Never the Bride, the first of Paul Magrs’ tales about Brenda, the jilted bride of the monster created by Dr Frankenstein, is coming to television.

Free@Last TV are preparing a six-part adaptation, which they describe thus:

Along with Brenda’s best friend, Effie, and a teenage outsider, Richard, they all find themselves battling monster, demons, criminals and occasionally each other, protecting the picturesque seaside port of Whitby.

We are mixing drama/comedy with fantasy, high art with popular culture. Trying to fuse the mundane with the surreal we hope to create an entertaining and compelling way of upending conventional notions about gender and sexuality.

Brenda’s world is an alternative reality, in which stories such as ‘War of the Worlds’ did actually happen (while Fu Manchu plotted world domination from a hide out amongst the foggy wharfs of Limehouse) yet most facets of modern life remain unchanged.

Together this band of outsiders star in an exciting six part series for teenagers upwards.

The book first appeared in 2006; Brenda and Effie also featured in a series of audio dramas from Bafflegab.

 

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