The Phantom of the Opera

Originally a French novel, Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux (published as a serial in Le Gaulois September 1909 to January 1910; as a novel in April 1910 by Pierre Lafitte).

Numerous stage and film works have been based on it (see Wikipedia for a list of adaptations[1].

Below we list only those that have been produced in South Africa.

The Phantom of the Opera the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe. (1986)

Performances in South Africa

2004: Opened in at the Opera House, Artscape Theatre Centre in Cape Town and at the South African State Theatre in Pretoria.

2011/12: Produced by Pieter Toerien and The Really Useful Group pat the Artscape Opera House, Cape Town: (22 November 2011 to 15 January 2012) and

2012: The Toerien production played at The Teatro at Montecasino: (31 January to 22 April 2012).

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(1986_musical)

The Phantom of the Opera Stage play by Michael Drin (1990)

Performance history in South Africa

Performed by CAPAB from 10 December 1990 directed by Keith Grenville, designed by Keith Anderson, music by Péter Louis van Dijk, lighting designer John T. Baker starring Jeremy Crutchley, Claire Berlein, Robert Finlayson.

Sources

Baxter Theatre programme (Every Good Boy Deserves Favour)

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