![]() Adapted by Arthur Kopit from his stage play (which preceded Andrew Lloyd Webber's version and, unlike Webber, gave credit to the original author!), this two night production was helmed by the unlikely choice of Tony Richardson, best known for his British studies of nonconformity like Tom Jones and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. The second television version of Gaston Leroux's classic novel, this Phantom of the Opera plays up the romantic, theatrical, and humorous aspects inherent in the story while ignoring the cliffhanger and horrific elements of teh famous Lon Chaney version. Starring Burt Lancaster, Charles Dance, Teri Polo, Ian Richardson, Andrea Ferreol, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Adam Storke
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