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Dracula (Dietz)

Dracula (Dietz)
Your Price: $18.95 CDN
Author: Steven Dietz
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service (cover may change)
Format: Softcover
# of Pages: 89
Pub. Date: 1996
Edition: Acting
ISBN-10: 0822215497
ISBN-13: 9780822215493
Cast Size: 4 female, 6 male

About the Play:

Dracula is a full-length drama by Steven Dietz, based on the epic novel by Bram Stoker. As Count Dracula begins to exert his will upon the residents of London, they try to piece together the clues of his appearances – in a valiant attempt to save themselves from a hideous fate. Rich with both humour and horror, this play paints a wickedly theatrical picture of Bram Stoker's famous vampire.

Dracula is the archetype of the undead neck-piercing monster. "I want your fear. For your fear, like a current, rushes through your body. Your fear makes your heart pound, it renders your veins rich and full. Your fear hemorrhages deliciously within you." This adaptation of the classic returns to the original dark suspense of the infamously vile villain of the night. Enter Mina Murray, the innocent yet passionate protagonist of the play, occupying late 19th Century London with her fiery best friend, Lucy, on the hunt for love. Mina is betrothed to Jonathon Harker who, at the onset of the tale, finds himself on an ill-fated business trip abroad in the Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania. It is not until Harker's letters mysteriously cease, and Lucy's behaviour takes an abrupt turn for the bizarre that the audience begins to sense the undertones of a vast, debilitating depravity. Joined by Lucy's psychologist suitor Dr. Seward and the God-fearing professor Abraham Van Helsing, the cast of characters is forced to wade through the increasingly frightening occurrences and discover the root of its cause before time runs out.

Dracula premiered in 1995 at the Arizona Theatre Company in Tuscon, Arizona. Since then the play had regional premieres at professional theatres across the US and has been mounted by high schools, colleges, and community theatres.

Cast: 4 female, 6 male (flexible casting)

About the Playwright:

Steven Dietz is one of America's most widely-produced contemporary playwrights, known for his quirky comedies that are popular at regional theatres. Since 1983, his thirty-plus plays have been seen at over one hundred regional theatres in the United States, as well as Off-Broadway. International productions have been seen in over 20 countries and his work has been translated into 10 languages. He teaches playwriting and directing at the University of Texas at Austin.

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