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Prensa española Prensa inglesa Somerset County Gazette Friday, October 6, 2000 Review Monster Show from Spain Wows Students In Victor Erice’s classic Spanish film ‘The Spirit of the Beehive’, the unsophisticated children of a remote Spanish backwater are entranced by Boris Karloff’s monster when the 1931 film of ‘Frankenstein’ is shown in the village hall.
Last Friday the Firewalk Theatre company from Zaragoza brought its version of the Mary Shelley story to Queen’s College, Taunton, and the effect was equally electrifying. ‘El Frankenstein’, a dynamic interpretation in Spanish of what is now a familiar tale, captivated an audience of around 90 students of the language from Queen’s, Taunton School and Richard Huish College, through a fast moving and technically polished production.
With rapid changes of mood from the truly sinister to the very comic and back again to its tragic ending, Rupert Marshall’s skilful adaptation succeeded in keeping the young Hispanists on the edge of their seats throughout the play. They especially enjoyed the scenes in which Frankenstein’s servant, Igor, ventures down into the auditorium in search of body parts for further experimentation and later when the hungry monster himself follows suit looking for dinner. There are numerous jokes, visual and linguistic, one or two musical interludes, as well as more serious sideswipes at fascism and intolerance.
First produced in 1998, this version of ‘Frankenstein’ has toured all over Spain playing in English to young audiences. As a way taking language learning outside the classroom it has much to commend it, not least through the monster’s own efforts to learn to speak and his hilarious attempt at role-play in an imaginary clothes’ shop. The play is scripted and directed by Rupert Marshall and performed by Xabier Rodríguez, Camino Miñana and Luis Orna. Sound and lighting are by Vicente Orna assisted at Queen’s by Peter Cole. The company promises to return next year with ‘Drákula’. Time to brush up on some more horror vocabulary!
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Theatre se presenta” “Firewalk Theatre,
un singular grupo de teatro en inglés”. “Ventana abierta
al drama en Alcañiz. 25 compañías. 1ª muestra de teatro” “Firewalk Theatre versiona al ‘Frankenstein’
más divertido” “Teatro Principal.
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tomó el teatro principal”. “Teatro de inglés
para estudiantes en el Bergidum” “La obra ‘Frankenstein’
llega al Teatro Moderno” “El escenario.
Aula para aprender inglés” “Firewalk. Un paseo
por el fuego escénico de los horrores” “Frankenstein imparte
clases de inglés en el Auditorio” “Una compañía bilingüe
en Aragón” “La compañía “Firewalk”
estrena en inglés la obra ‘Frankenstein’” “Gran acogida a
la representación en inglés de ‘Frankenstein’” “Actuaremos ante
el hijo de Carlos y Diana” “Firewalk Theatre
de gira por Inglaterra” “Firewalk lleva
su versión de ‘Frankenstein’ al Principal” "Firewalk
revive a un gran clásico del terror en el escenario del Principal” “Castigo del inocente” " ‘Frankenstein’
enseñó inglés a 500 estudiantes sobre el escenario de Olimpia” El Mundo Valladolid 14/03/01 “Frankenstein – Teatro
en inglés” “Los clásicos nunca mueren” “La obra de teatro Frankenstein
será representada…” “Los niños descubrirán
al monstruo de Frankenstein en inglés” I Jornada de teatro en
inglés “Los niños se acercarán
mañana al mito de Frankenstein” “Teatro en inglés” “Harrow
School pupils saw Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein”. “El
Frankenstein. If you’ve got nerves of steel and can speak Spanish…” “Firewalk
Theatre present their interpretation of Mary Shelley’s famous mix’n’match
monster…” “We
can spook in Spanish” “Monster
show from Spain wows students”. “Frankenstein
in Spanish”. “Mary
Shelley’s story, Frankenstein, intrigues as much as ever”. “Spanish
treat for pupils”. “Frankenstein
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