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Liz Lochhead - Blood And Ice
How Frankenstein's creation was sparked by Mary Wollstonecraft's elopement with her lover Percy Shelley. Stars Gerda Stevenson.
In 1816, Mary Wollstonecraft eloped with her lover Percy Shelley to the shores of Lake Geneva.
They moved into a villa close to Lord Byron and turned their hands to writing ghostly tales.
A tale of the creation of Frankenstein by Liz Lochhead.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley …. Gerda Stevenson
Percy Bysshe Shelley …. Stephen Boxer
Lord Byron …. Jack Klaff
Claire Clairmont …. Stella Gonet
Elise …. Tilly Vosburgh
The Creature …. Peter Kelly
Music composed and played by Robert Pettigrew.
Director: Marilyn Imrie
First broadcast on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 in June 1990.
Last on
Sun 15 Mar 2020
04:00
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Broadcasts
- Sun 6 Feb 2011 02:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 7
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- Sun 31 Mar 2013 13:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 Extra
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- Sun 15 Mar 2020 04:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 Extra