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Todd and I just got back from Frankenstein. It completely blew me away. I mean, I knew going in that it was going to be good; I was not prepared for just how good. The set design, the acting, the direction; everything exceeded my expectations -- and then some. I feel so lucky to have been given the opportunity to see the performance. It was one of the best -- if not the best -- staged production of anything that I have ever seen.

I even ran into a few people from

cumberbatchfans and

sherlockbbc, which was completely random but, I suppose, inevitable -- wherever great actors act, fangirls will...well, you know.

The night's not over! Todd and I are going out for drinks and, after that, we are on the hunt for banana cream pie. (Who has more fun than us?)

Current Mood: awestruck

Was man, indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous, and magnificent, yet so vicious and base? He appeared at one time a mere scion of the evil principle, and at another as all that can be conceived of noble and godlike. To be a great and virtuous man appeared the highest honour that can befall a sensitive being; to be base and vicious, as many on record have been, appeared the lowest degradation, a condition more abject than that of the blind mole or harmless worm.

- Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

Todd got us tickets to see Danny Boyle's Frankenstein at Notre Dame! He texted me as I was on my way home from work yesterday afternoon, asking if I'd picked up my ticket yet. I told him that I hadn't, that I was still working out an initial budget for expenses, and he revealed he'd already purchased a ticket for me and so not to worry about it. Todd is awesome. Todd is a gem. Todd is the kind of guy fathers pray their daughters meet and convince to take them (the daughters, not the fathers) to avante-garde stage productions of Gothic literature.

Thank you, Todd.

Also: ugh. I need to go out to the store today to pick up supplies but the snow is coming down in sheets out there. I can't even shovel out because I need to buy a shovel. I'm so sick of this winter business.

Current Mood: bored
Current Music: clubland : elvis costello

Danny Boyle's 'Frankenstein' will be broadcast live from the London stage on March 17, April 2nd.

Oscar-winner Danny Boyle (127 Hours, Slumdog Millionaire) returns to the theatre to direct this visionary new production.

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.

For the first time ever, National Theatre Live will broadcast two separate performances of a production. Throughout the run of 'Frankenstein' at the National Theatre, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller are alternating the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature. Audiences in cinemas will have the chance to see both combinations, with two broadcasts a week apart.

Performance at Notre Dame. Sticky-marking ticket info for my own reference: here.

Current Mood: excited

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"I should be like Adam...God was proud of Adam!"

Those sympathies necessary for my being.

GAH.

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