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Margaret Webling (1 January 1871 – 27 June 1949) was a British playwright, novelist and poet. Her 1927 play version of Mary Shelley 's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is notable for naming the creature "Frankenstein" after its creator, and for being the inspiration of the classic 1931 film directed by James Whale.
Peggy Webling wrote the play of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein which led to James Whale's 1931 production with Boris Karloff.
The 1931 Universal Pictures film adaptation of Frankenstein 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'.
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Webling’s play sought to humanize the creature, was the first to position Frankenstein and his creation as doppelgängers, and offered a feminist perspective on scientific efforts to create life without women, ideas that suffuse today’s perceptions of Frankenstein’s monster.
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Peggy Webling's 1927 stage adaptation of the novel was the basis for the most famous Frankenstein movie of all, Frankenstein (1931), directed by James Whale, starring Boris Karloff and Colin Clive. The play's success on its original run in 1927 was continued in a 1930 revival, which first brought it to the attention of Universal Pictures.
Peggy Webling. Peggy Webling's 1927 stage adaptation of the novel Frankenstein (Shelley 1818), thatv was the basis for the first Frankenstein movie (1931).
The 1931 Universal Pictures film adaptation of Frankenstein 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'.
