Frankenstein and The vampyre : a dark and stormy night / producer, Hugo Godwin ; written & directed by Philip Smith ; an Oxford Scientific Films production for BBC.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Smith, Philip (Television director), director.

Godwin, Hugo, producer.

Oxford Scientific Films, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.

Byron, George Gordon Byron.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein.

Polidori, John William, 1795-1821.

Polidori, John William.

Polidori, John William, 1795-1821. Vampyre.

Clairmont, Claire, 1798-1879.

Clairmont, Claire.

Authors, English--19th century.

Authors, English.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (53 minutes)

Place of Publication:

London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2014.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

On 16 June 1816, trapped inside a villa by insatiable thunderstorms erupting across Lake Geneva in Switzerland, Lord Byron challenged his party of young bohemians to a ghost story competition. Their confinement was to change their destiny, and the course of literary history, forever. That night, Byron's challenge gave birth to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the gothic masterpiece of Romantic fiction, and Polidori's The Vampyre, the first great vampire novel. Combining drama with the opinions of a stellar cast of gothic, horror and science fiction writers, including Neil Gaiman and Margaret Atwood, this fascinating documentary explores of one of the most significant moments in gothic history and considers its lasting effect on modern literature.

Participant:

Narrator, Claire Foy.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed March 06, 2019).

OCLC:

1096469869