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Frankenstein Among the Dead

adapted by Laramie Dean from the novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Thunder and lightning tear apart the night sky while two young women explore the story of Frankenstein: Mary Shelley, who wrote the original novel, and Elsa, mysterious and determined to learn Mary’s secrets, including the most important of all… how to bring the dead to life.

Recommended for High Schools

At a Glance

Running Time
About 95 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
23 Characters
8 M7 F8 Any Gender
Set
Simple set
Length
81 pages
Free Excerpt

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Prop List

Candle, wooden sword, book, paper, shovel, bag of coins, letter, bag, noose, pile of books, battered notebook, gun, scalpel

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