Nick Dear
FRANKENSTEIN
/A drama in 2 acts based on Mary Shelley’s novel of the same name/
Translated from the
English language by Evita Mamaja
Premiere – 18th September, 2015
With an English translation in subtitles
Utilising his unlimited power over the border between life and death, Viktor Frankenstein creates a grotesquely unhappy monster who is thrown into a world that is extremely hostile to it. Frankenstein has no inkling of the price he will have to pay. The fallen angel turns on his creator.
Mary Shelley wrote her masterpiece of grotesque literature, Frankenstein, or Modern Prometheus at the age of 18, drawing inspiration for it from a night of opium fuelled horror with her husband Percy Shelley and George Gordon Byron in 1816.
The British playwright Nick Dear’s stage adaptation of Frankenstein was written especially for a National Theatre production directed by Danny Boyle in 2011. The roles of Viktor Frankenstein and The Creature were alternatively performed by both Benedict Cumberbatch and Johnny Lee Miller.
The Cast: Gints Andžāns (Victor Frankenstein, a scientist), Dainis Grūbe (the creature), Kristīne Nevarauska (Elizabeth Lavenza, Victor's bride), Ģirts Ķesteris (Monsieur Frankenstein, Victor’s father), Sarmīte Rubule (Gretel, a prostitute / Clarice, a maid), Pēteris Liepiņš (De Lacy, a blind man), Lauris Subatnieks (Felix, his son), Ērika Eglija (Agatha, his daughter-in-law), Kaspars Zāle (Gustav, a beggar), Artūrs Dīcis (Klauss, a beggar / a constable), Lelde Dreimane (A female creature), Dainis Gaidelis (Ewan, a crofter on the Isle of Orkney), Mārtiņš Upenieks (Rab, Ewan’s nephew), Hugo Lejiņš or Kārlis Pārups (William, Victor’s brother), Lauris Subatnieks, Dainis Gaidelis, Artūrs Dīcis, Kaspars Zāle, Mārtiņš Upenieks (members of the Frankenstein household, residents of Ingolstadt)
The performance also features The Jāzeps Mediņš 1st Music School Boys’ Choir.
Director– Laura Groza-Ķibere
Set Design – Mārtiņš Vilkārsis
Costume Design – Ilze Vītoliņa
Composer – Kārlis Auzāns
Choreographer – Liene Grava
Video Artist – -8
Lighting Designer – Mārtiņš Feldmanis
This production is a winner of the Latvian Television and Latvian Radio’s annual prize for Culture – A Kilogram of Culture 2015, quarter-final.