Frankenstein, based on the novel by Mary Shelley

Author: Dear, Nick

Brand: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Features:

• Faber & Faber

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 96

Release Date: 08-01-2013

Part Number: 9780571277216

Details: Product Description
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, based on the novel by Mary Shelley, premiered at the National Theatre, London, in February 2011.
Book Description
Frankenstein by Nick Dear is based on
Mary Shelley's
thrilling and deeply disturbing gothic novel and addresses scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil.
About the Author
Nick Dear's plays include
Dedication (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, 2016)
The Dark Earth and the Light Sky (Almeida Theatre, 2012),
Frankenstein (National Theatre, 2011),
Lunch in Venice (National Theatre Connections, 2005), Power (NT, 2003),
The Villains' Opera (NT, 2000), Zenobia (RSC, 1995),
In the Ruins (Bristol Old Vic, 1990),
Food of Love (Theatre de Complicite, Almeida, 1988),
The Art of Success (RSC, 1986),
Pure Science (RSC, 1986) and
Temptation (RSC, 1984). He also collaborated with Peter Brook on the development of
Qui est là? (Bouffes du Nord, 1996). His adaptations include
The Promise (after Arbuzov, Tricycle, 2002),
Summerfolk (after Gorky, NT, 1999),
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (after Molière, NT, 1992),
The Last Days of Don Juan (after Tirso de Molina, RSC, 1990) and
A Family Affair (after Ostrovsky, Cheek by Jowl, 1988). His screenplays include
Persuasion, The Turn of the Screw, Cinderella, The Gambler, Byron, Eroica and Agatha Christie's
Poirot. Opera libretti include
The Palace in the Sky (ENO/Hackney Empire, 2001) and
Siren Song (Almeida Opera Festival, 1994). He has also written extensively for BBC Radio, beginning with his first play,
Matter Permitted (1980).

EAN: 9780571277216

Package Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.0 x 0.4 inches

Languages: English