{"id":197,"date":"2011-11-15T01:08:22","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T01:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voiceofthemusical.com\/?p=197"},"modified":"2023-08-19T12:56:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T12:56:58","slug":"votm3-charles-hart-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofthemusical.com\/?p=197","title":{"rendered":"VotM #3 Charles Hart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofthemusical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/photo.JPG2-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-207\" title=\"Charles Hart\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofthemusical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/photo.JPG2-copy-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this interview, we talk to Charles Hart, the lyricist of the most successful entertainment of all time, Andrew Lloyd Webber&#8217;s <a title=\"Phantom of the Opera official site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thephantomoftheopera.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phantom of the Opera<\/a>. I spoke to Charles shortly after the Royal Albert Hall extravaganza celebrating Phantom&#8217;s twenty-fifth anniversary. Click <a title=\"George Orwell's tip for effective writing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.writingclasses.com\/InformationPages\/index.php\/PageID\/300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this link<\/a> to see George Orwell&#8217;s rules for effective writing, cited in the interview. It was my first interview, and gets a little quiet in places due to mike position. Please listen through &#8211; what Charles has to say is fascinating.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a title=\"Tim Sutton Music\" href=\"http:\/\/www.timsutton.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3699\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-197-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/voiceofthemusical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/VOTM_Charles_Hart_pt1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/voiceofthemusical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/VOTM_Charles_Hart_pt1.mp3\">http:\/\/voiceofthemusical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/VOTM_Charles_Hart_pt1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/voiceofthemusical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/VOTM_Charles_Hart_pt1.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/voiceofthemusical.com\/?powerpress_pinw=197-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/voiceofthemusical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/VOTM_Charles_Hart_pt1.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"VOTM_Charles_Hart_pt1.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this interview, we talk to Charles Hart, the lyricist of the most successful entertainment of all time, Andrew Lloyd Webber&#8217;s Phantom of the Opera. I spoke to Charles shortly after the Royal Albert Hall extravaganza celebrating Phantom&#8217;s twenty-fifth anniversary. Click this link to see George Orwell&#8217;s rules for effective writing, cited in the interview. 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