Dae, Minnie Driver played Charlotte, the supporting female lead. A pre-horror star Patrick Wilson played the Count DeChagney, and Scottish actor Gerard Butler portrayed the Phantom of the Opera. The latter is listed last mainly because he is the subject of which this paper orbits around. The film was heavily anticipated by fans of new and old, meaning that when it tanked after release, the damage to the Phantom’s reputation was nye irreparable. Nothing could have saved the story that Schumacher had obviously not even given a single to. Any and all efforts were flung into a haphazardly shot film with poor pacing and reliance that veered too heavily upon the scenery and costume to steal hearts rather than The Phantom's dark and alluring mystery. The actors were terrible and the singing was dismal. Bad review after bad review bombarded what was once an enjoyably chilling story; not a single detail was over looked. In the mess of screaming however, one opinion stuck out above all the rest: Gerard Butler was biggest insult to Phantom of the Opera ever seen. Not only was his deformity underwhelming and stale, but his portrayal of Eric has been described as “Singing like Meat Loaf stuffed with too much garlic. He's too glaringly "overpowering" in the Broadway manner to invite us into the Phantom's exquisite torment.” (Full of Hot Aria, Gleiberman, Owen) Truly, Butler had ruined the character for
This becomes very twisted and unintelligible the longer it goes on, adding to the suspense factor. What the reader can make out is that the antagonist, Minister D, finds a letter that a woman found. This letter that the woman found contains information that could prove detrimental to a powerful person in Paris. Then, Minister D figures this out and places a similar letter in the place of the purloined one inside the woman’s apartment. Dupin, the protagonist, converses with the police after this all takes place. He asks if the police have searched the apartment, then the Prefect, Monsieur G, goes on a lengthy monologue about the scrupulous searching of the entire apartment building, noting that he used more than ample scrutiny while conducting this search, even going so far as to say that he did not content himself with just a simple shake of a book, but that he rather turned through every single page of every single book in the library to make sure that the letter was not hidden away between two pages. After this extremely long conversation, Dupin suggests that the police re-search the apartment and apartment building, which comes up fruitless. Later, the reward has doubled and the Prefect still is unable to find the letter. He
Phantom of the Opera is the longest running musical to date and has become one of the most beloved and well known musicals on Broadway. The musical was inspired and loosely based on the characters and the story of the book Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. This CD is the original London cast which means that this recording is with the first cast that ever preformed the musical with the actors that created the parts. The musical was written and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber who is one of the most famous musical composers and has composed some of the most well loved musicals of the last fifty years. Webber created incredible and emotional music for Phantom of the Opera that set this musical apart from all the others.