FRANKENSTEIN

Production company?

National Theatre

Performance name

Frankenstein

Which version?

Online

What year was it filmed and performed?

2011

What staging and theatre?

Olivier Stage at the Royal National Theatre

Director and Main Characters(4):

. Danny Boyle

. The Creature - Jonny Lee Miller

. Victor Frankenstein - Benedict Cumberbatch

. De Lacey - Karl Johnson

. Elizabeth Lavenza(Frankenstein’s wife) - Naomie Harris

Reinterpretation of whose novel?

Mary Shelley

Production style?

Minimalistic set with expressionistic elements like lightbulbs

Acting style?

Naturalistic acting with some stylised movements like train

Staging?

Thrust stage with additional gangway/track and a revolving stage floor

Costume style?

Largely naturalistic and era-specific, with a contemporary twist like the Steam Punk ensemble

Themes(5)?

. Electricity

. Nature

. The Industrial Revolution

. Loneliness

. A journey

Two moments for the Creature:

• Workshop

• Arctic

Two moments for Frankenstein:

• Mont Blanc

• Workshop

Creature, Workshop(3):

• Emotional with new things(5):

  • “Look“ - child beckoning father to share the discovery

  • “She is beautiful“ - stutter on beautiful emphasises never experienced/only ugliness of humanity/true monster

  • idiosyncratic pants like an excited dog

  • trembling voice “I admire you“- childlike innocence, new emotion except de lacey fear of rejection again brought up

  • “sir“, “master“ - looks up to now, even after denied his wife

• Upset/Annoyed(2):

  • repetition of “I do“, “I must“ - emphasis on verbs, need, sympathise

  • “But I will“ - defiance, rebelling, no pause, fast pace

• Excitement/Obsession(2):

  • “a queen“ - drags out “queen“, plays with words like a child

  • “lungs are on fire“ - loud volume, fast rhythm, intense

Frankenstein, Workshop(3):

• Pained by sight of brother/helping a monster: pained second ”Wait“

• Regret/cold tone: “She is perfect, the pefect wife“, “I cant give her to you“ - emphaiss on “you“

Creature, Arctic(3):

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Frankenstein, Mont Blanc(3):

Two moments for the Creature:

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• Mont Blanc

Two moments for Frankenstein:

• Workshop

• Arctic

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• Mont Blanc

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