Talk:The Masque of the Red Death

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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.

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)

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))

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)

Redirect?
Shouldn't "The Mask of the Red Death" redirect to this page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.123.233.158 (talk) 17:57, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure, why not? I just added the redirect: The Mask of the Red Death. --Midnightdreary (talk) 18:16, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Graphic adaptation
I'm pretty sure there was an adaptation of "Masque of the Red Death" in "Heavy Metal" magazine back in the late 1970's or maybe early 1980's. I don't have an issue number or an artist cite, though so I can't provide a citation. Rmd1023 (talk) 16:42, 10 December 2012 (UTC) There have been may interpretations and reimaginations of Masque of the Red Death over the last 150 or so years. The adaptations sections could be greatly expanded. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.40.30.157 (talk) 00:42, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Suggested updates
There is a reading made by William Burroughs, illustrated. it is found in the multimedia work the Dark Eye, 1995. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.12.75.122 (talk) 01:29, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

The article currently has a picture captioned "Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley". Illustration of what? We can assume, but shouldn't it say? The illustration seems to be referenced from nowhere in the article. It needs to be clearer why this image is here, and how it relates to the article.

Also the book The Shining makes frequent reference to "and the Red Death held sway over all" in connection with a masquerade ball. This seems a clear reference to this work from another well known work. Worth a mention here? 129.219.155.89 (talk) 13:13, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
 * My opinion is that the illustration is obviously of the story -- the main subject of the article -- and needs no further explanation. As for your second point, a vague reference is too trivial. The section on this article is for full-length adaptations. --Midnightdreary (talk) 22:18, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Disambuguation
"For other uses, see The Masque of the Red Death (disambiguation)."

Sure this should take the form "This page is about SUCH-AND-SUCH-IN-PARTICULAR. For other uses, see The Masque of the Red Death (disambiguation)." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.252.85.25 (talk) 11:40, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

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