Dracula (Dramatized)

By: Bram Stoker, Charles Morey

Narrated by: David Selby, John Glover, Simon Templeman, Matthew Wolf, Moira Quirk, Lisa O’hare, Nick Toren

Before Twilight and True Blood, only one vampire commanded “the children of the night". In this bloodthirsty tale of unholy terror, Count Dracula slips into Victorian London with a cargo of his native Transylvanian soil - so he can rest between victims. The city seems helpless against his frightful power, and only one man, Dr. Van Helsing, can stop the carnage. But to do this, he must uncover the vampire’s lair and pierce his heart with a wooden stake.

Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center in May 2011.

Directed by Rosalind Ayres

Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

Denise Carole as Tart/Others

Sheelagh Cullen as Mrs. Westenra/Others

John Glover as Renfield

Karl Miller as Jonathan Harker

Lisa O'Hare as Mina Murray Harker

Moira Quirk as Lucy Westenra

David Selby as Abraham Van Helsing

André Sogliuzzo as Maxwell/Others

Simon Templeman as Count Dracula

Nick Toren as Dr. John Seward

Matthew Wolf as Arthur Holmwood

Recording Engineer/Sound Designer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Associate Producer: Christina Montaño

Sound Effects Artist: Theresa Arrison

Stage Manager: Jared Cox

Public Domain (P)2011 L.A. Theatre Works

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If you could sum up Dracula (Dramatized) in three words, what would they be?

Differentiating the characters and their personalities is very easy

What other book might you compare Dracula (Dramatized) to and why?

Dracula will always be the origin of The Twilight Series

Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Not yet but I just may try it out. I enjoyed listening to this version of the story

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It definitely kept my attention and the background noise really did make it seem like I was backstage at a play. Nice work.

Any additional comments?

A good dramatization of a timeless classic. Fun to listen to.

Fun

This was very fun, definitely worth it, though I did think it was the full book instead of more of a play adaptation. Wondered where Quincy was for the longest time lol, but that's my fault for not looking at the run times.

Brilliant adaptation

There are many, many adaptations of Dracula out there, and it's hard to stand out from the crowd. This one stuck pretty close to Bram Stoker's original storyline, but where a lot of dramatizations seem to dwell on the beginning and end of the story, this one focuses on the middle more. The actors who played Van Helsing and Dracula particularly stood out. They were both given somewhat larger speaking roles than I recall from the original book, and their interpretations of the characters were fresh and solid. Highly recommend.

Fun

It’s super good and fun and strange and I love it wooooooooot Hahahahah stuff more words

I loved this so much!

Simon Templeman as Dracula! Enough said! but really, all the performances were wonderful. I highly recommend this if you like Dracula, theater productions, or Kain himself!