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Frankenstein: Play
Drama / Character: 4 male, 4 femaleScenery: Interior. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant young scientist, returns to his Swiss chateau to escape a terrible pursuer. No one can shake free the dark secret that terrifies him: not his mother, nor his fiancee, nor his best friend. Even the pleading of a gypsy girl accused of murdering Victor's younger brother falls on deaf ears, for Victor has brought into being a creature made from pieces of the dead. The creature tracks Victor to his sanctuary to demand a bride to share its loneliness. Against his better judgement, Victor agrees and soon the household is invaded by murder, despair and terror! . "Thrills... laughs... true suspense." Arizona Republic. . "In Tim Kelly's thoughtful version of the classic tale, the results are surprisingly thought provoking and highly entertaining." Palos Verdes News
72 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 17, 2010
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About the author
Tim Kelly
384 books4 followersMr. Kelly, who was born in 1931, wrote more than 300 comedies, dramas, one-acts, mysteries, melodramas, children's shows and musicals, making his living writing for the stock, amateur and educational markets.
He wrote under his own name, and also at least four pseudonyms (Vera Morris, J. Moriarty, Robert Swift, Keith Jackson), for publishers such as Samuel French, Pioneer Drama Service and Contemporary Drama Service, among others.
Pioneer alone has 130 scripts by Kelly, according to Pioneer publisher Steven Fendrich. "It covers the gamut," Fendrich told Playbill On-Line Dec. 10. Mr. Kelly was the first playwright to sign up with the Colorado-based Pioneer when it was founded in 1967 by Fendrich's father.
He wrote under his own name, and also at least four pseudonyms (Vera Morris, J. Moriarty, Robert Swift, Keith Jackson), for publishers such as Samuel French, Pioneer Drama Service and Contemporary Drama Service, among others.
Pioneer alone has 130 scripts by Kelly, according to Pioneer publisher Steven Fendrich. "It covers the gamut," Fendrich told Playbill On-Line Dec. 10. Mr. Kelly was the first playwright to sign up with the Colorado-based Pioneer when it was founded in 1967 by Fendrich's father.
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April 25, 2023
Dreadful version. I don't know why anyone in their right mind would like this version let alone stage it.
The play is not very well written and some of the dialogue is clunky and certain changes in the plot take place that differs from the novel such as a character being saved from execution unlike the novel and other adaptions.
I also I hated the ending to as It was disappointing and laughable. Compared to other Frankenstein plays, this one lacks substance and falls flat. There are better adaptions then this one.
The play is not very well written and some of the dialogue is clunky and certain changes in the plot take place that differs from the novel such as a character being saved from execution unlike the novel and other adaptions.
I also I hated the ending to as It was disappointing and laughable. Compared to other Frankenstein plays, this one lacks substance and falls flat. There are better adaptions then this one.
October 4, 2023
this is not a good play
January 7, 2016
Enjoyable. One setting, easy enough to construct.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews