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Leading critics had begun to complain about personification in the 18th century, and such "complaints only grow louder in the nineteenth century". [39] According to Andrew Escobedo, there is now "an unstated scholarly consensus" that "personification is a kind of frozen or hollow version of literal characters", which "depletes the fiction". [40]
Fortitude is a one-act play written by Kurt Vonnegut in 1968, and broadly based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.The brief [19 page] play addresses the issues of robotics and the ethical dilemmas of cyborg's rights.
The Edison version was followed soon after by another adaptation entitled Life Without Soul (1915), directed by Joseph W. Smiley, starring William A. Cohill as Dr. William Frawley, a modern-day Frankenstein who creates a soulless man, played to much critical praise by Percy Standing, who wore little make-up in the role. The film was shot at ...
Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein is an illustrated edition of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, first published in 1983 by American company Marvel Comics, with full-page illustrations by American artist Bernie Wrightson. In 2008, a new edition was released by Dark Horse Comics for the 25th anniversary.
Cover of Peakes' Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein (1823) Playbill from 1823 advertising Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein Richard Brinsley Peake (19 February 1792 – 4 October 1847) was a dramatist of the early nineteenth century best remembered today for his 1823 play Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein, a work based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
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Universal then bought his American adaptation of Peggy Webling's 1927 play Frankenstein, and used it as the basis for the film Frankenstein (also 1931). Universal hired him to adapt a story on Cagliostro in The Mummy (1932). He wrote a version of The Invisible Man for James Whale which was not used for Whale's film version. [4]
Monster Mash (also known as Monster Mash: The Movie and Frankenstein Sings) is a 1995 musical comedy horror film written and directed by Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow, based on Bobby Pickett's 1962 novelty song "Monster Mash" and the 1967 stage musical, I'm Sorry the Bridge is Out, You'll Have to Spend the Night, also by Pickett and Sheldon Allman.