In Mary Shelley’s book, Frankenstein, an aristocrat creates an “abhorrent monster” who ends the life of the aristocrat and his family. The question that must now be haunting U.S.

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Romance, drama, and sorrow abound in Mary Shelley, a new biopic about the famed author of Frankenstein. The film follows the young Mary Wollstonecraft-Godwin (Elle Fanning) as she rebels against ...

Shelley places Victor Frankenstein's childhood in Geneva—a nod, perhaps, to where she first conjured him. In June 1816, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, then 18, joined her future husband ...

In a thrilling twist on the classic Frankenstein tale, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’ made its electrifying debut at CinemaCon, delivering a fresh, punk rock interpretation of Mary Shelley’s ...

What a glorious creature must he have been in the day of his prosperity, when he is thus noble and godlike in ruin”, Captain Robert Walton remarks of Victor Frankenstein in his final letter in Mary ...

A one-man musical comedy version of Frankenstein is coming to Settle. Lamphouse Theatre will perform their show, Frankenstein (On a Budget), at Victoria Hall on June 18.

Mary Shelley runs at Ilkley Playhouse from Thursday, April 24th until Saturday, May 3rd. For tickets go on line @www.ilkleyplayhouse.co.uk or call the box office on 01943 609539.