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Frankenstein

Character created by Mary Shelley in her eponymous book. The Somers Town Mural supposedly shows "Head of Frankenstein". We can't see it in the mural but suspect that the head of Frankenstein's mon...

Fiction, Fictional, Seriously Famous

Great Dangaroo Flood

Fiction, Fictional

Count Dracula

Famous vampire created by Stoker as the eponymous hero (?) of his 1897 novel.

Fiction, Cinema, Fictional, Seriously Famous, Transylvania

Robinson Crusoe

Titular character in the novel by Daniel Defoe published in 1719. See also Friday.

Fiction, Exploring, Fictional, Seriously Famous

Friday

Character in the novel Robinson Crusoe. In the picture Friday is grovelling to Crusoe.

Fiction, Fictional

Mr Benn

Character created by David McKee in the 1967 book Mr Benn - Red Knight. Dressed in black suit and bowler hat he sets out from his house each day to visit a fancy-dress shop where he tries on an out...

Fiction, Children, Fictional

Blithe Spirit

Written by Noel Coward this play, first performed in Manchester in 1941, moved in 1942 to The Duchess Theatre where it was performed 1997 times, a record at the time. It was filmed by David Lean i...

Fiction, Cinema, Fictional, Theatre

Tunnel Trench - play

A war play by Hubert Griffith, set in WW1. Shown as a ITV Play of the Week in 1963. This play opened The Duchess Theartre in 1929.

Fiction, Fictional, Theatre

Mr. Micawber

One of Charles Dickens characters from David Copperfield (1850), based on Dickens' own father.

Fiction, Fictional

David Copperfield

One of Charles Dickens characters from David Copperfield (1850).

Fiction, Fictional