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Summer 1816. A stormy night by Lake Geneva. To while away the time, a house party of English visitors, including the poets Shelley and Byron, challenge one another to make up a ghost story. Some nights later Mary Shelley, the poet's young wife, has a nightmare which forms the basis for her story Frankenstein. "A story which would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature and awaken thrilling horror - one to curdle the blood, and quicken the beatings of the heart." Mary Shelley. In exploring the early life of Mary Shelley, Monster recreates the world of Mary's imagination, piecing together fragments of memory and events which came together within the tale that became Frankenstein. This fascinating collaboration between Sally Beamish, whose Knotgrass Elegy was premi

Creatives/Company

Author: Sally Beamish
Lyrics: Janice Galloway

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Archive listings for Monster (2002)

Work type: Opera or Operetta.

T02141909719

Company Scottish Opera. Director Michael McCarthy. Conductor Diego Masson. Design Richard Aylwin. Lighting Ace McCarron. Performer Gail Pearson (Mary Wollstonecraft / Godwin). Performer Roderick Williams (George Gordon / Lord Byron). Performer Stephen Rooke (Percy Bysshe Shelley). Performer Arlene Rolph (Jane Claremont). Performer Clare Shearer (Mary Wollstonecraft). Performer Gwion Thomas (William Godwin). Performer Hilton Marlton (Dr John Polidori). Performer Peter Van Hulle (Charles Lamb). Performer Kathleen Wilkinson. Performer Stephen Allen. Performer Ann Archibald. Performer Jonathan May.
1 May 02Theatre Royal, Glasgow :: V623
listing details L01312687949
18 Apr 02Festival Theatre, Edinburgh :: V600
listing details L779024921
28 Feb 02 to 20 Mar 02Theatre Royal, Glasgow :: V623
listing details L1919736131

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