%0 Journal Article
%T Voices, Monstrous and Hopeful: Catalyst Theatre's Frankenstein
%A Graham Wolfe
%J The Brock Review
%D 2012
%I 
%X This article examines Catalyst Theatre¡¯s highly successful musical adaptation of Mary Shelley¡¯s Frankenstein, mounted last spring at Toronto¡¯s Bluma Appel Theatre. Drawing upon some recent work by Slavoj  i ek and Mladen Dolar, and focussing on the topic of voice, I seek both to explore the production¡¯s unusual aesthetic dynamics and to illuminate its social consciousness. I also extend upon Craig Walker¡¯s analysis of ¡°hopeful monsters¡± in Canadian drama in order to suggest how Catalyst¡¯s peculiar ¡°lyricization¡± of Frankenstein¡¯s story invites a new¡ªand potentially catalyzing¡ªmode of engagement with Shelley¡¯s central themes and conflicts.
%K musical
%K theatre
%K Frankenstein
%K Mary Shelley
%K Catalyst Theatre
%U http://www.brocku.ca/brockreview/index.php/brockreview/article/view/355