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Margaret Webling (1 January 1871 – 27 June 1949) was a British playwright, novelist and poet. Her 1927 play version of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is notable for naming the creature "Frankenstein" after its creator, and for being the inspiration of the classic 1931 film directed by James Whale.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously ...
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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.
Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein is an 1823 play in three acts by Richard Brinsley Peake loosely based on the 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley. It is the first recorded theatrical adaptation of the novel [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and had 37 performances during its original run.
On 17 March and 24 March 2011, the production was broadcast to cinemas around the world as a part of the National Theatre Live programme. [3]The National Theatre's production of Frankenstein returned to cinema screens worldwide for a limited season in June, July and December 2012, [4] as well as for encore screenings in October and November 2013.
Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim features a convoluted plot with Act I featuring a golem like creature who kidnaps Frankenstein in Germany; Act II featuring Frankenstein as a prisoner of Spanish bandits who eventually becomes their leader; and Act III beginning in the Vampire's Club and then after several misadventures ultimately concluding in the Arctic with a scene of dancing sailors ...
The first edition of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus was published anonymously on January 1, 1818 in London, with only a dedication to Mary Shelley's father, William Godwin. Several reviewers at the time—including Sir Walter Scott , writing for Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine [ 3 ] —incorrectly assumed Percy (Godwin's son-in-law) to ...