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Blood and Ice by Liz Lochhead

How Frankenstein's creation was sparked by Mary Wollstonecraft's elopement with her lover Percy Shelley. Stars Gerda Stevenson.

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.

Starring Gerda Stevenson, Stephen Boxer, Jack Klaff and Stella Gonet.

A tale of the creation of Frankenstein written by Liz Lochhead.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 鈥�. Gerda Stevenson
Percy Bysshe Shelley 鈥�. Stephen Boxer
Lord Byron 鈥�. Jack Klaff
Claire Clairmont 鈥�. Stella Gonet
Elise 鈥�. Tilly Vosburgh
The Creature 鈥�. Peter Kelly

Music composed and played by Robert Pettigrew.

Director: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 in June 1990.

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