This live filming of Frankenstein apparently follows on from productions of other classics and biblical stories that have been done in a similiar light on BBC3.I'm going to assume that most people have at least some idea what the Frankenstein story entails; and this version picks up the tale on the night of the wedding of Victor Frankenstein (Andrew Gower) and Elizabeth Lorenza (Lacey Turner). The proceedings are somewhat marred by Victor's distraction, seemingly more distracted by work than ever. His creation (David Harewood) has demanded that he be given a companion by this evening, and it seems that it will not happen.
To be honest, I didn't really like the strange staged aspects of the presentation. Every so often random cast members; normally the wedding planner and the 'maid of dishonour' would randomly gather on stage and sing a cover of a pop song. The sound quality for these wasn't great, and neither the man playing the wedding planner (the credits went too quick) or Jemima Rooper's voices were loud enough to carry over the massive band.
However, I'll admit to being ultimately moved by the drama's conclusion; primarily because the three central performances were pretty good. David Harewood was probably the greatest performer; his Creature was incredibly moving and seemed to be in a totally different league to the other actors in the piece. Andrew Gower and Lacey Turner were both fine; Gower brought as much sympathy as possible to a rather unsympathetic role, and has a glowing singing voice; and in the final scene Turner actually really stepped up her game.
All in all; the production seems to have been popular on Twitter, but I don't think it was really that good. It sacrificed a lot of the messages of Frankenstein, in order to make it more for the ''BBC3 Generation' by introducing unrequieted love subplots.
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