Abel Prudhomme

The Frankenstein Chronicles: a Stage Play in One Act Abel Prudhomme

Publisher Marketing: Laugh, think, and then ponder that this soul could be your own! In the history of literature, there is one singular character whose very appearance reveals the violent hidden prejudices of the human heart. A being who, despite his tender capacity for love, and highly increased intellect, is doomed to remain banished from society for the sole crime of being much too different. To see him is to seek his death. To look upon him is to quiver and cry aloud, "Kill the monster! Kill the monster!" From the man he should call father, to the family he had so tenderly adopted and adored, all who see him reward his deepest longings with disgust and a desire to see him destroyed; until finally it is said that he destroyed himself! All this before the Chronicles begin. But... What if the so-called Frankenstein Monster had not set himself on fire at the end of Shelley's great work? (Did you really think that he would?) And what if, much to the chagrin of his creator/father's musing, he did finally manage to obtain a bride and eventually procreate an entire race? To the Germans, the Jews were monsters to be killed; to the Klu Klux Klan (and their less apparent minion), Negroes were likewise targeted for extermination. So then, would not this new group of so diverse a countenance be that much more hated and hunted by we who call ourselves... Mankind? Come then. Walk through the centuries and into a potential tomorrow. See a world that was, and is, and still might be. As you do, ask yourself: are these the gathered stories of a monster; or might this tale someday be yours? The Frankenstein Chronicles: history or prediction? Contributor Bio:  Prudhomme, Abel Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745) is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin (B. A., 1686). He is also a graduate of Hart Hall, Oxford (M. A., 1692). His Doctor of Divinity was much later received, in 1702, after having returned to Trinity College. Swift, who in his lifetime served as a priest, politician, poet, and pamphleteer, is best known as the greatest satirist in the English language. With almost a thousand pages of poetry, and at least fourteen volumes of printed prose, his two greatest works, both satires and both known all over the world, are Gulliver's Travels, and the one reprinted here, "A Modest Proposal." ________________________________________ Abel Prudhomme is a graduate in Biblical Studies from Louisiana Baptist University. He is also a graduate of the Library Technology Program at Pasadena City College. His other published works (which are all available at Amazon.com) include "The Last of the Canterbury Tales," and his newly released theatrical play, "Hamlet Resurrected," portions of which may be previewed via front page publication in the Fall 2012 online edition of West Magazine, or via a three part televised reading, from the "Spend a Little Time With Poetry Show," available on YouTube. More information, including his latest works and upcoming performances, is available at www.abelprudhomme.com.