Previews: August 28, 2004 Opening: September 15, 2004
Venue: Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1V 8AY
Michael Crawford, the original Phantom of the Opera, and Andrew Lloyd Webber reunite to bring this musical adaptation of Wilkie Collins' Victorian tale of man, stranded at a remote railway station, and his mysterious encounter with a strange woman, to the West End stage. Crawford portrays the Italian Count Fosco, said to be one of the greatest literary villains from the Victorian era.
Photos are by Andrew Ku.
