i read this because tumblr said that victor and henry kiss... there is something about how the original novel doesn't explicitly write out all the weird subtext/implications about the characters' distorted ideas of their sexuality & desires thanks to arranged marriage & blurred boundaries between platonic, romantic, and familial love & in a way this play just. writes out the subtext and makes it WEIRD. it's as if queer readings of "frankenstein" in academia (i.e. the creature representing homoerotic desire & victor's "giving birth" of him as a "mother") had a baby with tumblr's "why did victor give the creature a functional penis" posts in the form of a 91-page play. though honestly? someone on tumblr made a post that made it out to be a lot more sexually explicit than it was so i went in expecting to be traumatized but i've read academic papers on "frankenstein" that are weirder.

all that being said it's actually decently accurate to the original in terms of overall plot points. there are a few funny "iykyk" references to lines in the original (i.e. the "get out of my sight" *covers eyes with hands* "now i am" moment.) i'd be curious to see this in production.

also, HOOO boy, there are no content warnings added yet... someone needs to do the work