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REVIEW: “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” stitches together worlds of author and fable By Jack Gardner Contributor The circumstances surrounding the creation of the “Frankenstein” tale is just as interesting of a story as Mary Shelley’s 1818 classic. So must have thought David Catlin, writer and director of Lookingglass Theatre’s new original adaptation of the tome. Continuing through Aug. 4 inside the historic Chicago Water Tower Water Works, “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” serves as a “what if?” scenario to explain Shelley’s inspiration for writing “Frankenstein.” The play begins on a stormy, Swiss summer night in 1816, the very same night where Lord Byron...