Autori
Capancioni, Claudia
Erle, Sibylle

Titolo
"Have you no compassion?": Danny Boyle's and Nick Dear's Re-examination of Monstrosity in Frankenstein
Periodico
Textus
Anno: 2012 - Volume: 25 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 133 - Pagina finale: 146

When Danny Boyle directed Nick Dear's Frankenstein (􀂠􀂤􀁽􀁽), the stageadaptation of Mary Shelley's novel performed at the National Theatre in thespring of 􀂠􀂤􀁽􀁽, he decided to use a dramatic device unusual and provocative:he cast Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in both the roles ofVictor and the Creature in order for each actor to inhabit both the creatorand the Creature, the aggressor as well as the victim. This essay examineshow Boyle's production of Dear's adaptation invigorates Shelley's studyof the consequences of monstrous acts. It investigates how Dear changesShelley's novel recasting the well-known story by telling it completelythrough the eyes of the Creature: the play opens with the creation scene, itrewrites De Lacey's role and it creates an intelligent and daring Elizabeth.Boyle's two-part production exceeded Dear's adaptation. This essay alsodiscusses Boyle's innovative stage design, which includes an incubator, andimages from William Blake, and argues that Boyle's production allows theDoppelgänger motif to collapse.



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