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| Frankenstein
A new play by Nick Dear based on the novel by Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is adapted for the stage
by Nick Dear and realised by Danny Boyle in his return to
the theatre after winning the Academy Award for best director
for Slumdog Millionaire.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller will alternate
the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature.
Suitable only for 15yrs+
Venue: Olivier Theatre
Frankenstein is to open on 5 February 2011
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Frankenstein will also be show in LIVE cinemas around the
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National
Theatre Live Frankenstein encore Screenings
Encore screenings of Frankenstein will be taking place during
the summer.The sold out production will be returning to cinema
screens.
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Female
Frankenstein theatre fans disappointed with filmed performance
Female theatre fans have been left disappointed with the
filmed performance of the National Theatre’s current
hit Frankenstein.
Whilst the theatre version of the Danny Boyle-directed show
features Dr F’s monster, played in alternate performances
by Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, thrashing about
naked following his ‘birth’, the actors have donned
flesh-coloured pants for the performance currently being shown
in cinemas worldwide.
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Frankenstein:
Man or monster?
Boyle's one problem was: "Could we find two actors who
could do it?" Through auditions he chose Benedict Cumberbatch,
who last year became one of Britain's leading young actors,
both in the theatre – he was impeccable as a lethally
bored socialite in After the Dance – and on TV, as a
fiercely modern Sherlock Holmes. A rifle through his own back
catalogue led Boyle back to Jonny Lee Miller, who played Sick
Boy in his 1996 film Trainspotting. It would be easy to assume
that director and actor were marking time until the opportunity
arose to collaborate again: in fact, says Miller, "I
hadn't had any contact with Danny since then."
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What
to say about ... Danny Boyle's Frankenstein
"The opening 10 minutes are stunning," says Henry
Hitchings in the Standard, setting the scene. "They are
as atmospheric as theatre ever gets. When the naked Creature
emerges from a papery womb, he writhes spectacularly. Slowly
he adjusts to his surroundings, and his tentative engagement
with the world is thrillingly conveyed." Charles Spencer
in the Telegraph agrees: "At its best," he writes,
"there is no doubt that Frankenstein is the most viscerally
exciting and visually stunning show in town." Even the
Mail's Patrick Marmion manages not to take umbrage at all
the genitals on display. "Despite all the hype, the show
does not disappoint," he enthuses. "Boyle directs
the gothic classic like a kid in a toy shop."
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| Underworld
to score Danny Boyle's Frankenstein
Underworld are once again collaborating with Danny Boyle,
teaming up with the director for his stage adaptation of Frankenstein.
The National Theatre production will feature a "soundscore"
by dance duo Karl Hyde and Rick Smith, who are bringing the
monster to life with crackling electronics and pounding bass.
Boyle and Underworld have a history of collaboration. In
1996, the director's use of Born Slippy .NUXX in Trainspotting
catapulted the dance act to stardom. Hyde and Smith later
co-wrote the score to Sunshine, Boyle's 2007 science-fiction
film.
Frankenstein is already in rehearsals in London and will
open next year. With an original script by Nick Dear, actors
Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller are to alternate
in the roles of Victor Frankenstein and his creature.
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| Harris
joins Boyle's Frankenstein
Naomie Harris has joined the cast of Danny Boyle's
play, Frankenstein.
The Pirates Of The Caribbean actress, who previously worked
with the director in 28 Days Later, will play orphan Elizabeth
Lavenza in the National Theatre production, alongside Benedict
Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller's alternating role as Victor
Frankenstein and The Creature.
The Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire filmmaker will helm
the play, which has been adapted by Nick Dear and based on
the best-selling classic novel by Mary Shelley.
The production runs at the Olivier Theatre at the National
in London from February 5 to April 17.
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| A
monster double act for Danny Boyle's Frankenstein
Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle has come
up with a radical vision for his stage version of Frankenstein
by casting two stars - Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee
Miller - to play the much misunderstood creature.
The actors will play Mary Shelley’s literary creations
- the monster and his creator Dr Frankenstein - on alternate
nights at the National Theatre when performances begin in
early February on the building’s Olivier stage.
‘They’ll share it,’ Boyle told me exclusively.
‘One night one will be Frankenstein, while the other
will play his creator Victor,’ he said, adding that
sharing the role will keep the production fresh.
Also, the show - a major coup for the National and artistic
chief Nicholas Hytner - will be told from the monster’s
point of view.
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