Performance

Venue	Northern Stage
Town	Newcastle upon Tyne
County	Tyne and Wear
From	22nd May 2012
To	26th May 2012
When	19:30. Sat Mat 14:00
Prices	From £12.50. To £24.50.
Northern Stage (V568)
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Date of change: 12 Jan 12 - T01691490729

Mary Shelley

Work:: Mary Shelley (S01644340370)

Inspired by the remarkable life of one of literature's greatest writers. Losing her mother at the age of 11, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin finds comfort in reading the family memoir written by her philosophical father William Godwin. However his honest account of her mother's suicide attempt , extra-marital affair and the birth of their illegitimate elder daughter are regarded by society as shocking. Sharing her father's controversially liberal outlook, Mary is herself drawn into scandal when she falls in love with Percy Bysshe Shelley, a married writer, and elopes - becoming Mary Shelley. Delving into the writer's turbulent personal history, this striking production sheds light on the personal background of a bold young woman who came to write a novel so radical in its ideology, she changed the literary landscape forever.

Author

Helen Edmundson

Production:: (T01691490729)

World Premiere

Producer	West Yorkshire Playhouse
Producer	Shared Experience
Producer	Nottingham Playhouse
Director	Polly Teale
Design	Naomi Dawson
Music	Keith Clouston
Director	Liz Ranken (movement)
Lighting	Chris Davey
Director	Amy Ball (casting)
Sound	Drew Baumohl
Director	Majella Hurley (voice)
Performer	Kristin Atherton (Mary Shelley)
Performer	Flora Nicholson (Fanny Wollstonecraft)
Performer	Ben Lamb (Percy Shelley)
Performer	William Chubb (William Godwin)
Performer	Shannon Tarbet (Jane Clairmont)
Performer	Sadie Shimmin (Mrs Godwin)

Listing:: L02122677093

Production details

World Premiere

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