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In the newly released film (Dec. 2004) of "Phantom of the Opera" the costume of the Phantom at the masquerade ball was called red death. The setting/period for this movie was 1870-1919. Andrew Lloyd Webber is the playwright for the music of the play and movie.

[edit] Inspired by hemorrhagic fever?

When the subject of Poe comes up around my circle of friends, the idea that the Red Death may have been inspired by a hemorrhagic fever such as Ebola. Does anyone have anything better than "I heard..."? Frotz661 01:47, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] costume

What does the red death costume look like? MegaloManiac 17:12, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

I don't know about the Vincent Price production (I'd like to get a hold of it sometime). But if I were to do a production, I'd use maroon slacks, a tuxedo shirt streaked with blood, and a bloody-maroon cloak. The mask itself would be a ceramic "tradgedy" mask painted crimson. The face of the actor would be streaked with blood, precisely as the symptoms of Red Death are described. Frotz661 19:35, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Whoops... I answered the wrong questions. Oh well, take it as you will. Frotz661 19:36, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

The dead death costume is described in the short story and being as it is not a picture book, there is only general description. In the 1964 film the red death character looks like one of the emporers red cloaked guards, if I remember correctly. However, the film does not depict the red death as described in the short story. (222.228.219.65 13:54, 24 December 2006 (UTC))

[edit] I'm confused

I've never read the Masque of the Red death, and I'm confused by the summary. Is paragraph two simply restating the first one, or continuing the story? I'm not sure if Prospero survived the initial plague, and brought back all of his friends for Round Two, or if he died initially. If it's the latter, maybe that should be stated in the first paragraph.

The recent rewrite should be helpful. The setup is that Prospero barracaded himself and his friends in the castle for fear of infection. There was no Round Two. I strongly suggest you read the short story itself. Frotz661 06:49, 16 December 2006 (UTC)