Episodes
| First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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| 20110206 | 20250405 (BBC7) 20250406 (BBC7) |
Blood And Ice By Liz Lochhead
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 BBC Radio 4 in June 1990.
How Frankenstein was sparked by Mary Wollstonecraft's elopement with Percy Shelley.
How Frankenstein's creation was sparked by Mary Wollstonecraft's elopement with her lover Percy Shelley. Stars Gerda Stevenson.