Frankenstein, a new play directed by Danny Boyle and based on Mary Shelley's 19th-century thriller, will tonight be beamed to a screen in Tsim Sha Tsui's Broadway cinema from the National Theatre in London. In the play, Benedict Cumberbatch plays Victor Frankenstein, the mad-scientist creator of the grotesque, deformed monster. The scientist's forename is said to have been inspired by - God in the epic biblical poem was referred as "the Victor" by its author, John Milton …
This John Milton (born April 20, 1807) was the fifth governor of Florida and he campaigned for the secession of his own state. He was the grandchild of a Revolutionary war hero who was also named John Milton, but neither of the American Miltons displayed the literary talent of their British namesake. Brought to his wits' end by the politics of the American civil war, the governor committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. He shared a birthday and an exit strategy with Adolf Hitler …
The 20th football World Cup was played across 12 cities in Brazil, the first time a South American nation had hosted the competition since 1978. More than one million visitors from over 200 countries jetted in to watch the tournament. In Los Angeles, the County Museum of Art showed , an exhibition that included a giant silk-screen portrait of Pelé by pop-art pioneer Andy Warhol …
