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MICHAEL MCGUIGAN |
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Plays by Michael McGuigan |
Mechanical, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue, New York, NY 10009 >>> | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Bond Street Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #97278 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | The Turk or Automaton Chess Player was a mechanized mannequin of a Turkish servant that was displayed to the world as a chess-playing machine. It amazed royalty, foreshadowed computers and duped the public with its clever design. In The Mechanical, playwright Michael McGuigan imagines that the chess master inside was actually Frankenstein's monster. Weaving truth and fiction, the play stages the creation of the Monster interwoven with encounters between Dr. Frankenstein and both inventor Wolfgang von Kempelen and Bavarian showman Johann Nepomuk Malzel. As the play blends the two tales, it yields themes on the process and responsibility of creation. At stake is the very essence of creation as Frankenstein's fits of madness are contrasted with von Kempelen's inspired fun. | |||||
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