and, at only 18, I should add, Mary Shelley wrote 'Frankenstein.'
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and, at only 18, I should add, Mary Shelley wrote 'Frankenstein.'
This is a different experience. … It's the first time I've worked with a playwright who is also the artistic director of the theater
if Chuck and I hadn't known each other for the past 35 years or so, then I'm not sure I would have taken this job.
In 2006, I found myself in the same studio in which Thornton Wilder had written 'Our Town' and Leonard Bernstein had written his third symphony. I was so intimidated when I learned that, I didn't think I could write one word. But six weeks later, I had the first draft of this play.
I finally just thought, 'If I'm ever going to write this, I need to do it.' I began researching seriously, and I applied for a fellowship at the MacDowell Colony, and much to my surprise, they chose me.
This had been intriguing me for a long time, but I never did anything about it
and, at only 18, I should add, Mary Shelley wrote 'Frankenstein.'
Lord Byron, at that time, was certainly one of the most famous people in the entire world, perhaps only behind Napoleon. Here he is embroiled in all these sexual scandals and these intertwined relationships. Then you add the incredible works of Gothic fiction and poetry that came out of this very short time, and there's something very juicy there.