Year: 1975
Title of the play: The Phantom of the Opera
Author: David Giles, adapted from the novel by Gaston Leroux
Director: David Giles
Others in the Cast: Sharon Duce, Keith Drinkel
Company/Event: The Actors’ Company
Theatre and location: Wimbledon Theatre
Other productions of the same play:
Plot summary: Christine joins the chorus at the Paris Opera House. Not long after, a voice starts speaking to her. She believes it's the Angel of Music. The Voice offers to teach her music. With the help of the Voice, Christine triumphs at the gala. Her old childhood friend Raoul hears her and remembers his love for her. But after the gala, the "Angel", who is Erik, a disfigured genius who lives in the cellars, takes Christine to his home, but lets her go after two weeks on condition that she is faithful to him. Christine wavers between Erik and Raoul. Erik kidnaps Christine and threatens to destroy the entire Opera if she doesn’t marry him. To save everyone, Christine agrees and kisses Erik. Erik is overcome with emotion and lets Christine go.
Peth’s role: Erik, the Phantom
Reviews: The story has not fared much better on the stage. In France, strangely,
it has scarcely appealed to dramatists at all, and there have only been
two notable productions in England. The first was a much abridged
version performed as part of a Grand Guignol season at the Little
Theatre in London in 1935 and then, in 1975, the Actors Company mounted
a performance with Edward Petherbridge in the title role and Sharon
Duce as Christine. Phantomoftheopera.com
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