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Seduction, debauchery and madness: Mary Shelley's birth of Frankenstein

24 Aug 2025

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Following a notorious night of debauchery, English novelist Mary Shelley becomes the mother of horror. Set in Geneva in Switzerland in 1816, ATC's new thriller, Mary: The Birth of Frankenstein reimagines the evening 18-year-old Mary Shelley alongside family, lovers and artistic contemporaries, is challenged by poet Lord Byron to write a ghost story. The events of the infamous gathering are recreated by playwright Jess Sayer and what follows is seduction, rivalry and madness with Mary walking out with an icon. Actor, singer and dancer, Liv Tennet plays Mary while Oliver Driver directs the horror and both speak to Culture 101.

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