Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Dramatized)

Description

The 1815 eruption of Indonesia’s Tambora volcano had a catastrophic effect on climate around the world. In North America and Europe, the following 12 months became known as “the year without summer”. Confined indoors by the relentless rain and cold, a group of friends, including 18-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and poet Lord Byron, began writing ghost stories to pass the time. Shelley’s tale Frankenstein remains, more than 200 years later, a work of timeless imagination and power.   Includes a post-play conversation with Leslie S. Klinger, author of The New Annotated Frankenstein.   Original music by John Biddle.   Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in February 2020.   Adapted by Kate McAll  Director: Anna Lyse Erikson  Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg  An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance featuring:  Seamus Dever as Captain Walton  Adhir Kalyan as Victor Frankenstein  Stacy Keach as The Creature  Cerris Morgan-Moyer as Elizabeth Lavenza, Justine Moritz  Mike McShane as Mr. Davy, Father, Donald  Darren Richardson as Henry Clerval, Judge, Old Man, Hamish   Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson  Recording Engineer and Sound Designer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood  Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin  Foley Artist: Brian DeShazor  Production Manager: Erica R. Christensen  Editor and Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll