Frankenstein
From: Saturday, 5th February 2011
To: Monday, 2 May 2011
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Synopsis
Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller will alternate the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature in Nick Dear's new adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel, Frankestein at the National Theatre directed by Danny Boyle.
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.
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Our Review:
Michael Coveney - 24 February 2011
After the first of the two first nights of Nick Dear’s Frankenstein – Jonny Lee Miller as the naked Creature, Benedict Cumberbatch as Victor Frankenstein, his inventor – I was thinking five stars. After the second first night – Cumberbatch as the Creature, Lee Miller as Frankenstein – I’d settled a bit grumpily into three star mode.
There’s no equal distribution of roles or revelation here, nothing comparable, for instance, to Richard Pasco and Ian Richardson sharing the king and Bolingbroke in Richard II for the RSC and finding symbiotic resonance in their flip-side fortunes.
Lee Miller is brilliant and moving as the Creature, Cumberbatch more interesting, more systematic, more graceful and much funnier; but the real difference is in the title role, who figures only after the extraordinary opening 40 minutes of nude writhing and Wayne Eagling-style thrashy modern choreography.
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Paul Wallis - 21 April 2011:
Just returned from seeing Frankenstein - what a stunning piece of theatre, using the Olivier to its full potential. The staging makes for a quite exceptional theatrical experience. The opening scenes in particular are quite incredible as the Creature takes its first steps. We saw Jonny Lee Miller as the Creature and he delivered a quite outstanding performance, a very physical, demaning role - its easy to see why they alternate the part. Benedict Cumberbatch was perfect as Frankenstein - they make for an outstanding pairing for what was a special night of theatre going....
Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch (Victor Frankenstein/The Creature)
Jonny Lee Miller (Victor Frankenstein/The Creature)
Mark Armstrong
Martin Chamberlain
Josie Daxter
Haydon Downing
Steven Elliott
Naomie Harris
George Harris
Daniel Ings
Karl Johnson
John Killoran
Daniel Millar
William Nye
Andreea Padurariu
Jared Richard
Ella Smith
John Stahl
Lizzie Winkler
Creative
Nick Dear (based on the novel by Mary Shelley) (Author)
Coutts (Corporate Sponsor)
National Theatre (Producer)
Danny Boyle (Director)
Mike Tildesley (Design)
Suttirat Anne Larlarb (Costume)
Bruno Poet (Lighting)
Toby Sedgwick (movement) (Director)
Underworld (Music)
Ed Clarke (Sound)
Kate Waters (fight) (Director)
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