A Study Of The Phantom Of The Opera

The Musical The Phantom of the Opera is adapted from the novel written by French auther Gaston Leroux. The novel has been adapted to films and musicals for many times,but the musical version by Andre Lloyd Webber is the most successful of all. It lasts for the longest time in the Broadway history,and it's the representative work of Andrew Lloyd Webber.The distinguishing feature of this musical is its multiple personalities which are shown in many aspects. The purpose of this dissertation is to find the way how the player organizes these elements which seem irrelative,and make them dramatic function and finish their theatrical tasks.The dissertation is written by analyzing first and combination lately. The writer first looks into three aspects-dramatic marerial,character and style,and then put these various back into the dramatic structure and search the way how they work..The reason why these various styles and materials could be intergrated effectively is because that all of them have their definite dramatic task and serve the content,and it is also the reason of its huge success.As a study of a certain musical,this diessertation tries to establish a research method of musical.