# Joseph Buquet — The Phantom of the Opera character guide

> Joseph Buquet in The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Buquet

**First appearance:** 0001-i-is-it-the-ghost

## Who they are

Chief stagehand who spreads rumors about the Ghost and meets a mysterious end.

## In the story

### [I: Is It the Ghost?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_phantom_of_the_opera_se/chapters/i-is-it-the-ghost)

Chief scene-shifter who had described the ghost as a skeletal figure; found dead, hanging in the third cellar, under mysterious circumstances.

### [The Mysterious Reason](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_phantom_of_the_opera_se/chapters/iii-the-mysterious-reason)

The chief scene-shifter; his death by hanging in the third cellar is announced by the ghost during the supper.

### [XXIV: “Barrels!… Barrels!… Any Barrels to Sell?”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_phantom_of_the_opera_se/chapters/xxiv-barrels-barrels-any-barrels-to-sell)

Implied to have died in the torture-chamber; his fate is referenced by the Persian.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_phantom_of_the_opera_se/chapters/endnotes)

Mentioned in relation to the boots found near where he was hanged.

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