Slowly I learnt the ways of humans: how to ruin, how to hate, how to debase, how to humiliate. And at the feet of my master I learnt the highest of human skills, the skill no other creature owns: I finally learnt how to lie.
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.
Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic tale.
FRANKENSTEIN was first presented at the National Theatre, London on 5 February 2011, directed by Danny Boyle
(Text above from Camdram)
“Slowly I learnt the ways of humans: how to ruin, how to hate, how to debase, how to humiliate. And at the feet of my Master I learnt the highest of human skills, the skill no other creature owns: I finally learnt how to lie.”
“Victor: What does it feel like to be in love?
Creature: It feels like everything is boiling over and spilling out of me; it feels like my lungs are on fire, and my heart is a hammer, and I feel like I can do anything…I feel like I can do anything in the world…”
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Cast
Creature – Toby Marlow
Victor Frankenstein – Ben Walsh
Elizabeth Lavenza – Julia Kass
Felix – Tom Taplin
Monsieur Frankenstein – Aurélien Guéroult
Ewan/Gustav – Marco Young
Rab/Klaus – Henry Wilkinson
Gretel/Clarice – Kate Marston
Agatha – Amy Malone
De Lacey – Max Roberts
William – Ian Johnston
Female Creature – Rose Reade
Production Team
Director – Rosanna Suppa
Producer – Eleanor Mitchell
Assistant Director – Emma Blacklay-Piech
Assistant Producer – Susannah Duck
Associate Director – Aoife Kennan
Associate Producer – Lewis Scott
Technical Director – Sheanna Patel
Set Designer – Harry Stockwell
Master Carpenter – Toby Molyneux
Lighting Designer – Bethany Craik
Sound Designer – Emily Galvin
Chief Electrician – Ben James
Stage Manager – Saskia Baylis
Deputy Stage Manager – Cat Watts
Assistant Stage Manager – Khushali Dodhia, Ruth Harvey
Publicity Designer – Gabriel Agranoff
Programme Designer – Gabriel Agranoff
Costume Designer – Genevieve Doyle, Ruby Maclennan
Costume Assistant – Cait Mack
Production Photographer – Johannes Hjorth
Fight Choreographer – Bea Svistunenko
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