Frankenstein, the play, directed by Danny Boyle, is just the latest in an almost innumerable sequence of stage, television and film versions of Shelley’s book. Ever since it was published, almost 200 years ago, arty types in theatre, movies and television, have found the story of Frankenstein’s act of life-giving irresistible. Boyle’s Frankenstein for the […]
National Theatre
The National, the Donmar and the Royal Court rake in the Laurence Olivier Award nominations – but Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies is up there too
17 nominations for the National Theatre, 9 for the Royal Court and 9 for the Donmar is hardly a surprise, but Andrew Lloyd Webber’s much criticised Phantom follow-up Love Never Dies has garnered an impressive 7 nominations. Andrew Lloyd Webber can hold his head up high – Love Never Dies, his sequel to Phantom of the […]
All I ask is the possibility of love! – Frankenstein at the National Theatre
The beginning of February sees what must be one of the most highly anticipated productions of 2011 – Frankenstein, directed by Danny ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Boyale at London’s National Theatre. It is an adaptation by Nick Dear based on Mary Shelley’s novel. I followed nature into her lair, and stripped her of her secrets! I brought torrents of light […]
