THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

AUCTIONEER665, ladies and gentlemen: a papier-mache musical box, in the shape of a barrel-organ.
Attached, the figure of a monkey in Persian robes playing the cymbals. This item, discovered in the
vaults of the theatre, still in working order.

My I start at twenty francs? Fifteen, then? Fifteen I am bid.

(the bidding continues. RAOUL. eventually buys the box for thirty francs)

Sold, for thirty francs to the Vicomte de Chagny. Thank you, sir.

AUCTIONEER Lot 666, then: a chandelier in pieces. Some of you may recall the strange affair of the
Phantom of the Opera: a mystery never fully explained. We are told ladies and gentlemen, that this is
the very chandelier which figures in the famous disaster. Our workshops have restored it and fitted up
parts of it with wiring for the new electric light, so that we may get a hint of what it may look like when
re-assembled. Perhaps we may frighten away the ghost of so many years ago with a little illumination,
gentlemen?

(The AUCTIONEER switches on the chandelier. There is an enormous flash, and the OVERTURE begins.
During the overture the opera house is restored to its earlier grandeur. The chandelier immense and
glittering, rises magically from the stage, finally hovering high above the stalls)

ACT 1 Scene 1 REHEARSALS FOR "HANNIBAL" BY CHALUMEAU

(seeing a hiatus in the rehearsal, LEFEVRE attempts to attract attention.)

LEFEVRE Ladies and gentlemen-Madame Giry, thank you-may I have your attention, please? As you
know, for some weeks there have been rumours of my Imminent retirement. I can now tell you that
these were all true and it is my pleasure to introduce to you the two gentlemen who now own the
Opera Populaire, M. Richard Firmin and M. Gilles Andre

FIRMIN And we are deeply honored to introduce our new patron,the Vitcomte de chagny

(CHRISTINE to Meg

It's Raoul. Before my father died,at the house by the sea.. I guess you could see we were childhood
sweethearts. He called me little lotte.

MEG Christine, he's so handsome!)

REYER I'm sorry, M. Lefevre, we are rehearsing. If you wouldn't mind waiting a moment?

LEFEVRE My apologies, M. Reyer. Proceed, proceed.

REYER Thank you, monsieur.

RAOUL I believe I'm keeping you from your rehearsal.I will be here this evening to share your great
triumph.

(Rehearsal)

CARLOTTA Think of me, think of me fondly, when we've said goodbye. Remember me once in a while
please promise me you'll try. When you find that, once again, you long to take your heart.As CARLOTTA
is singing a backdrop crashes to the floor cutting her off from half the cast)

MEG/BALLET GIRLS/CHORUS He's here: the Phantom of the Opera. He is with us. It's the ghost.LEFEVRE
Buquet! For God's sake, man, what's going on up there?

BUQUET Please monsieur don't look at me: as God's my witness, I was not at my post

Please monsieur there's no one there: and if there is, wellthen, it must be a ghost

CARLOTTA Si! These things do happen! Well, until you stop these things happening, this thing does not
happen!

Ubaldo! Andiamo bring my doggy and my boxy

....

ANDRE Madame, who is the understudy for this role

MEG Christine Daae could sing it, sir

FIRMIN the chorus girl?

GIRY Let her sing for you, monsieur. She has been well taught.

REYER (after a pause) From the beginning of the aria then, mam'selle

CHRISTINE Think of me think of me fondly, when we've said goodbye. Remember me once in a while
please promise me you'll try.When you find that, once again, you long to take your heart back and be
free if you ever find a moment, spare a thought for me

(Transformation to the Gala.)

CHRISTINE is revealed in full costume)We never said our love was evergreen, or as unchanging as the
sea but if you can still remember stop and think of me.

Think of all the things we've shared and seen don't think about the things which might have beenThink
of me, think of me waking, silent and resigned

Imagine me, trying too hard to put you from my mind.

(Applause, bravos. Prominent among the bravos, those of the young RAOUL in the MANAGERS' box)

RAOUL Can it be? Can it be Christine? Bravo!

Scene 2 AFTER THE GALA

MEG Where in the world have you been hiding? Really, you were perfect!I only wish I knew your secret!
Who is this new tutor?

CHRISTINE (abstracted, entering the dressing room) Father once spoke of an angel. I used to dream he'd
appear.Now as I sing, I can sense him. And I know he's here. (trance-like)

MEG (uneasily) Christine, you must have been dreaming. stories like this can't come true.

(not hearing her, ecstatic) Angel of Music! Guide and guardian! Grant to me your glory!

MEG (to herself) Who is this angel? This.

Angel of Music! Hide no longer! Secret and strange angel.

Scene 3

(The PHANTOM and CHRISTINE take their strange journey to the PHANTOM'S lair. Candles rise from the
stage. We see CHRISTINE and the PHANTOM in a boat which moves slowly across the misty waters of
the underground lake)

CHRISTINE In sleep he sang to me, in dreams he came. that voice which calls to me and speaks my name.

And do I dream again? For now I find the Phantom of the Opera is there inside my mind.

Sing once again with me our strange duet. My power over you grows stronger yet.And though you turn
from me, to glance behind, the Phantom of the Opera is there inside your mind.

PHANTOM Sing once again with me our strange duet. My power over you grows stronger yet.And
though you turn from me, to glance behind, the Phantom of the Opera is there inside your mind.

CHRISTINE Those who have seen your face draw back in fear. I am the mask you wear.

PHANTOM It's me they hear.

all your fantasies, you always knew that man and mystery.

CHRISTINE .were both in you

BOTH And in this labyrinth, where night is blind, the Phantom of the Opera is there/here inside your/my
mind.

Sing, my Angel of Music!

(Finally they arrive in the PHANTOM'S lair. Downstage the candles in the lake lift up revealing giant
candelabrums outlining the space. The boat turns into a bed. There is a huge pipe organ. The PHANTOM
sits at the organ and takes over the accompaniment)

PHANTOM I have brought you to the seat of sweet music's throne. to this kingdom where all must pay
homage to music. music.You have come here, for one purpose, and one alone. Since the moment I first
heard you sing, I have needed you with me, to serve me, to sing, for my music. my music

(During all this, the PHANTOM has conditioned CHRISTINE to the coldness of his touch and her fingers
are brave enough to stray to his mask and caress it, with no hint of removing it. The PHANTOM leads her
to a large mirror from which he removes a dust cover and in which we see the image of CHRISTINE, a
perfect wax-face impression, wearing a wedding gown. CHRISTINE moves slowly towards it when
suddenly the image thrusts its hands through the mirror towards her She faints. The PHANTOM catches
her and carries her to the bed, where he lays her down.)

PHANTOM You alone can make my song take flight help me make the music of the night.

Scene 4

CHRISTINE I remember there was mist. swirling mist upon a vast, glassy lake. There were candles all
around and on the lake there was a boat, and in the boat there was a man.

(She rises and approaches the PHANTOM who does not see her As she reaches for his mask, he turns,
almost catching her. This happens several times)

Who was that shape in the shadows? Whose is the face in the mask?

PHANTOM Damn you! You little prying Pandora! You little demon is this what you wanted to see?

Curse you! You little lying Delilah! You little viper! now you cannot ever be free!Stranger than you
dreamt it can you even dare to look or bear to think of me: this loathsome gargoyle, who burns in hell,
but secretly yearns for heaven, secretly. secretly but Christine

Fear can Turn to love you'll learn to see, to find the man behind the monster: this. repulsive carcass,
who seems a beast, but secretly dreams of beauty, secretly. secretly.

(He holds out his hand to the mask, which she gives to him. He puts it on, turning towards the audience
as he sings):

Come we must return those two fools who run my theatre will be missing you.

Scene 5

Your days at the Opera Populaire are numbered. Christine Daae will be singing on your behalf tonight.
Be prepared for a great misfortune, should you attempt to take her place."
 PHANTOM'S VOICE (taking over) Christine Daae has returned to you, and I am anxious her career should
progress. In the new production of "Il Muto", you will therefore cast Carlotta as the Pageboy, and put
Miss Daae in the role of Countess. The role which Miss Daae plays calls for charm and appeal. The role of
the Pageboy is silent -which makes my casting, in a word ideal.

I shall watch the performance from my normal seat in Box Five, which will be kept empty for me. Should
these commands be ignored, a disaster beyond your imagination will occur.

FIRMIN (announcing it to EVERYONE) Miss Daae will be playing the Pageboy -the silent role

ANDRE/FIRMIN Carlotta will be playing the lead!

Scene 6

PHANTOM'S VOICE Did I not instruct that Box Five was to be kept empty?

CHRISTINE It's him. I know it. it's him.

Again general unease. CARLOTTA and the CONDUCTOR confer and pick up from the opening of the
scene)

CARLOTTA (As the COUNTESS) Serafimo, away with this pretence! You cannot speak, but kiss me in my
croak!Instead of singing she emits a great croak like a toad. A stunned silence. CARLOTTA is as amazed
as anyone but regains herself and continues. More perturbing, however, is a new sound: the PHANTOM
is laughing -quietly at first, then more and more hysterically)

CARLOTTA Non posso pi—. I cannot. I cannot go on

FIRMIN Ladies and gentlemen, the performance will continue in ten minutes' time..when the role of the
Countess will be sung by Miss Christine Daae.

(The MANAGERS leave, the stage is cleared and music starts again. The BALLET GlRLS enter as a sylvan
glade flies in. They begin the Dance of the Country Nymphs. Upstage, behind the drop, a series of
threatening shadows of the PHANTOM. MEG is aware of them and dances out of step. When this
culminates in one gigantic, oppressive, bat-like shadow, the garrotted body of JOSEPH BUQUET falls
onto the stage, causing the sylvan glade to fly out. Pandemonium.)

Scene 7 THE ROOF OF THE OPERA HOUSE)

CHRISTINE Don't take me back there!He'll kill me!His eyes will find me there!Those eyes that burn!

RAOUL Forget this waking nightmare

CHRISTINE The Phantom of the Opera will kill.and kill again!

RAOUL There is no Phantom of the Opera.

CHRISTINE I can't escape from him

CHRISTINE Raoul, I've been there -to his world of unending night. To a world where the daylight
dissolves into darkness. darknessRaoul, I've seen him! Can I ever forget that sight? Can I ever escape
from that face? So distorted, deformed, it was hardly a face, in that darkness. darkness.

But his voice filled my spirit with a strange, sweet sound. In that night there was music in my mind. And
through music my soul began to soar! And I heard as I'd never heard before

CHRISTINE Yet in his eyes all the sadness of the world. Those pleading eyes, that both threaten and
adore

RAOUL What you heard was a dream and nothing more

PHANTOM PHANTOM (unseen, a ghostly echo of RAOUL's words) Christine.

CHRISTINE What was that ?

RAOUL No more talk of darkness, Forget these wide-eyed fears. I'm here, nothing can harm you -my
words will warm and calm youLet me be your freedom, let daylight dry -your tears. I'm here, with you,
beside you, to guard you and to guide youCHRISTINE Say you love me every waking moment, turn my
head with talk of summertimeSay you need me with you, now and always. promise me that all you say is
true -that's all I ask of you.RAOUL Let me be your shelter, let me be your light. You're safe: No-one will
find you your fears are far behind you.

CHRISTINE All I want is freedom, a world with no more night. and you always beside me to hold me and
to hide me.RAOUL Then say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime. Let me lead you from your
solitude.Say you need me with you here, beside you. anywhere you go, let me go too -Christine, that's
all I ask of you.CHRISTINE Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime. say the word and I will follow
you.BOTH Share each day with me, each night, each morning

(They kiss)

CHRISTINE I must go -they'll wonder where I am. wait for me, Raoul!Order your fine horses! Be with
them at the door!(They hurry off. The PHANTOM emerges from behind the statue)PHANTOM I gave you
my music. made your song take wing. and now, how you've repaid me: denied me and betrayed me. He
was bound to love you when he heard you sing.

PHANTOM You will curse the day you did not do all that the Phantom asked of you.!

(As the roof of the opera house disappears, the opera curtain closes and the PRINCIPALS in 'Il Muto'
appear through it for their bows, CHRISTINE conspicuously dressed in CARLOTTA'S costume.
simultaneously, we hear the maniacal laughter of the PHANTOM and see him high above the stage,
perilously rocking the chandelier. The lights of the chandelier begin flickering and, at a great cry from
him, it descends, swinging more and more madly over the orchestra pit)

PHANTOM Go! !
(The chandelier falls to the stage at CHRISTINE'S feet)

End of act 1

Act 2 Scene 1

ALL Masquerade! Grinning yellows, spinning reds. Masquerade! Take your fill -let the spectacle astound
you!

Masquerade! Burning glances, turning heads. Masquerade! Stop and stare at the sea of smiles around
you!

GIRY What a night

CARLOTTA No more notes!

PIANGI No more ghost!

ANDRE/FIRMIN Of Elysian peace!

( Christine and Raoul dancing)

CHRISTINE Think of it! A secret engagement! Look -your future bride! Just think of it!

RAOUL When will that be? It's an engagement, not a crime! Christine, What are you afraid of?CHRISTINE
Let's not argue.

(At the height of the activity a grotesque figure suddenly appears at the lop of the staircase. Dressed all
in crimson, with a death's head visible inside the hood of his robe, the PHANTOM has come to the party.
With dreadful wooden steps he descends the stairs and takes the centre of the stage)

PHANTOM Why so silent, good messieurs? Did you think that I had left you for good? Have you missed
me, good messieurs? I have written you an opera!

Here I bring the finished score -"Don Juan Triumphant" !

(He throws it to ANDRE)

I advise you to comply -my instructions should be clear -Remember there are worse things than a
shattered chandelier.

(CHRISTlNE, mesmerized, approaches as the PHANTOM beckons her. He reaches out, grasps the chain
that holds the secret engagement ring, and rips it from her throat)

Your chains are still mine -you will sing for me!

(ALL cower in suspense as the music crescendos, until suddenly, his figure evaporates)

Scene 2
(GIRY is hurrying across. RAOUL appears and calls after her)

RAOUL Madame Giry

GIRY Monsieur, don't ask me -I know no more than anyone else.

That's not true. You've seen something, haven't you ?

RAOUL (desperately) Madame, for all our sakesGIRY (She has glanced nervously about her and suddenly
deciding to trust him, cuts in): Very well. It was years ago. There was a travelling fair in the city.
Tumblers, conjurors, human oddities.

And there was. I shall never forget him: a man. Locked in a cage. A prodigy, monsieur! Scholar, architect,
musician .And an inventor too, monsieur. They boasted he had once built for the Shah of Persia, a maze
of mirrors.

RAOUL (mystified and impatient, cuts in) Who was this man.

(with a shudder) A freak of nature. more monster than man .

RAOUL (a murmur) Deformed.?

GIRY From birth, it seemed.And then. he went missing. He escaped .

They never found him it was said he had died

The world forgot him, but I never can. For in this darkness I have seen him again.

RAOUL And so our Phantom's this man.

(starts from her daze and turns to go) I have said too much, monsieurAnd there have been too many
accidentsAccidents?!

GIRY Too many

(And, before he can question her further, she has disappeared)RAOUL (running after her) Madame Giry.!

Scene 3 Graveyard

CHRISTINE You were once my one companion. you were all that mattered. You were once a friend and
father -then my world was shatteredWishing you were somehow here again. wishing you were
somehow near. Sometimes it seemed if I just dreamed, somehow you would be here.Wishing I could
hear your voice again. knowing that I never would. Dreaming of you won't help me to do all that you
dreamed I could.

Passing bells and sculpted angels, cold and monumental, seem, for you, the wrong companions -you
were warm and gentle.Too many years fighting back tears. Why can't the past just die.?Wishing you
were somehow here again. knowing we must say goodbye. Try to forgive. teach me to live. give me the
strength to try.No more memories, no more silent tears. No more gazing across the wasted years. Help
me say goodbye(The PHANTOM emerges from behind the cross)PHANTOM (very soft and enticing)
Wandering child. so lost. so helpless. yearning for my guidance(Bewildered, CHRISTINE looks up, and
murmurs breathlessly)

CHRISTINE Angel. or father. friend. or Phantom.? Who is it there, staring.?PHANTOM (more and more
hypnotic) Have you forgotten your Angel.?CHRISTINE Angel. oh, speak. What endless longings echo in
this whisper.!

(RAOUL appears in the shadows and watches for a moment transfixed)

PHANTOM (now drawing CHRISTINE towards him) Too long you've wandered in winter.

RAOUL (to himself a murmur) Once again she is his.Once again she returns.RAOUL .to the arms of her
angel. angel or demon. still he calls her. luring her back, from the grave. angel or dark seducer.? Who are
you, strange angel.?

PHANTOM Angel of Music! You denied me, turning from true beauty. Angel of Music! Do not shun me.
Come to your strange Angel.CHRISTINE Angel of Music! I denied you, turning from true beauty. Angel of
Music! My protector. Come to me, strange Angel.(CHRISTINE moves towards the figure of the
PHANTOM)

RAOUL (suddenly calling out) Angel of darkness! Cease this torment!PHANTOM I am your Angel of
Music. Come to me: Angel of Music.RAOUL (in desperation) Christine! Christine listen to me! Whatever
you may believe, this man. this thing. is not your father!

(To the phantom )Let her go! For God's sake, let her go! Christine !

CHRISTINE Raoul

PHANTOM Bravo, monsieur! Such spirited words!

RAOUL More tricks, monsieur?PHANTOM Let's see, monsieur how far you dare goRAOUL More
deception? More violence?

RAOUL You can't win her love by making her your prisoner.

CHRISTINE Raoul, don't.RAOUL (to CHRISTINE) Stay back!

PHANTOM I'm here, I'm here, monsieur: the angel of death! Come on, come on, monsieur Don't stop,
don't stop!

CHRISTINE Raoul! Come back.( She pulls him away)

PHANTOM Don't go! (As they are exiting, the PHANTOM declaims in fury):

So be it! Now let it be war upon you both!

Scene 4

RAOUL We have all been blind -and yet the answer is staring us in the face. This could be the chance to
ensnare our clever friend.We shall play his game -perform his work -but remember we hold the ace. For,
if Miss Daae sings, he is certain to attend.

ANDRE we are certain the doors are barred!

FIRMIN we are certain the police are there !

RAOUL FIRMIN ANDRE The curtains falls.. His reign will end

.........

CHIEF When you hear the whistle, take up your positions. I shall then instruct you to secure the doors. It
is essential that all doors are properly secured.

RAOUL Remember, when the time comes, shoot. Only if you have to -but shoot. To kill.CHIEF My men
are now in position, sir.

Scene 5 Don triumphant

PHANTOM Let the audience in. Let my opera begin!

PASSARINO You come home! I use your voice -slam the door like crack of doom!

DON JUAN I shall say: "come -hide with me! Where, oh, where? Of course -my room!"

PASSARINO Poor thing hasn't got a chance!

DON JUAN Here's my hat, my cloak and sword. Conquest is assured, if I do not forget myself and laugh

(DON JUAN puts on PASSARINO's cloak and goes into the curtained alcove where the bed awaits.
Although we do not yet know it, the Punjab Lasso has done its work, and SIGNOR PIANGI is no more.
When next we see DON JUAN, it will be the PHANTOM. Meanwhile, we hear AMINTA (CHRISTINE)
singing happily in the distance)

DON JUAN (PHANTOM) You have come here in pursuit of your deepest urge, in pursuit of that wish,
which till now has been silent, silent.

I have brought you, that our passions may fuse and merge -in your mind you've already succumbed to
me dropped all defences completely succumbed to me -now you are here with me: no second thoughts,
you've decided, decided.

Past the point of no return -no backward glances: the games we've played till now are at an end. Past all
thought of "if" or "when" -no use resisting: abandon thought, and let the dream descend
Past the point of no return, the final threshold -what warm, unspoken secrets will we learn? Beyond the
point of no return.

AMINTA (CHRISTINE) You have brought me to that moment where words run dry, to that moment
where speech disappears into silence, silence.

I have come here, hardly knowing the reason why. In my mind, I've already imagined our bodies
entwining defenceless and silent -and now I am here with you: no second thoughts, I've decided,
decided

Past the point of no return -no going back now: our passion-play has now, at last, begun. Past all
thought of right or wrong -one final question: how long should we two wait, before we're one.?

BOTH Past the point of no return the final threshold -the bridge is crossed, so stand and watch it burn.
We've passed the point of no return.

(By now the audience and the POLICE have realised that SIGNOR PIANGI is dead behind the curtain, and
it is the PHANTOM who sings in his place. CHRISTINE knows it too. As final confirmation, the PHANTOM
sings):

PHANTOM Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime. Lead me, save me from my solitude.Say you
want me with you, here beside you. Anywhere you go let me go too -Christine that's all I ask of.

(We never reach the word 'you', for CHRISTINE quite calmly reveals the PHANTOM'S face to the
audience. As the FORCES OF LAW close in on the horrifying skull, the PHANTOM sweeps his cloak around
her and vanishes. MEG pulls the curtain upstage, revealing PIANGI'S body garrotted, propped against the
bed, his head gruesomely tilted to one side. She screams.)

CARLOTTA What is it? What has happened? Ubaldo!

FIRMIN We're ruined, Andre -ruined!

GIRY (to RAOUL) Monsieur le Vicomte! Come with me!I know where they are.

RAOUL But can I trust you?

GIRY You must. But remember: our hand at the level of your eyes!

RAOUL But why.?

GIRY Why? The Punjab lasso, monsieur. First Buquet. Now Piangi.

Scene 6 THE LABYRINTH UNDERGROUND

(Meanwhile, down below, we see the PHANTOM and CHRISTINE in the boat, crossing the underground
lake)
PHANTOM (furiously propelling the boat onwards) Down once more to the dungeon of my black
despair! Down we plunge to the prison of my mind! Down that path into darkness deep as hell!

Why, you ask, was I bound and chained in this cold and dismal place? Not for any mortal sin, but the
wickedness of my abhorrent face!

PHANTOM (moving off again) Hounded out by everyone! Met with hatred everywhere! No kind word
from anyone! No compassion anywhere! Christine, Christine. Why, why.?

(RAOUL and GIRY appear above. They make their way down, meeting a pack of rats. GlRY screams and
lowers her guard. The rats and the RATCATCHER pass them. GIRY raisesxdjher hand again)

GIRY He lives across the lake, monsieur.

This is as far as I dare go. Your hand at the level of your eyes!

RAOUL Madame Giry, thank you.

Scene 7

CHRISTINE Have you gorged yourself at last, in your lust for blood?

Am I now to be prey to your lust for flesh?

PHANTOM (Coldly) That fate, which condemns me to wallow in blood has also denied me the joys of the
flesh. this face -the infection which poisons our love

This face, which earned a mother's fear and loathing. A mask, my first unfeeling scrap of clothing.

Pity comes too late -turn around and face your fate: an eternity of this before your eyes!

(They are almost touching. She looks calmly and coldly into his face)

CHRISTINE This haunted face holds no horror for me now. It's in your soul that the true distortion lies.

(The PHANTOM suddenly senses RAOUL'S presence. Behind the portcullis, RAOUL climbs out of the
water)

RAOUL (pleading, grasping the bars of the gate) Free her! Do what you like only free her! Have you no
pity

PHANTOM Wait! I think, my dear, we have a guest

Sir, this is indeed an unparalleled delight! I had rather hoped that you would come. And now my wish
comes true -you have truly made my night!Be my guest, sir.

(He gestures, and the fence rises. RAOUL enters)

Monsieur, I bid you welcome! Did you think that I would harm her? Why should I make her pay for the
sins which are yours?

(So saying, he takes the Punjab lasso and, before RAOUL has a chance to move, catches him by the neck.
The end of the rope, of which the PHANTOM has let go, remains magically suspended in mid-air)

(taunting) Order your fine horses now! Raise up your hand to the level of your eyes! Nothing can save
you now -except perhaps Christine.

Start a new life with me -Buy his freedom with your love! Refuse me, and you send your lover to his
death! This is the choice -This is the point of no return!

CHRISTINE (to the PHANTOM) The tears I might have shed for your dark fate grow cold, and turn to tears
of hate.Farewell my fallen idol and false friend. One by one I've watched illusions shattered.

PHANTOM For either way you choose, you cannot win! do you end your days with me, or do you send
him to his grave?

RAOUL (to PHANTOM) Why make her lie to you, to save me

CHRISTINE Angel of Music

RAOUL For pity's sake, Christine, say no!

CHRISTINE .why this torment?

PHANTOM .the final threshold.

RAOUL Don't throw your life away for my sake.

PHANTOM His life is now the prize which you must earn!

CHRISTINE Angel of Music.

PHANTOM You've passed the point of no return.

CHRISTINE .you deceived me -I gave my mind blindly

PHANTOM(to CHRISTINE) You try my patience -make your choice!

CHRISTINE (quietly at first, then with growing emotion) Pitiful creature of darkness. What kind of life
have you known.?

God give me courage to show you you are not alone.

(Now calmly facing him, she kisses him long and full on the lips. The embrace lasts a long time. RAOUL
watches in horror and wonder.

(Othey hear offstage )

MOB Some: Track down this murderer -he must be found! Hunt out this animal, who runs to ground!

Too long he's preyed on us -but now we know: the Phantom of the Opera is there deep down below.

: Who is this monster, this murdering beast? Revenge for Piangi! Revenge for Buquet! This creature
must never go free

PHANTOM Take her -forget me -forget all of this. Leave me alone -forget all you've seen. Go now -don't
let them find you! Take the boat -leave me here -go now, don't wait. Just take her and go -before it's too
late. Go. Go now -go now and leave me!

(RAOUL and CHRISTINE move off towards the boat. The PHANTOM looks mockingly at his mask. The
musical box starts up magically, and he listens to it)

(CHRISTINE re-enters and walks slowly towards him. She takes off her ring and gives it to the
PHANTOM)

PHANTOM Christine, I love you.

(She hurries off The PHANTOM puts the ring on his finger)

CHRISTINE (In the distance, to RAOUL, as the boat pulls away in the shadow) Say you'll share with me,
one love, one lifetime. say the word and I will follow you.

RAOUL Share each day with me.CHRISTINE .each night.BOTH .each morning.

PHANTOM (looking after her) You alone can make my song take flight -it's over now, the music of the
night.

(The PHANTOM walks slowly towards the throne. He takes his place on it, sitting on his cloak.

The MOB including MEG, appears above, climbing down the portcullis. As the MOB enters the lair, the
PHANTOM wraps his cloak around himself and disappears.

MEG crosses to the throne and picks up his mask in her small hand)h

The end