Ann C. Hall is a professor in the English department at Ohio Dominican University in Columbus, Ohio. She also serves as president of the Harold Pinter Society.

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