First-Year Seminar Presents
National Theater Live - Encore
Frankenstein
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Avery Art Center
6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
There are two screenings - 6:30 pm and 9:00 pm
As we read Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, FYSEM presents the UK National Theatre Live’s thrilling broadcast of Frankenstein, adapted for the stage by Nick Dear.
Directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), Frankenstein features Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange, Sherlock) and Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting, Elementary) as Victor Frankenstein and his creation.
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 classic gothic tale.
This FYSEM event is open to the wider college community.
For more information, call 845-758-7514, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Avery Art Center