Frankenstein: A Play in Two ActsVictor Frankenstein, a brilliant young scientist, returns to his chateau on the shores of Lake Geneva to escape some terrible pursuer. No one can shake free the dark secret that terrifies him. Not his mother, nor his fiancee Elizabeth, nor his best friend, Henry Clerval. Even the pleading of a gypsy girl accused of murdering Victor's younger brother falls on deaf ears, for Victor has brought into being a "Creature" made from bits and pieces of the dead! The Creature tracks Victor to his sanctuary to demand a bride to share its loneliness - one as wretched as the Creature itself. Against his better judgment, Victor agrees and soon the household is invaded by murder, despair and terror! The play opens on the wedding night of Victor and Elizabeth, the very time the Creature has sworn to kill the scientist for destroying its intended mate, and ends, weeks later, in a horrific climax of dramatic suspense! In between there is enough macabre humor to relieve the mounting tension. Perhaps the truest adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic yet. Simple to stage and a guaranteed audience pleaser. -- from page 3. |
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ACT ONE SCENE ACT TWO SCENE afraid anatomy chart arms BASIC CATALOGUE black arm blood bride CATALOGUE OF PLAYS chair chateau CREA created CURTAIN ACT dark desk destroy DRACULA drapes Up Center ELIZABETH moves enters Up Center ERNST exits Up Center fear Forgive Frau Frankenstein French doors garden George David Weiss gypsy gypsy girl hallway Henry Clerval HENRY crosses HENRY moves HENRY turns Herr Frankenstein Ingolstadt JUSTINE kill laboratory door Lake Geneva ledgers light listen live look machinery Mary Shelley monster mood MOTHER'S VOICE never Offstage opens phie PLAYS AND MUSICALS pulls quickly Ray Cooney royalty Samuel French scientist Sits on sofa sleep smile sorry SOUND stage STAGE LIGHTING Steve Martin stitched strawberries tell thing thought Tim Kelly understand veil VICTOR crosses Victor Frankenstein VICTOR moves VICTOR sits VICTOR stands wedding night wife William William's murder words