This production was directed by Danny Boyle[1] with a cast including Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, with the two lead actors alternating the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature.

[6] Another encore screening was made across the United States on 22 and 29 October 2018 in honour of the novel's 200th anniversary, so viewers could see both actors play both roles.

Once the Creature is brought to life, however, Victor is appalled by his creation's deformed appearance and flees in terror.

De Lacey finds and befriends the Creature and, over the course of a year, teaches him to speak, read and write.

When the Creature comes to claim her, however, Victor refuses to give her to him, aghast at the possibility of their creating a race of monsters.

Victor bursts into the room with a gun, but can't bring himself to shoot, and the Creature escapes.

He gives Victor seal meat and pours wine into his mouth to revive him, and tells his creator he loves him.

Cumberbatch also won the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards' Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play.

[13] Underworld released the soundtrack for Frankenstein in both digital and CD form through their website on 17 March 2011.

[14] Following the National Theatre success, Nick Dear's Frankenstein has been staged in various theaters throughout the world, including the Sydney Opera House in 2013,[15] the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in 2016,[16] and a French-language production in Quebec City.

[citation needed] In 2021 The Court Theatre in Christchurch, New Zealand also put on Frankenstein which opened before their August lockdown and then closed and reopened again in September.