Monster Creation; Frankenstein Is One of the Most Famous Works of English Fiction and One of the Grandaddies of the Horror Genre. but It Was Written by a Young Women, Mary Shelley, the Subject of a New Play Coming to the Region. David Whetstone Reports THEATRE

How many people know that Frankenstein, one of our most famous works of fiction, was written by an 18-year-old girl? It sounds extraordinary but then Mary Shelley, ne Wollstonecraft, was an extraordinary young woman.

She is the subject of a fascinating new play by Helen Edmundson which is coming to Northern Stage in Newcastle.

Edmundson's interest in her subject was sparked by the question you might already have asked yourself: "How did Mary Shelley, aged only 18, come to write a novel of such weight and power as Frankenstein?" The book, first published anonymously in London in 1818, is more than just a spine-chiller, argues the playwright, who says in fact it is "a …

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Publication information: Article title: Monster Creation; Frankenstein Is One of the Most Famous Works of English Fiction and One of the Grandaddies of the Horror Genre. but It Was Written by a Young Women, Mary Shelley, the Subject of a New Play Coming to the Region. David Whetstone Reports THEATRE. Contributors: Not available. Newspaper title: The Journal (Newcastle, England). Publication date: April 24, 2012. Page number: 46. © 2009 MGN Ltd. COPYRIGHT 2012 Gale Group.

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