I'm reading the novel Phantom right now and it's great...but I'm curious if this is the full play uncut...does it include the line "behold she is singing to bring down the chandeleir?" And yes I know that the chandelier doesnt crash in this version.
shareYes, that line is in the show.
Is that the original Gaston Leroux book, or a novel based on the play? I've not read the Leroux book, but according to one of those making of the phantom of the opera documentaries, it was noted that ALW felt the book was a little all over the place, and there are some significant changes.
Look, I'm sorry I called you an inanimate object earlier. I was angry.
Yes it's the original novel...have you read it and by the way, what did you think of this play at the Royal Albert Hall? And how do they do the trap doors? Through the use of the LED screens?
shareI've not read it.
I really enjoyed this version. I've seen the pay in London, and this is as good, if not better, imo. I've seen it countless times, but for some reason, I can't remember if they use trapdoors...
They do use the screens quite a bit, since they don't have back curtains due to the set up of the albert hall stage, so it is used as backdrops and so on.
Look, I'm sorry I called you an inanimate object earlier. I was angry.
Were you dissapointed that the chandelier didn't crash? I saw how they did it, and for me it still managed to create the effect that there was a phantom in the opera so I understood they couldn't do it, I think it was for safety reasons right?
shareI think it's a combination of safety reasons and logistics - they'd have to install the equipment to make it fall for only two nights and remove it again.
Apparently if you see the show in different countries the chandelier falls at different speeds dependant on the local health and safety standards. In Vegas the thing falls so fast the audience are often frightened of it.
I wasn't disappointed, but then, I'm not usually all that precious about changes. I like seeing different interpretation of stories I'm familiar with (film versions that make changes to the book it's based on (such as the prestige), remakes (such as Rob Zombie's Halloween) or different productions of the same play/show), so I'm not particularly attached to it falling.
I didn't notice that cut to raoul's line.
Look, I'm sorry I called you an inanimate object earlier. I was angry.
Just a quick correction: Excluding the reduction in physical production, NOTHING was cut from the show. It is the entire show. The only "cut" from the show's script is when Raoul enters Christine's dressing room after going through the mirror...his lines were cut (mostly because it involved him knocking on a door, and there was no door for him to knock on...
I read this review on amazon...so because there was no door, thes lines were cut? I wonder what he said..