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THE LONDON PRODUCTION

THE LONDON PRODUCTION

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THE LONDON PRODUCTION

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LITTLE THEATRE
JOHN STREET, ADELPHI, STRAND
Lessee and Licensee - JOSÉ G. LEVY
 

 

EVERY EVENING at 8.30
Matinees: Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30

 

 

BY ARRANGEMENT WITH
JOSÉ G. LEVY and HENRY MILLAR
 

HAMILTON DEANE
PRESENTS
 

An Adventure in the Macabre:
FRANKENSTEIN
By PEGGY WEBLING

 

Founded on the Novel of the same name by MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY

 

 

 

Baron Frankenstein … STUART LOMATH
Henry Frankenstein … HENRY HALLATT
Dr. Waldman … G. MALCOLM RUSSELL
Victor Moritz … DESMOND GREENE
Frankenstein … HAMILTON DEANE
Baroness Frankenstein … CLARE LINDSAY
Katrine (her daughter) … DORA MARY PATRICK
Emilie Lavenza … KATHLEEN GRACE
Elizabeth … MAY GRIMSHAW

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CONTEMPORARY REVIEWS

CONTEMPORARY REVIEWS

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CONTEMPORARY REVIEWS

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Below, you'll find the full text of contemporary reviews of productions of Peggy Webling's stage adaptation of Frankenstein from the years 1928-1930. 

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June 12, 1928

“Frankenstein carries a thrill right from the appearance of the gruesome being called to life by a crazy scientist, and works up to a grim closing scene… ”

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August 27, 1929

“One can prophesy for it a vogue surpassing that of Dracula... It is full-blooded, fearsome melodrama: and, unlike Dracula, it has sanity and a well-told, convincing story.

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August 27 1929

“The play is so steeped in horror, so gruesome in its workings on the imagination
that it might well have been written by the great master of horrible phantasy.”

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September 10, 1929

“For the number of shudders per square inch [it] has Dracula and other notable thrillers beaten to a frazzle.”

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February 11, 1930

“Peggy Webling’s remarkable fresh and original version of Frankenstein, presented with well-merited favour at the Little Theatre last night.”

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February 11, 1930

“A Triumph of Terror. Sensational Acting as Man-made Monster.”

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February 11, 1930

“Woman’s Play Based on Woman’s Book.  On its merits it deserves a bigger success than Dracula.”

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February 11, 1930

“[The monster] appeals to our sympathy, not as the hideous phantasm of a man created by a presumptuous student for his own chastisement, but rather as a symbol of humanity itself adrift in an uncaring void.”

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February 12, 1930

“If Dracula ran for months Frankenstein should run for years.  A shudder a second!  For what more could an audience ask?”

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February 19, 1930

“An interesting and intelligent adaptation. …there is no doubt that the author…achieved her effect. ”

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March 1930

“…a play with moments of grim horror which make even the most sophisticated modern audience gasp…”

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