Two actors swap roles nightly — one performance isn't enough.
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing tale.
Acting
Cumberbatch and Miller's creature work is physically transformative.
Direction
Boyle injects cinematic urgency into theatrical stillness.
Production
The birth sequence — 20 minutes of wordless body horror.
Director
Danny Boyle
Benedict Cumberbatch
The Creature / Victor Frankenstein
Jonny Lee Miller
The Creature / Victor Frankenstein
Ella Smith
Gretel / Clarice
Naomie Harris
Elizabeth Lavenza
George Harris
M. Frankenstein
Karl Johnson
De Lacey
Lizzie Winkler
Agatha de Lacey
Andreea Păduraru
Female Creature
Mark Armstrong
Rab
John Stahl
Ewan
Daniel Ings
Servant
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