{"product_id":"peggy-webling-and-the-story-behind-frankenstein-the-making-of-a-hollywood-monster-hardcover-1","title":"Peggy Webling and the Story behind Frankenstein: The Making of a Hollywood Monster - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeggy Webling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDorian Gieseler Greenbaum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBruce Graver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 1931 Universal Pictures film adaptation of \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff as the now iconic Monster claims in its credits to be 'Adapted from the play by Peggy Webling'.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWebling's play sought to humanize the creature, was the first stage adaptation to position Frankenstein and his creation as doppelg?ngers, and offered a feminist perspective on scientific efforts to create life without women, ideas that suffuse today's perceptions of Frankenstein's monster. The original play script exists in several different versions, only two of which have ever been consulted by scholars; no version has ever been published. Nor have scholars had access to Webling's private papers and correspondence, preserved in a family archive, so that the evolution of \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003efrom book to stage to screen has never been fully charted.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePeggy Webling and the Story behind Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum (Webling's great grandniece) and Bruce Graver present the full texts of Webling's unpublished play for the first time. A vital critical edition, this book includes: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e - the 1927 British Library \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e script used for the first production of the play in Preston, Lancashire\u003cbr\u003e - the 1928 \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e script in the Library of Congress, used for productions in UK provincial theatres from autumn 1928 till 1930\u003cbr\u003e - the 1930 \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e Prompt Script for the London production and later provincial performances, held by the Westminster Archive, London\u003cbr\u003e - Webling's private correspondence including negotiations with theatre managers and Universal Pictures, family letters about the writing and production process, and selected contracts\u003cbr\u003e - Text of the chapter 'Frankenstein' from Webling's unpublished literary memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of a Pen\u003c\/i\u003e for additional context\u003cbr\u003e - Biography of Webling that bears directly on the sensibilities and skills she brought to the writing of her play\u003cbr\u003e - History of how the play came to be written and produced\u003cbr\u003e - The relationship of Webling's play to earlier stage and film adaptations\u003cbr\u003e - An exploration of playwright and screenwriter John L. Balderston's changes to Webling's play and Whale's borrowings from it in the 1931 film\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Offering a new perspective on the genesis of the \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003emovie, this critical exploration makes available a unique and necessary 'missing link' in\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ethe novel's otherwise well-documented transmedia cultural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeggy Webling\u003c\/b\u003e (1 January 1871 - 27 June 1949) was a British playwright, novelist and poet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorian Gieseler Greenbaum\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian at the University of Wales Trinity St David, specialising in the history of astrology, cosmology and divination. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Daimon in Hellenistic Astrology: Origins and Influence \u003c\/i\u003e(2016) and \u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eAbu Ma'shar and the Tradition of Planetary Lots in Astrology\u003ci\u003e', in Mastering Nature in the Medieval Arabic and Latin Worlds \u003c\/i\u003e(2024). She is the great-grandniece of Peggy Webling, the playwright, and holds a private archive of her papers. She has lectured on the history of Webling's \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e for specialists and general audiences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Graver\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Providence College, USA, specialising in British Romantic literature. He edited Wordsworth's \u003ci\u003eTranslations of Chaucer and Virgil\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), co-edited Wordsworth and Coleridge's \u003ci\u003eLyrical Ballads\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), and has written and lectured widely about various British Romantic writers and 19th-century visual culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45837556351173,"sku":"9781350371644","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/BXveePRpHA9781350371644_7f7e2c46-c909-4b40-a799-35aa17d45645.webp?v=1771281596","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/peggy-webling-and-the-story-behind-frankenstein-the-making-of-a-hollywood-monster-hardcover-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}