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- Herausgeber: Nick Hern Books
- Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016
Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant and ambitious young student, discovers the secret of creating life from the remains of the dead. But elation at his triumph is replaced by horror when he sees his monstrous creation. Abandoned by the one who made him, Frankenstein's Creature is left to a world that fears and rejects him, and soon his innocence turns to misery - and a murderous desire for revenge... Every word in Patrick Sandford's 'vigorous adaptation' (The Times) is lifted directly from Mary Shelley's classic gothic novel. One of the greatest horror stories of all time, and one that still grips readers today almost two hundred years after its first publication. All the more successful for staying faithful to the dark spirit of the original book, this adaptation includes notes on the first production and can be performed with a minimum of set and props, making it well suited for staging by schools and amateur theatre groups, as well as by professional companies. 'Atmospheric… haunting… with splendid Gothic horror touches… a truly impressive theatrical experience' - ReviewsGate.com
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Mary Shelley's
FRANKENSTEIN
selected and structured for the stage by
Patrick Sandford
NICK HERN BOOKS
London
www.nickhernbooks.co.uk
Contents
Title Page
Original Production
Production Note
Textual Note
Characters
Frankenstein
About the Authors
Copyright and Performing Rights Information
This stage adaptation of Frankenstein was first performed at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton on 22 September 2004, with the following cast:
VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN
Ben Porter
THE CREATURE
Max Digby
CAPTAIN WALTON /
Adam Farr
HENRY CLERVAL / FELIX
FATHER / OLD MAN
William Whymper
ELIZABETH / SAFIE
Lisa McNaught
WILLIAM
Nathan Hack
Harry Sykes / Simon Paul
JUSTINE
Jess Farnhill / Helen Jolley
Becky Pennick
AGATHA
Mel Kitcher / Natalie Sahota
Olivia Smith
A chorus of people drawn from the community played the ship’s crew, scientists and townspeople
Director
Patrick Sandford
Designer
Robin Don
Lighting Designer
David W Kidd
Composer
Simon Slater
Community Director
Fran Morley
Production Note
Mary Shelley’s original has been considerably distorted by film versions.
In her book the chief characteristics of Frankenstein are pride followed by regret.
The Creature is highly intelligent, physically powerful and emotionally vulnerable. He need not necessarily be naked. In the original production he was swathed in wet muslin, and later dressed in clothes stolen from Frankenstein’s university room.
Clearly the body parts cannot be real. A lateral interpretation must be found. In the original production a group of real hands pushed through the floor trickling earth and holding human organs. Other solutions might involve Victorian encyclopedia etchings of human limbs, or projections of funerary statuary. Directors and designers will have better ideas.
The original design was fluid, suiting the fast-moving ‘story within a story’ structure of the play, hinting at locations rather than representing them literally.
Textual Note
The words of this play are taken almost entirely from the 1818 edition of Mary Shelley’s novel, with one short passage from the revised 1831 edition.
The quotations from Percy Bysshe Shelley and Samuel Taylor Coleridge are included by Mary Shelley. The abbreviated fable of Jean de la Fontaine is referred to by Mary Shelley.
The language, educated and sometimes formal, should be spoken simply and swiftly. Elisions (e.g. ‘haven’t’ for ‘have not’) should happen quite naturally.
Stage directions from the original production are in italics and may of course be ignored. Some of these reflect directly Mary Shelley’s wording.
Characters
in order of appearance
CAPTAIN WALTON,a polar explorerVICTOR FRANKENSTEIN ELIZABETH, Frankenstein’s cousinHENRYClerval, Frankenstein’s friend FATHER, to FrankensteinWILLIAM, Frankenstein’s little brother, aged seven or eightJUSTINE, William’s young nurseTHE CREATURE OLD MAN FELIX, a peasantAGATHA, a young peasant girl, perhaps fourteen or fifteenSAFIE, a young Turkish woman
Plus Arctic crewmen, scientists, villagers, a hangman, townspeople
