Oxford Playscripts: Frankenstein

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years of Frankenstein from the Infinite Monkey Cage (BBC podcast – personal log in required) Literacy and Language The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson describes another scientific experiment that goes wrong. The Library has the original novel and a graphic novel version and you can also read the book online. All upcoming public events are going ahead as planned and you can find more information on our events blog

Underworld: Frankenstein: Music from the Play | PopMatters". Archived from the original on 10 April 2013 . Retrieved 26 June 2013. Frankenstein Encore Screenings". National Theatre Live. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012 . Retrieved 17 November 2018.This engaging and orientated classroom play script of Frankenstein includes the famous storyline of a young man who thinks he can change the world, by creating better and improved human beings. But instead creates a living monster, who has a mind of his own. Arctic, blindness, copper wire, creation, disfigurement, electricity, fire, grave robbing, Luigi Galvani, Geneva, ice, lightning, scientific history, storms, Wimshurst machines. Did you know? Mister Creecher by Chris Priestley suggests what might have happened when Frankenstein’s Monster passed through Britain on his way north to the Arctic. Library copy available. There is love in me the likes of which you’ve never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape. If I am not satisfied in the one, I will indulge the other.” In the distance, a sledge was moving across the ice, pulled by a team of dogs, and driving it was a creature like a man, but huge and hideous beyond belief. And pursuing it – always in pursuit but never catching up – was a man on foot.

How the world began by Gilly Cameron Cooper explores creation in myths and legends from around the world. Library copy available.

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Frankenstein Music - OUT NOW!!". Archived from the original on 18 April 2011 . Retrieved 17 March 2011. Its world premiere was at the Royal National Theatre on 5 February 2011, where it officially opened on 22 February. This production was directed by Danny Boyle [1] with a cast including Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, with the two lead actors alternating the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature. Frankenstein ended its run on 2 May 2011. [2] Live filming [ edit ]

Theatre Lighting | Factorylux for Frankenstein at the National". 24 March 2014 . Retrieved 1 May 2018. On 17 March and 24 March 2011, the production was broadcast to cinemas around the world as a part of the National Theatre Live programme. [3] Mr Mumbles is the first in Invisible Fiends series by Barry Hutchison. It’s all about creepy beings wanting revenge. Library copies available.

Frankenstein". National Theatre Live. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013 . Retrieved 17 November 2018. Bizarre biology by John Townsend is a history of weird and sometimes gory scientific experiments. Library copies available. Ambition, creation, dangerous knowledge, discrimination, family, nature vs nurture, revenge. More to explore – motifs, symbols, context, setting Elizabeth Lavenza is Victor's cousin rather than his adopted sister. (They are cousins in the original release of the novel but changed to adopted siblings in the 1831 rewrite. In the play, they remain cousins.) Brandes, Philip (19 October 2018). "Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller take on 'Frankenstein.' But who's the better monster?". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 17 November 2018.

Gill, Andy (22 April 2011). "Album: Underworld, Frankenstein: Music from the Play (www.underworldlive.com)". The Independent. London. Resilience is the ability to cope with stressful and challenging events and adapt to them so that you maintain your mental wellbeing.The character of Justine, William's nurse, is cut, and William's murder is never solved. The character of Henry Clerval is also cut.