Jonny Lee Miller as The Creature and Benedict Cumberbatch as Victor Frankenstein. Photo by Catherine Ashmore

‘Frankenstein’

All day Thursday, 10 a.m. Friday, streaming free. National Theatre YouTube channel.

London’s National Theatre continues its At Home series with free presentations of “Frankenstein,” a play that was originally filmed in 2011. Directed by Oscar-winner Danny Boyle (“Trainspotting” and “Slumdog Millionaire”), the production stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller who trade off the roles of Victor Frankenstein and his unforgettable creature based on the 1818 novel by Mary Shelley.

Patti Smith

Patti Smith: Post-Punk Exaltations

7 p.m. Thursday. speedwellprojects.com/upcoming

Speedwell Projects invites you to a multimedia presentation by local musicologist Mitchell Rasor that will take you back to New York City’s post-punk scene of the 1970s. You’ll learn about the East Village hotbed of nonconformity that was populated by the likes of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and the incomparable musician and poet Patti Smith.

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