Gaston Leroux
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Sep 21, 2026
Faith MooreHOST
Hello and welcome to Storytime for Grown Ups.
Faith MooreHOST
I'm Faith Moore, and this season we're reading The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
Faith MooreHOST
Each episode, I'll read a few chapters from the book, pausing from time to time to give brief explanations so it's easier to follow along.
Faith MooreHOST
It's like an audiobook with built-in notes.
Faith MooreHOST
It means a lot to me, and so thank you for letting me do that.
Faith MooreHOST
But we'll move on now.
Faith MooreHOST
We are going to be reading chapter seven today of The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
Faith MooreHOST
Before we do that, the reminders are the same.
AnnieHOST
Yeah, yeah.
AnnieHOST
So it's this book written by Gaston Leroux in 1910, and it got turned into like a 1925 silent film starring Lon Chaney with some super rad makeup and special effects.
AnnieHOST
And then there were also some other film adaptations that are...
AnnieHOST
Varyingly bad and totally f***ing radical.
12 MINS LATER
AnnieHOST
This is a 1999 novel by a British writer named Frederick Forsyth, who then spends the book desperately imagining what people in America must talk like.
MackenzieHOST
Perfect.
AnnieHOST
He spends the introduction of this book not only talking about how shitty Gaston Leroux's original book is, but also how much it sucked and how bad it was.
AnnieHOST
Because nobody told this story correctly until Andrew Lloyd Webber
Faith MooreHOST
Hello, and welcome to Storytime for Grownups.
Faith MooreHOST
I'm Faith Moore, and this season we're reading The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
Faith MooreHOST
Each episode, I'll read a few chapters from the book, pausing from time to time to give brief explanations so it's easier to follow along.
Faith MooreHOST
It's like an audiobook with built-in notes.
18 MINS LATER
Faith MooreHOST
So please do write in, and I would love to hear from you.
Faith MooreHOST
All right.
Faith MooreHOST
Let's get started with chapters five and six of The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
Faith MooreHOST
It's story time.
Erin CraigGUEST
So, I mean, Phantom of the Opera has been around.
Erin CraigGUEST
I think Gaston Leroux published like the first iteration of the book, the serialization, I think in 1909, 1910, I think was when the book officially came out in all its full glory.
Erin CraigGUEST
But there is something about it that just this story captivates in so many different iterations we've got you know the the long shiny movie which is just a masterclass in stage effects and prosthetic makeup and just people were literally fainting in the aisles when he unmasked for the first time.
Erin CraigGUEST
in the movie theaters.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
On September 13th, 1943, Lux Radio Theater opened its 10th season on CBS with broadcast number 405.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
The presentation was The Phantom of the Opera, adapted from Universal's 1943 film, itself drawn from Gaston Leroux's novel.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
In Paris, 1880, unsettling incidents disrupt performances and backstage life at the opera as aspiring soprano Christine Dubois, baritone Anatole Garin, and inspector Raoul Daubert move through its stages, corridors, and underground reaches.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
Susanna Foster, Nelson Eddy, Edgar Barrier, and Basil Rathbone head the cast.
Emily SchiavoneHOST
Okay.
Emily SchiavoneHOST
So Phantom of the Opera is a British musical based on the Gaston Leroux novel of the same name, featuring music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, and book by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe.
Emily SchiavoneHOST
It opened in the West End in 1986 with direction by Hal Prince, starring Sarah Brightman as Christine, Greatest Showpod alum Michael Crawford as The Phantom, and Steve Barton as Raoul.
Emily SchiavoneHOST
An identical production transferred to Broadway in 1988 with the same principal cast, and these original productions won both Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Musical, as well as Best Actor for Crawford.
Faith MooreHOST
Hello and welcome to Story Time for Grownups.
Faith MooreHOST
I'm Faith Moore, and this season we're reading The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
Faith MooreHOST
Each episode, I'll read a few chapters from the book, pausing from time to time to give brief explanations so it's easier to follow along.
Faith MooreHOST
It's like an audiobook with built-in notes.
28 MINS LATER
Faith MooreHOST
I love to hear from you.
Faith MooreHOST
All right.
Faith MooreHOST
Let's get started with Chapter 4 of The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
Faith MooreHOST
It's story time.
Faith MooreHOST
Hello and welcome to Storytime for Grownups.
Faith MooreHOST
I'm Faith Moore, and this season we're reading The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
Faith MooreHOST
Each episode I'll read a few chapters from the book, pausing from time to time to give brief explanations so it's easier to follow along.
Faith MooreHOST
It's like an audiobook with built-in notes.
Faith MooreHOST
So hopefully that's what you're imagining as we keep reading this book together, 'cause that's certainly what I am imagining, even though it's still, like, 80 degrees where I am.
Faith MooreHOST
But anyway, here we are.
Faith MooreHOST
We are back in it, reading The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
Faith MooreHOST
I got lots of great emails after the last episode.
Faith MooreHOST
Hello and welcome to Storytime for Grownups.
Faith MooreHOST
I'm Faith Moore, and this season we're reading The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
Faith MooreHOST
Each episode, I'll read a few chapters from the book, pausing from time to time to give brief explanations so it's easier to follow along.
Faith MooreHOST
It's like an audiobook with built-in notes.
Faith MooreHOST
And the intro episode is there.
Faith MooreHOST
We just talked about a little bit of historical context, a few details that might be helpful to know going into this.
Faith MooreHOST
We talked a little bit about the author, Gaston Leroux, and a bit about translation and things like that.
Faith MooreHOST
So you don't have to listen to that.
Faith MooreHOST
Hello, and welcome to Storytime for Grownups.
Faith MooreHOST
I'm Faith Moore, and this season we're reading The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
Faith MooreHOST
Each episode, I'll read a few chapters from the book, pausing from time to time to give brief explanations so it's easier to follow along.
Faith MooreHOST
It's like an audiobook with built-in notes.
Faith MooreHOST
I missed you.
Faith MooreHOST
Welcome to season six of Storytime for Grownups.
Faith MooreHOST
I'm Faith Moore, and this is the introduction episode to The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
Faith MooreHOST
So we always do an intro episode before every book so that I can give you kind of just a little bit of context, some historical information, some details about the author, just things that I think might be helpful to know going into the story.
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