SATURDAY 8th MARCH (OPEN)
The Newpoint Players
present
“Frankenstein”
A new adaptation by Sean Treanor
SYNOPSIS
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s “Frankenstein” or “The Modern Prometheus” is a story of the Age of Enlightenment. It may be seen in many different lights. It may be the sory of a man’s ambition to ‘pluck the apple’ of knowledge in order to become the Creator of life. It may be seen as a tragic tale of ‘vaulting ambition, which o’er leaps itself’. It may also be seen as a tale of man’s irrepressible thirst for a command over Nature. It is a tale of the revolt acceptance of the human condition. The Creature may be interpreted as being abondoned by his Creator and thus a parallel to the human being being lost in a hostile, godless world. The story has even been given political interpretations. However one cares to see the piece, it is operatic and universal in its ambitions. Sadly, the story is too frequently reduced to caricature. “A” Level and university students, now studying the text, are finding the filmed versions of the story particularly simplified. In this version, developed with the patient cooperation of the cast, and with live music and choral work by the actors, we have tried to create a text and performance which might allow some sense of the universal scope of the original and might also allow us to sense the personal joys, the tragedy, the need for love and understanding and fulfilment experienced by those who walk the stage of life.
CAST | |
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NARRATOR | Paul McParland |
CREATURE | Turlogh Trainor |
HENRY CLERVAL | Paddy McGinnity |
ELIZABETH CLERVAL | Zoe Slevin |
JUSTINE ORITZ | Catherine McLoughlin |
ERNEST | Neil Heaney |
WILLIAM | Ciaran McCormack |
OLD MICHAEL | Donal O’Hanlon |
GERTRUDE | Maeve Bell |
LEONARD | James Galloghly |
GERHARDT | Aedham Campbell |
BERTRAND | Connall Mulholland |
MOTHER OF GERHARDT | Sinead Reilly/Deaval O’Reilly |
MAYOR OF BELRIVE | Jim Mc Guigan |
FRIENDS/ATTENDANTS | Anna-Rose Heatley Sarah Smyth Dearbhail Carr Orlagh Mullholland Laura Kearney |
VILLAGERS/FRIENDS OF VICTOR | Gerry Mullholland Leo Hayes Tom Carville Tom McGeown Stephen McCourt Chris Casey Mark Hughes Damian Heaney Michael Murphy Declan McDaid |
CHORUS | Entire Cast |
SOLOIST | Maeve Bell |
CREW:
Director: Sean Treanor
Choral Director: Mary McManus
Composer Arranger: John Coyle
Performance underscore: John Coyle
Rehearsal Pianist: Elizabeth Freeburn
Lights/Sound: Dylan Connolly
Costumes: Costume Corner*
Design: Russell Kane / Anna Rose Heatley
Make-up: Laura Kearney
Backstage: Tom McGeown, Leo Hayes, Tom Carville (Transport/Construction).
*We are especially grateful to Costume Corner, Newry for their generous support and advice.