Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
An eighteen-year-old girl, Mary Shelley, dreams up a monster whose tragic story will capture the imaginations of generations to come.
A young scientist by the name of Frankenstein breathes life into a gruesome body. Banished into an indifferent world, Frankenstein's creature desperately seeks out his true identity, but the agony of rejection and a broken promise push him into darkness. Dangerous and vengeful, the creature threatens to obliterate Frankenstein and everyone he loves, in a ferocious and bloodthirsty hunt for his maker.
Rona Munro's 'inventive feminist adaptation' (The Stage) of Mary Shelley's Gothic masterpiece places the writer herself amongst the action as she wrestles with her creation and with the stark realities facing revolutionary young women, then and now. It premiered on a tour of the UK in 2019.
87 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 2019 by Nick Hern Books · ISBN 9781848429178
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2 editions
English
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein · Nick Hern Books · 2019 · ISBN 9781848429178 This page
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein · Nick Hern Books · 2019 · ISBN 9781788502870
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