October 22, 2022

SS writes of The Frankenstein Rubrics:

I won’t damn you with the faint praise. You are always, at the very least, a mighty poet. I won’t claim to understand this one any better than you do, but it was surprisingly well acted for the most part (I was quite taken with the fellow who played The Creature), tolerably well directed, and of course head and shoulders more intelligent and thought-provoking than most of what I’ve seen on the stage written in my lifetime. Given that it’s a form of epic theater, the glories of the language and the philosophical considerations held my attention with even fewer circus tricks than epic mostly demands. Though there is, of course, a throughline, it certainly isn’t driven by plot. It’s more—forgive the repetition—a poetic construct than a dramatic one, per se, and I’d far rather have that, and be made to think, than to get sucked into an entertaining triviality.

May you have the closing night you deserve.