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Frankenstein A New Musical's Libretto

posted 7 years ago by CountVladDracula
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This website is offering to read any play in their archive for free (For a limited time) and they happen to have Frankenstein, A new Musical's entire libretto and lyrics. Click the Preview button to read it in it's entirety.

The musical is loosely an adaptation of this very mini-series, including the scene of The Creature carrying Victor's body off into the snow, with a few changes here and there such as allowing a brief reconciliation between Creature and maker near the end.

https://www.playscripts.com/play/1808

[–] CountVladDracula 7 years ago

The only thing I don't like about the play is during Modern Prometheus the female creature does come to life and Victor kills her by simply stabbing her with a scalpel. This should not be so easy. The male creature was shot earlier in the play and recovered without aid. And repeatedly the lyrics are "Life Everlasting. Reanimation. A flawless new design." The Creatures are (according to the play's own canon) immortal. A scalpel wound should not kill her. In my mind I re-write it that she is destroyed while still incomplete like in the novel. The Creature can still view the act as murder.