Writer Frank Cottrell Boyce , a longtime fan of the book , said of it " When I first held this book in my hand , I swear I could feel it shaking with its own internal energy . " Director Danny Boyle was working on a West End theatrical production of Mary Shelley 's '' Frankenstein '' , which opened in February 2011 , and Cottrell Boyce had given Boyle a copy of '' Pandaemonium '' to help inform the Industrial Revolution sequence in the play . At the same time , Boyle and Cottrell Boyce were developing the opening ceremony for the 2012 Summer Olympics , with Boyle as its artistic director and Cottrell Boyce as the writer . Cottrell Boyce commented " Danny had a very clear idea that in the first 15 minutes of the ceremony you had to have a great , startling image that could go around the world . It had to climax with something that made people go , Oh my God ! " , and Boyle decided that " the journey from the pastoral to the industrial , ending with the forging of the Olympic rings " was that image . Boyle made '' Pandaemonium '' required reading for his opening ceremony team . The resulting section of the ceremony was named " Pandemonium " , in acknowledgement of both Milton and Jennings ' works
opening ceremony for the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Pandaemonium (history book)