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'Victor Frankenstein, a Swiss scientist, has a great ambition: to create intelligent life. But when his creature first stirs, he realizes he has made a monster. A monster which, abandoned by his master and shunned by everyone who sees it, sets out to destroy Dr Frankenstein with murder and horrors to the very ends of the earth.' (Source: Penguin)
Adaptations
- y Ape of God Sydney : Currawong , 1942 Z955730 1942 single work novel science fiction thriller
- y Monster at Large Sydney : Currawong , 1942 Z955743 1942 single work novel science fiction thriller
- y Recreation : A Modern Fable Inspired by Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" 2000 Kilkenny : Moore Books , 2013 6567561 2000 single work drama
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y
Frankenstein
Pymble
:
HarperCollins Australia
,
2005
Z1221979
2005
single work
children's fiction
children's
horror
'Frankenstein is the story of a young scientist who learns the secret of creating life. Fueled by a burning ambition for fame and glory, Frankenstein builds a hideous patchwork body out of scavenged corpses, but no sooner does he animate the gruesome creature than he abandons it in horror.
Longing for love and companionship, the monster looks elsewhere for affection, but finds himself cruelly shunned wherever he goes. At last--grotesque and misunderstood, frustrated and alone--the creature turns to violence and hate.
Frankenstein's reckless experiment is doomed to failure, ending in tragedy and ruin as the raging monster wreaks his revenge.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)
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Frankenstein
2017
single work
drama
Adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel.
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y
Frankenstein
2023
Strawberry Hills
:
Currency Press
,
2023
26060635
2023
single work
drama
'A startling, unsettling and hugely theatrical adaptation of Mary Shelley’s timeless classic, produced by award-winning playwright Christine Davey, Skin of our Teeth Productions and La Mama Theatre.
'A funny, thoughtful, horrific and remarkable story of love, power, friendship, betrayal and every emotion in between.
'Frankenstein is a larger-than-life (and death) production celebrating and unleashing the monster in all of us. A visceral piece of theatre that grabs at your heart and soul and never lets go.
'The future is female and here she comes, ready or not.' (Publication summary)
Notes
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For further information on the influence of Frankenstein on Louis Nowra see The Theatre of Louis Nowra by Veronica Kelly.
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Contents indexed selectively.
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Works about this Work
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y
Frankenstein
2023
Strawberry Hills
:
Currency Press
,
2023
26060635
2023
single work
drama
'A startling, unsettling and hugely theatrical adaptation of Mary Shelley’s timeless classic, produced by award-winning playwright Christine Davey, Skin of our Teeth Productions and La Mama Theatre.
'A funny, thoughtful, horrific and remarkable story of love, power, friendship, betrayal and every emotion in between.
'Frankenstein is a larger-than-life (and death) production celebrating and unleashing the monster in all of us. A visceral piece of theatre that grabs at your heart and soul and never lets go.
'The future is female and here she comes, ready or not.' (Publication summary)
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form
y
Mary Shelley
( dir. Haifaa Al-Mansour
)
United Kingdom (UK)
Luxembourg
United States of America (USA)
:
IFC Films
HanWay Films
,
2017
15377218
2017
single work
film/TV
'MARY SHELLEY tells the story of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (Elle Fanning) - author of one of the world's most famous Gothic novels 'Frankenstein' - and her fiery, tempestuous relationship with renowned romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (Douglas Booth.) The pair are two outsiders constrained by polite society but bound together by a natural chemistry and progressive ideas that are beyond the boundaries of their age and time. Mary and Percy declare their love for each other and much to her family's horror they run away together, joined by Mary's half-sister Claire (Bel Powley.) In the midst of growing tension within their relationship during their stay at Lord Byron's (Tom Sturridge) house at Lake Geneva, the idea of Frankenstein is conceived when a challenge is put to all houseguests to write a ghost story. An incredible character is created, which will loom large in popular culture for centuries to come, but society at the time puts little value in female authors. At the tender age of 18, Mary is forced to challenge these preconceptions, to protect her work and to forge her own identity.'
Source: Production blurb.
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‘Even If They Were to Leave Europe’ : Frankenstein in Tasmania
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 34 no. 2 2012; (p. 93-101) 'Since the early nineteenth century, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has served as a narrative model for those writing of science and ambition. For example, a contemporary journalist trying to explain the modus operandi of biologist and science entrepreneur J. Craig Venter, who was involved in the first sequencing of the human genome and was leader of the first team to create a cell with a synthetic genome, turned to the protagonist of Shelley’s 1818 novel as a point of reference for a description of his subject:...' (Publication abstract) -
Adventures in Malley Country : Concerning Peter Carey's My Life as a Fake
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Cultural Studies Review , March vol. 11 no. 1 2005; (p. 27-51) Reflecting on the relationship between life and art, the author compares My Life as a Fake with literary monster stories and literary hoaxes (such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or the Ern Malley affair). He argues that life-as-a-fake 'is constructed for us all by our culture' (p.49), and that Carey's novel constitutes a 'supplementaion' rather than a 'replacement' of life/reality. -
The Book That Changed My Life : Kim Wilkins
1999
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 28 March 1999; (p. 17)
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The Book That Changed My Life : Kim Wilkins
1999
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 28 March 1999; (p. 17) - y The Theatre of Louis Nowra Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 1998 Z543914 1998 single work criticism
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‘Even If They Were to Leave Europe’ : Frankenstein in Tasmania
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 34 no. 2 2012; (p. 93-101) 'Since the early nineteenth century, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has served as a narrative model for those writing of science and ambition. For example, a contemporary journalist trying to explain the modus operandi of biologist and science entrepreneur J. Craig Venter, who was involved in the first sequencing of the human genome and was leader of the first team to create a cell with a synthetic genome, turned to the protagonist of Shelley’s 1818 novel as a point of reference for a description of his subject:...' (Publication abstract) -
Frankenstein: A/Scent of Disgust
i
"That man is an idea",
1994
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 48 (p. 59-63) -
Mary and the Scientist
i
"A scientist goes back in time.",
1997
single work
poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 24 no. 2 1997; (p. 31-32)
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cIreland,cWestern Europe, Europe,
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Perth,
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Geneva,
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