This is the photo the Guardian used to illustrate an article on how women are overlooked in SF

[james_davis_nicoll]

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[pperiwinkle.livejournal.com]

Only, I wouldn't have realized the picture was from a Frankenstein production unless I devoted some time to puzzling it out.

[cyprinella]

Same.

[bruce munro (from livejournal.com)]

Me three: I thought "some sort of post-apocalyptic scenario" at first look, because since when does Frankie Jr. have 1 giant scar randomly running slantways across his face like that? Did the good doctor have some sort of peculiar cavalry-saber related accident while putting him together? Don't know what's with the "bald" look, either...

[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

Was that the production where Cummerbund and his costar switched roles on alternate nights?

[agent13.livejournal.com]

Yup.

[pauldormer.livejournal.com]

It was, but annoyingly, the day I saw it both Cumberbatch and Naomie Harris who played Elizabeth were ill and I saw understudies. Miller played the creature, as in this picture.

Incidentally, I think Miller and Cumberbatch should swap roles between Sherlock and Elementary occasionally.

[bibliolicious.livejournal.com]

It was a fairly prominent UK theatre production, and the Guardian is a UK-based newspaper, so I think it's not completely off-base for them to assume readers would get the reference.

(Also, the actual story has a caption for the image, which explains what it's from.)

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

I only knew it because I was aware that Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller were in Danny Boyle's FRANKENSTEIN play a couple seasons ago, in which they traded off roles as the Monster and Frankenstein.

So... yeah. I recognized it from CONTEXT, not from anything inherent.