Leroux's 'Le Fantôme de l'Opéra': The Centenary!

Just to spread the word, today marks the 100th anniversary of the appearance of the first installment of Gaston Leroux's Le Fantôme de l'Opéra in Le Gaulois, the French paper in which the novel was initially serialised prior to publication in book format the following year in 1910.

To celebrate this achievement and to coincide with the beginning of Phantom Fans' Week in Las Vegas, a brand new Phantom Twitter stream has been launched to spread the word of the centenary and the latest news and developments concerning the Opera Ghost. Eventually it is hoped the stream will be used to release exciting new ongoing research currently being undertaken into the novel and all its subsequent adaptations (including, of course, the Lloyd Webber musical) in areas never previously explored. The more fans who join the stream, the better, so we can spread word of the centenary to the wider world and draw attention to all things Phantom! The Leroux family is watching the feed so it would be good to show them how beloved this story is!

Please follow by clicking here, navigating towards the Twitter page and, once logged on/signed up, clicking the 'Follow' button.

Happy 100th birthday Phantom! I paid my own tribute to it in my own weird way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bykyf4KPk0

I'm also making a cake and special Phantom pancakes.

What a great tribute! For those who prefer not to navigate away from the forum, the following is the video. Nice job!

Haha, thanks so much. It was really spurr of the moment too. Leave comments if you liked it.

Anyway, how was everyone's "Phantom Day"? I threw a little birthday party for it. Did anyone else do anything special that day?

I watched the 2004 film and bowed to my Phantom shrine, does that count? Leroux's 'Le Fantôme de l'Opéra': The Centenary! 205463

Should I be concerned that you have a Phantom shrine? Leroux's 'Le Fantôme de l'Opéra': The Centenary! Icon_eek

I have one too, but sssh Leroux's 'Le Fantôme de l'Opéra': The Centenary! Icon_razz

I'm a Phan. What can I say? I have all sorts of Phantom memorabilia, therefore, I created a shrine to Erik, the Phantom. *long sigh* Leroux's 'Le Fantôme de l'Opéra': The Centenary! 556751

Leroux's 'Le Fantôme de l'Opéra': The Centenary! 556751

I actually had a lovely one a few months ago, but my dog ate my fake rose, and I lent out my copy of The Phantom of the Opera: A New Version which has yet to be returned (*cough* BlackMaskWhiteMask *cough*)

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i started reading susan kay for the first time lol

I was not a fan of Susan Kay.
I felt like I could have done a lot better.
I....sat on my message board accounts because I'm stiiiiiiil sick.