Bookworm -- The Phantom of the Opera

Author: Bassett
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: Do you believe in ghosts? Of course, not. We love to talk about ghosts, love to tell stories about them, but do we really believe in them? In 1880, an incredible thing happened at the Paris Opera: A dancer encountered a ghost in the dark corridor. It passed through the wall and appeared before her, with no eyes on its face; A stagehand saw a man in a black evening gown, but he had a head like a corpse, a yellow face, and no nose; People heard a sound in another room, but that room was empty. This is the story of the Opera Ghost. A Frenchman named Gaston Leroux was the first to write this story about the ghost of the opera. His book was very popular, and in 1925, it was adapted into a silent American film, starring the famous actor Lon Chaney as the ghost. Since then, many other films and plays have appeared, as well as the recent famous British musical created by Andrew Lloyd Webber.