| Phantom of the Opera's Mask | |
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Origin |
Andrew Lloyd Webber |
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Type |
Half-Mask |
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Effects |
Increases madness and longing |
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Downsides |
Causes facial deformities |
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Activation |
Loneliness |
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Collected by |
Warehouse 13 |
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Section |
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Aisle |
Barras-2673 |
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Date of Collection |
November 3, 2012 |
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Origin[]
The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, and a libretto by Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe. Based on the novel by Gaston Leroux, it tells the tragic story of beautiful soprano Christine Daaé, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious and disfigured musical genius living in the subterranean labyrinth beneath the Paris Opéra House.
The musical opened in London's West End in 1986 and on Broadway in New York in 1988, in a production directed by Harold Prince and starring English classical soprano Sarah Brightman (Lloyd Webber's then-wife) as Christine Daaé, screen and stage star Michael Crawford as the Phantom, and international stage performer Steve Barton as Raoul. It won the 1986 Olivier Award and the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical, with Crawford winning the Olivier and Tony for Best Actor in a Musical. The Phantom of the Opera was the longest running show in Broadway history, and celebrated its 10,000th performance on 11 February 2012, becoming the first Broadway production in history to do so.
In Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical adaptation, only half of the Phantom’s face is deformed (thus the famous half-mask often associated with the Phantom's appearance). His show was originally planned to have a full mask and full facial disfigurement, but when the director, Harold Prince, realized that it would make expression onstage very difficult, they halved the mask. The logo featuring a full mask was publicized before the change. The deformity in the musical includes a gash on the right side of his partially balding head with exposed skull tissue, an elongated right nostril, a missing right eyebrow, swollen lips, different colored eyes, and a wrinkled, warped right cheek. It is covered by a white half-mask and wig.
Effects[]
Increases one’s pining for affection, especially with a favored person, depending on their overall amount of solitude. The longer they lack any warmth, the more maddening their attitude and efforts become to noticed, sometimes by forceful means. Most suffer from the mask slowly contorting their face over time, even when off, continually worsening their tenuous grasp on their self-control.