Mary Shelley [videorecording] : the birth of Frankenstein / BBC Education & Training ; produced & directed by Mary Downes.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: FFH 33346 | Films for the Humanities & SciencesPublication details: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2004.Description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Birth of Frankenstein
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PR5397.F73 M3655 2004
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Douglas Hartington ; film editor, Andrew Quigley ; music composed by Simon Lacey.
Presented by Robert WinstonCast: David Schofield, Lucy Davenport, Clive Merrison, Harriet Walter, Oliver Chris, Amy Phillips, Stephen Mangan, Ronan Vibert.Summary: "This program offers a fresh exploration of her novel, Frankenstein, focusing on how Shelley's personal life influenced the book and mirrored it afterwards. Along with reenactments of scenes from her classic and dramatizations of her life, the program draws from a wealth of primary sources, including readings from her mother's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Mary Shelley's personal letters, as well as those of her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron"--Container
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

DVD release of the BBC television broadcast in 2003.

"BBC learning"--Container

Director of photography, Douglas Hartington ; film editor, Andrew Quigley ; music composed by Simon Lacey.

Presented by Robert Winston

David Schofield, Lucy Davenport, Clive Merrison, Harriet Walter, Oliver Chris, Amy Phillips, Stephen Mangan, Ronan Vibert.

"This program offers a fresh exploration of her novel, Frankenstein, focusing on how Shelley's personal life influenced the book and mirrored it afterwards. Along with reenactments of scenes from her classic and dramatizations of her life, the program draws from a wealth of primary sources, including readings from her mother's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Mary Shelley's personal letters, as well as those of her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron"--Container

No Master.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.