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- Webber said the spirit took theatre scripts and put them in unexpected places
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has revealed he once called on the help of a priest due to the presence of a poltergeist in his home.
The 75-year-old, best known for his hit musical The Phantom of the Opera, claims the spirit lingered at his former house in Eaton Square, Belgravia, central London.
He said it would take theatre scripts and place them in unexpected places in his property.
Webber called in a priest who he says managed to persuade the spirit to leave.
‘I did have a house in Eaton Square which had a poltergeist,’ he told the Telegraph when asked if he owns any haunted theatres.
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has revealed he once called on the help of a priest due to the presence of a poltergeist in his home
The 75-year-old claims the spirit was at his former house in Eaton Square, Belgravia, central London
The former house of Webber in Eaton Square, central London
‘It would do things like take theatre scripts and put them in a neat pile in some obscure room.
‘In the end we had to get a priest to come and bless it, and it left.’
A poltergeist is a type of ghost or spirit which is thought to make loud noises and move or destroy objects.
Webber claims one was present at his former Eaton Square house, which spanned over six floors and had six bedrooms and an indoor swimming pool.
According to the Independent, he put the property up for sale in 1997 for a whopping £15million after buying it for £11million in 1990.
In April, Webber admitted that he was ‘sad’ to see The Phantom Of The Opera end its run on Broadway after entertaining theatergoers for 35 years.
The English composer spoke during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as he was asked about being in the Majestic Theatre for the final performance of the musical.
Webber is best known for his hit musical The Phantom of the Opera
The cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera in March 2021
‘Well, it was strange really, because, you know, one of the funny things that’s happened with Phantom is that over the last few years… well, few months really, a young audience found it. And it’s, I don’t know, it was sad last night because I just felt it could run on. But there you go,’ Webber told Fallon.
The theater impresario said it was ‘very unusual’ for everything to come together for a musical.
‘Like the production, the whole thing meshes, it’s just one of those moments. I mean, it happened with The Lion King, it’s happened with Hamilton, it’s happened with me with Phantom. It doesn’t happen very often,’ he said.
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