Frankenstein

Theater based on the novel by Mary Shelley

Man or monster? In Mary Shelley's novel, published in 1818, the young scientist Victor Frankenstein pursues an ambitious goal: he assembles a human being from various body parts and attempts to animate it. However, the results of his experiment are ambivalent. When he finally comes face to face with his "creation", he is gripped by horror and flees from his own creation.

Is it a demonic monster, created by hubris and an obsessive urge to explore? Or is this being, brought into the world through no fault of its own, not also a vulnerable creature longing for love, affection and friendship? From the Prometheus myth of antiquity, to the alchemical experiments of the Middle Ages, to the not only promising possibilities of the present day, in which genetic engineering, biotechnology and artificial intelligence are making rapid progress- the desire to create an artificial human runs through history and is probably more controversial than ever today.

A production of the Landestheater Detmold.