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Very cool analysis! I love that you put the sources at the end of the video

Thank you for this. Though i think any book adaptation into the musical goes into scrutiny for its differences, at most the changes to provide more entertainment for its audience. We have a lot musicals such as wicked, and even les mes that did massive changes from the source material to fit the needs of a theatre musical. The one musical I can think of that rivals Rebecca is the original production of Sunset Blvd. Having both a weak or flawed plot, both musicals are in high demand due to its lavish score and production. and after knowing the drama behind the attempt to put Rebecca on broadway, this was more production focused musical over story. It only works if you have the same stage as the Vienna original. It won't make a difference regardless if you try to alter the plot to make it make sense.

Einfach nur Geiillll ....Danke Maya Hakvoort,toll und mit Gefühl Gesungen😘💜👍

I think the reason the musical lists only the original novel by Daphne du Maurier is purely for legal reasons, because it’s very obviously adapted from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 movie, carrying over virtually all of the plot, character, and thematic changes from the original film.

I agree with all of your points from a rational and literary standpoint. But also, back in 2012, when I was an awkward, closeted theater kid in a shitty small town in Germany my theater club went to see Rebecca the musical with Pia Douwes in Stuttgart and watching her caress Rebecca’s nightgown and belt about eternal love on stage fundamentally changed something about my brain chemistry and made me the goth lesbian I am today. I remember turning to my friend after the show was done and saying (and I quote): “I need her to sign my tits so I can get it tattooed!” Only very godly and heterosexual feelings were had that day. Btw Pia Douwes is the same age as my mum and she could still absolutely get it if only I was worthy of her. This was a very long winded and gay way to say that Rebecca the musical is somewhat of a problematic fave for me lol.

I love your analysis on this. I agree on most points, but I have to admit I disagree with the part about queer coding in the musical. Yes, Danny is most certainly queer, but I don’t think the musical portrayals her as a villain. In fact, I think it’s the opposite, and she’s MORE sympathetic than she is in the book because we see things entirely from her point of view at times instead of just I’s. And as such we feel for her. As for the de Winters, there is absolutely no way I is straight in my mind 😂😂😂. Maxim is debatable on that front, but then again I headcanon him as a bisexual trans man so I can’t really talk. I feel like the whole “The musical thinks straight romance good, queer characters evil” take is a little bit of an over simplification. Yes, the musical does spin the story into a romantic one, but I like to think that Danny’s love for Rebecca is highlighted just as much as the de Winters love for each other and is portrayed just as sympathetically despite Danny’s tragic end. As for the way Rebecca’s death was written for the musical, I think Kunze’s idea worked. While I was writing Fanbecca, I came to the same realization that Kunze did about Maxim’s intent behind claiming it was an accident and how that changes things with I. Specifically with Fanbecca, I (and I mean that as myself as I and the character I 😂) tells Maxim “It was an accident” but then she pauses and asks “Was it?” and my voice is shaking when I (myself) say that line. I know people who have actually played the role professionally don’t usually do it that way so take my words with a grain of salt. But I myself was going for her being afraid of Maxim’s answer being “No, it wasn’t an accident” and what that would mean for her, as well as her trying to delude herself. Maxim answering with “I don’t know, I swear I don’t know” only gives her more reason to delude herself into thinking that everything is fine. I think the addition of “Free Now” only adds to that interpretation. I always saw that song as I (the character) deluding herself into thinking everything is fine and the book’s intentions behind that passage were definitely put to good use in my opinion. I will admit that the musical does give the de Winters a triumphant ending, but I always saw it as them working to heal from their trauma instead of just “Everything’s totally fine now, nothing is wrong” like the musicals lyrics imply. Again, this is something my writing partner and I addressed in Fanbecca’s epilogue (“Memories flow just like waves on the sea, becoming what we’re meant to be”, “Only now in then in our darkest days, something stirs the hurt inside”, “We must take this time, search with all our might, and move in to make things right”, “We can’t go back to yesterday no matter how much we try”, etc) but since that isn’t an official version and just how two fans interpret Rebecca as a whole, I don’t expect people to take it as gospel. I agree that Lonbecca did the epilogue better than the original German language productions because it captured the book so well. Again, lovely analysis. I enjoyed hearing it. Now I shall go to tumblr and ramble some more about this story 😂

Watching these three trailers after another really illustrates how each production has its own unique style and feel.

Ah, my personal favourite production. How I miss Schwarzer Prinz in the later versions.

One thing I like about the 1992 version that I feel later ones lost a little is how haunting it can be at times. This trailer, especially the beginning of it, captures that very well.

Very good points. To be honest, I like this musical mostly for its music. It never struck me as something with much to interpret.

Such an interesting essay! And as a big fan, I agree on your points. As an aro ace person, I wasn´t sold on the main romance of the show from the first time I saw it, instead finding Mrs. Danvers and her connection to Rebecca much more interesting. And sure enough, as I was looking for more depth in the characters, I was getting further away from the musical´s and more to the book´s original themes. Since then I saw pretty much all of the other adaptations and read the book, but the musical still shines as my favorite adaptation, despite it´s flaws (I am very much biased, but still) <3

Despite of being a fan of the musical, I love your deep analysis of the original novel. I haven’t read the book yet, but the 1940 film tells me that it is a triller instead of being a romantic story. I am glad that Maxi de Winter is played by charismatic actors, and I even got my favourite Maxi. However, I cannot help feeling the actual Maxi might be manipulative and deceptive. 😅

Oh dear my eyes have become fountains

This is so well done, I sob my way through it every time I watch this

Wunderbar ausdrucksvoll interpretierte Duette! th-cam.com/video/qRMxJCLKLjo/w-d-xo.html

Oh, it was a great idea to edit these performances together! So cool seeing the actors actually older in Boote in der Nacht, it makes it more "real" and tragic.