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Monsters are Universal:Silver Screams in Film's Golden Age

Exploration of Hollywood's Golden Age of horror films, with special emphasis on Universal films. Registration is required. Sponsored by the Friends of the Middleburg Heights Branch Library.

Largely Literary Theater Company co-founders Sara Showman and Mark Dawidziak use lighthearted sketches, props and costume pieces to explore Hollywood's Golden Age of horror, with a special emphasis on the Universal films starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, as well as the genre's literary origins, from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula to Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, from H. G. Wells' The Invisible Man to Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera. Join us for a monstrous good time that shows how famous film fiends became beloved characters. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. Sponsored by the Middleburg Heights Branch Friends of the Library.  Registration requested.