Editing John William Polidori (section)

== Legacy ==
=== Memorials ===
A memorial plaque on John Polidori's home at 38 Great Pulteney Street was unveiled on 15 July 1998 by the Italian Ambassador, Paolo Galli.<ref>{{Citation|publisher=Westminster |title=Green plaques |url=http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/leisureandculture/greenplaques/ |place=UK |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716210428/http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/leisureandculture/greenplaques/ |archive-date=16 July 2012 }}</ref>

=== Appearances in other media ===
==== Film ====
Multiple films have depicted John Polidori, and the genesis of the ''Frankenstein'' and "Vampyre" stories in 1816:
*''[[Gothic (movie)|Gothic]]'' (1986), directed by [[Ken Russell]], with [[Timothy Spall]] as Polidori 
*''[[Haunted Summer]]'' (1988), directed by [[Ivan Passer]], with [[Alex Winter]] as Polidori 
*''[[Remando al viento]]'' (1988; English title: ''Rowing with the Wind'') directed by [[Gonzalo Suárez (director)|Gonzalo Suárez]]
*''[[Mary Shelley (film)|Mary Shelley]]'' (2017), directed by [[Haifaa Al-Mansour]]

Additionally, Polidori's name was used for fictional characters in the following films:
*''[[Frankenstein: The True Story]]'' (1973), a television movie featuring a character named Dr. Polidori
*''[[Vampires vs. the Bronx]]'' (2020), a film featuring a character named Frank Polidori

==== Literature ====
*Polidori appears as one of several minor characters killed off by Frankenstein's creature in [[Peter Ackroyd]]'s novel ''The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein''.<ref>{{Citation | last = Ackroyd | first = Peter | title = The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein | publisher = Nan A. Talese/Doubleday | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0-385-53084-2 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/casebookofvictor00ackr }}</ref>
*Polidori is a central character in [[Federico Andahazi]]'s novel ''The Merciful Women'' (''Las Piadosas'' in the original Argentine edition). In it, he receives ''The Vampyre'' written by the fictional character of Annette Legrand, in exchange for some "favours".<ref>{{Citation | first = Federeico | last = Andahazi | title = Las Piadosas | publisher = Editorial Sudamericana | year = 1998}}</ref>
*Polidori appears as a character in [[Howard Brenton]]'s play ''[[Bloody Poetry]]'' (though for some reason Brenton calls him William.)
*Polidori is a prominent character and the catalyst in events in Brooklyn Ann's historical paranormal romance novel, ''Bite Me, Your Grace''.
*Polidori is a central character in [[Emmanuel Carrère]]'s 1984 novel ''[[Gothic Romance (novel)|Gothic Romance]]'' (''Bravoure'' in the original French edition), which, amongst other things, presents a fictionalised account of the events of 1816.
*Polidori appears as a character in [[Susanna Clarke]]'s novel ''[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]''.
*Polidori appears as an enemy of Lord Byron (who is a vampire) in [[Tom Holland (author)|Tom Holland]]'s novel ''[[Lord of the Dead]]''.
*Polidori is also the 'hero' of the novel ''Imposture'' (2007) by [[Benjamin Markovits]].
*Polidori is also the central character in [[Derek Marlowe]]'s novel ''A Single Summer With L. B.'', which presents an account (fictionalised) of the summer of 1816.
*Polidori appears as a minor and unsympathetic character in the [[Tim Powers]]' horror novel ''[[The Stress of Her Regard]]'' (1989), in which Polidori does not write about vampires but becomes directly involved with them. In Powers' sequel (of sorts), ''Hide Me Among the Graves'' (2012), Polidori is a vampire and a central villain menacing the novel's protagonists, his nieces and nephews in the Rossetti family.
*Paul West's novel ''Lord Byron's Doctor'' (1989) is a recreation, and ribald fictionalization, of Polidori's diaries. West depicts him as a literary groupie whose attempts to emulate Byron eventually unhinge and destroy him.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}
*(2013): Polidori is a prominent character in P.J. Parker's internationally acclaimed historic fiction [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J8NBEKE  ''Fire on the Water: A Companion to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein'']
*(2019): P.J. Parker's historic fiction [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0998685631 ''Origin of the Vampyre''] pulls back the shroud of mystery surrounding the publication of Polidori's novel.
*(2011): In [[Ben Aaronovitch]]'s ''[[Rivers of London (novel)|Rivers of London]]'' and the other [[Peter Grant (book series)|Peter Grant]] books, Polidori is often cited as a source of information about the supernatural.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Aaronovitch |first1=Ben |title=Rivers of London |date=2011 |publisher=Gollancz |location=London |isbn=978-1-4072-4316-0 |page=209}}</ref>

==== Opera ====
*Polidori functions as narrator in John Mueter's one-act opera ''Everlasting Universe'' and has a speaking role in several scenes.

==== Musical Theatre ====
*In the musical [[Monsters of the Villa Diodati]], Polidori is a featured character, along with [[Mary Shelley]], [[Percy Shelley]], [[Lord Byron]], and [[Claire Claremont]]. The musical, written in 2014, was originally produced by Creative Cauldron at ArtSpace Falls Church in 2015. This atmospheric production reveals the origin story of two legendary Gothic monsters, John Polidori's The Vampyre and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, while exploring their creators' own inner monsters.

==== Television ====
*In the ''[[Highlander: The Series]]'' episode "[[Episodes of Highlander (season 5)#The Modern Prometheus|The Modern Prometheus]]", which featured [[Lord Byron]], one of the series regulars, [[Methos]], serves as a [[stand-in]] for Polidori. Methos, who was [[Immortal (Highlander)|immortal]], was Byron's mentor, friend, and physician, and experienced the same events as the real Polidori did on that (in)famous night.
*In the stop-motion animated series ''[[Mary Shelley's Frankenhole]]'', Polidori is a regular character portrayed as the immortal lab assistant of Dr. Victor Frankenstein.
*Polidori was mentioned in the ''Tales from the Crypt'' episode "Ritual".
*Dr. John Polidori (portrayed by [[John O'Hurley]]) was the antagonist of the fifth season ''[[The X-Files]]'' episode, "[[The Post-Modern Prometheus]]".
* Polidori was also portrayed by Noah McLaughlin in the 2016 web series ''A Ungenial Summer'', which fictionalized the events of the summer of 1816 in the modern day. In this version, Polidori serves as a personal assistant to [[Lord Byron]], rather than physician.
* In the episode of CBBC children's television show [[Horrible Histories (2015 TV series)|Horrible Histories]] entitled Staggering Storytellers, Polidori was portrayed by Jalaal Hartley in the sketch about the original of his story, ''[[The Vampyre]]'' and [[Mary Shelley]]'s (portrayed by [[Jessica Ransom]]) story ''[[Frankenstein]]'' while at [[Lord Byron]]'s [[Villa Diodati]] in Switzerland.
* Polidori is portrayed by [[Maxim Baldry]] in the 2020 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[The Haunting of Villa Diodati]]", which depicts him as a [[Sleepwalking|sleepwalker]].