The Birth Of Frankenstein
Author(s):
Robert Lloyd George, adapted by Nick Hennegan
Company:
Maverick Theatre Company
Running time:
1h approx
Age recommendation:
8+ years
Teenager Mary Godwin and her new lover Percy Shelley travel to Geneva to spend the summer with the poet Lord Byron, Byron proposes that they ‘each write a ghost story’. Unable to think of a story, young Mary became anxious: but the events of evenings in Geneva lead to a nightmare that becomes – Frankenstein.
