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Okay I have the liberetto and Raoul is supposed to be 70 at the time of the auction. Now the years in the play are different than the movie. The auction takes place in 1905 (in the movie it is 1919). The movie takes place in 1870 (the play in 1881). Either way Christine is supposed to be 16 at the time (1870 or 1881).
The liberetto doesn't say anything about Mme. Giry being there. So, I put on the soundtrack and even in the soundtrack the auctioneer states "thank you madame".
Okay, just using logic here. The phantom can't be more than 35. Mme. Giry is, at most, five years older. So she would be around 40. Meg is probably the same age as Christine, so 16. The phantom is obviously still alive at the end of the movie, so it is only feasible that Mme. Giry would still be alive.
In the movie it is definately Miranda Richardson at the auction. Everytime I've seen it on stage it has been Mme. Giry, so I have to assume Miranda was playing Mme. Giry and not an older Meg.
Hope I made some sort of sense in my craziness.
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