Scene by Scene breakdown
Act I Scene I (Front of Curtain)
A middle aged Rauol is at an auction at I.C.C.S. as they get rid of past production items, as he buys memorabilia from his past he travels back in time to when his struggle to love and win Christine began.
Act I Scene II (On stage..back in the memory of Raoul)
I.C.C.S. is preparing for a show as the new owners of the theatre are introduced to the cast. Carlotta is an overly dramatic Italian actress who thinks she can sing. The Phantom wants rid of her, he considers I.C.C.S. to be his theatre as past owners have recognised his dark secret powers and paid him just to keep the peace. The Phantom has secretly trained Christine to sing and wants her in the lead role, not Carlotta. Both Carlotta and Christine sing........and Raoul re enters Christine’s life.
Act I Scene III (Front of Curtain and on stage)
Christine’s best friend Meg realises that Christine is mesmerised by her secret singing coach, The Phantom. Raoul experiences extreme jealousy as Christine and The Phantom seem inseparable.
Interval
A middle aged Rauol is at an auction at I.C.C.S. as they get rid of past production items, as he buys memorabilia from his past he travels back in time to when his struggle to love and win Christine began.
Act I Scene II (On stage..back in the memory of Raoul)
I.C.C.S. is preparing for a show as the new owners of the theatre are introduced to the cast. Carlotta is an overly dramatic Italian actress who thinks she can sing. The Phantom wants rid of her, he considers I.C.C.S. to be his theatre as past owners have recognised his dark secret powers and paid him just to keep the peace. The Phantom has secretly trained Christine to sing and wants her in the lead role, not Carlotta. Both Carlotta and Christine sing........and Raoul re enters Christine’s life.
Act I Scene III (Front of Curtain and on stage)
Christine’s best friend Meg realises that Christine is mesmerised by her secret singing coach, The Phantom. Raoul experiences extreme jealousy as Christine and The Phantom seem inseparable.
Interval
Act II Scene I (On stage) The Phantom pours out his heart to a sleeping Christine and tells her of his childhood. There is then a flashback to his life as a Circus freak and we discover how he was treated in the circus, then rescued by Md Girry. As the flashback Circus sequence ends Christine awakes from her sleep and she and The Phantom experience an intimate musical duet. Act II Scene II (Front of Curtain and On stage) Madame`s Andrea and Firmin, the new owners of I.C.C.S. argue with Carlotta and Raoul about letters which they do not realise have been sent by The Phantom. Raoul declares his love openly for Christine yet is once again challenged by The Phantom. Act II Scene III (Front of Curtain and on stage) Meg discovers that Christine is in an emotional turmoil and has gone to the graveyard to pray for guidance at her father`s grave. Raoul and The Phantom are close by. A confrontation follows. Act II Scene IV (Front of Curtain and on stage) Confusion on stage, who will take the lead singing role, will it be Carlotta or Christine? Where is Christine? Monsieur Reyner ,the eccentric conductor and Stage Manager tries to assemble the cast to start the show. But he is thwarted by...THE PHANTOM. |