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Peggy Webling. 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 ...
Nov 21, 2021 · Often lost in this, though, is the presence of the other pivotal woman in FRANKENSTEIN history: Peggy Webling, whose play FRANKENSTEIN: AN ADVENTURE IN THE MACABRE was adapted by John L. Balderston for an unproduced Broadway production that caught the attention of Universal.
Sep 29, 2018 · Bruce Graver (Providence College) reflects on his Wordsworth Summer Conference presentation with Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum (University of Wales Trinity St David) on Peggy Webling's stage adaptation of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein.
Frankenstein is a 1931 American pre-Code science fiction horror film directed by James Whale, produced by Carl Laemmle Jr., and adapted from a 1927 play by Peggy Webling, which in turn was based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
Oct 29, 2019 · Forgotten Women of Horror: Peggy Webling. By Courtney Enlow Oct 28, 2019, 8:25 PM ET. Credit: Public Domain. From werewolves and monsters to the modern-day slasher, horror fiction has captivated people since Ancient Greece.
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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An archive of contemporaneous reviews and photographs from stage productions of "Frankenstein," adapted by Peggy Webling from the story by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, assembled by Bruce Graver and Dorian Geiseler Greenbaum for their book, "Peggy Webling and the Story Behind Frankenstein: The Making of a Hollywood Monster."
