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Even after revisiting the novel and reading Nick Dear's play, I was unprepared for the impact of seeing National Theatre Live's Frankenstein.
( Some thoughts on yesterday's performance with Benedict Cumberbatch as the Creature and Jonny Lee Miller as Victor Frankenstein. )
Parting miscellany:
* There's a terrific gallery of more than 90 pictures of the play here.
* I bought the soundtrack.
* I'm taking the fact that the National Theatre is filming a "making of" documentary about the play as a good sign that a DVD of the dual performances (with both leads in both roles) may be forthcoming. I badly want to watch several crucial scenes from both performances back to back.
Victor: But this is remarkable! You are educated! And you have memory!
The Creature: Yes, I use it to remember being hunted like a rat, running from human places, finding refuge in the woods. I use it to remember being beaten and whipped. And I was good, I wanted to be good!
- Nick Dear's Frankenstein, based on a novel by Mary Shelley
( Some thoughts on yesterday's performance with Benedict Cumberbatch as the Creature and Jonny Lee Miller as Victor Frankenstein. )
Parting miscellany:
* There's a terrific gallery of more than 90 pictures of the play here.
* I bought the soundtrack.
* I'm taking the fact that the National Theatre is filming a "making of" documentary about the play as a good sign that a DVD of the dual performances (with both leads in both roles) may be forthcoming. I badly want to watch several crucial scenes from both performances back to back.
Victor: But this is remarkable! You are educated! And you have memory!
The Creature: Yes, I use it to remember being hunted like a rat, running from human places, finding refuge in the woods. I use it to remember being beaten and whipped. And I was good, I wanted to be good!
- Nick Dear's Frankenstein, based on a novel by Mary Shelley