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The Phantom of the Opera is a novel by Gaston Leroux, inspired by George du Maurier's Trilby. Published in 1910, it has since been adapted many times as films and stage productions.

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1 Adaptations

The Phantom of the Opera (1984): Musical by Ken Hill, with lyrics set to music by Gounod, Offenbach, Verdi, and others
The Phantom of the Opera (1986): Musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Phantom of the Opera: Musical by Helen(?) Grigal and (?) Anderson for the Baltimore Actors' Theatre
Phantom (1991): Musical by Maury Yeston (music and lyrics) and Arthur Kopit (text)

The Phantom of the Opera (1925): Featuring Lon Chaney, Sr
Phantom of the Opera (1943): Featuring Claude Rains
Phantom of the Horse Opera (1961): A Woody Woodpecker cartoon
The Phantom of the Opera (1962): Hammer Horror version featuring Herbert Lom
The Phantom of the Paradise (1974): Also called The Phantom of the Fillmore; a rock musical directed by Brian De Palma
The Phantom of the Opera (1989): Faustian horror movie re-working featuring Robert Englund
The Phantom of the Opera (1990): Big screen version of the Lloyd Webber musical, with Michael Crawford
The Phantom of the Opera (2004): Big screen version of the Lloyd Webber musical, with Gerard Butler and Miranda Richardson

Phantom by Susan Kay, a retelling of the Phantom's life
The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth, a sequel (to the Lloyd Webber musical rather than to the original novel)
The Canary Trainer by Nicholas Meyer, a Sherlock Holmes novel which re-interprets Leroux's plot

Project Gutenberg e-text of the original novel by Gaston Leroux (English translation): The Phantom of the Opera

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