Dracula
A Full Cast Audio Drama

Name: Dracula
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Hamilton Deane
ISBN: 9781666649987

Author: Hamilton Deane, John L. Balderston

Narrator: Qarie Marshall, Steve Wojtas, Sarab Kamoo, Dez Walker, Tom Whalen, David Bendena, Lynch Travis, Kristin Shields

Unabridged: 1 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 09/05/2023

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Horror, Gothic

Synopsis

This full-cast performance of Dracula offers a new way to experience Bram Stoker's seminal vampire story, which follows Abraham Van Helsing's efforts to track down Lucy Seward after she becomes the victim of Count Dracula. Originally written by Irish playwright Hamilton Deane, this stage play was the first authorized adaptation of the 1897 epistolary novel Dracula. Beginning a tour in England in 1924, it was then revised by American writer John L. Balderstone for a Broadway production that opened in October, 1927, featuring Hungarian-American actor Bela Lugosi in his first English-language role. Balderstone's revision would become the basis of the 1931 film adaptation, also starring Lugosi. The play was revived in 1977, receiving the Tony Award for Best Revival and leading to the 1979 film, both starring Frank Langella.

About Qarie Marshall

Qarie Marshall has narrated over thirty series for the Discovery Channel and the BBC. He has also been a guest voice on Comedy Central's Drawn Together and has recorded BBC radio plays, the in-flight programming for Virgin Atlantic Airlines, over eighty video games for the PlayStation and Xbox, and numerous audiobooks. In 2007, he was made an Associate Artist of The Purple Rose Theatre.

About Steve Wojtas

Steve Wojtas is a classically trained actor who holds a master's degree in performance. He specializes in bringing texts to life and is an expert at incorporating many different styles into his voiceovers.

About Sarab Kamoo

Sarab Kamoo is an experienced actor and audiobook narrator. She graduated from Albion College, majoring in Communication Studies and English. Born in Iraq, she currently lives in Lathrup Village, Michigan.

About Dez Walker

Dez Walker is an experienced audiobook narrator. He discovered musical theater later in his life and went on to take up acting, voiceover work, and narration. He has contributed to projects that have been seen and heard all over the country. He was born and raised in Detroit.

About David Bendena

David Bendena is an actor and a musician based in the Midwest. His theatre experience over the past twenty years has taken him to stages throughout Chicago, Kansas City, and Michigan. He is very proud to be a member of the Actors Equity Association and to be a Resident Artist with the Purple Rose Theatre Company.

Reviews

Goodreads review by A.J.

Oh, Hamilton Deane. Now I know who to blame for the fact that my favorite 30-year old doctor always becomes someone's dad and the constant Mina/Lucy name switching. And John L. Balderston, you're not helping either. Needless to say, not my favorite adaptation.......more

Goodreads review by Jim

Being a great fan of DRACULA onstage, this book is an exceptional treat. Not many folks today know that DRACULA (like the 1931 American and Spanish movie versions from Universal) existed in two very different stage versions on either side of the Atlantic. Extremely popular “terror” plays of the day......more

Goodreads review by E. D.

Not a bad play. Dracula has become kind of drawing room sort of drama. A lot plot elements have been dropped from Stoker's novel. The story has been condensed down, some characters have been eliminated, and Mina and Lucy have been swopped, plus the story has been updated to a more contemporary time p......more

Goodreads review by Samantha

i don't understand why dracula broke the fourth-wall so many times, especially since no other part of this play hints at it being a satire......more

Goodreads review by Freder

To get the complete text of both the original British version (by Deane) and Balderston's American rewrite in one volume, along with Skal's typically expert notations, is quite a nifty thing. Balderston kept Dean's three-act structure, but otherwise did a complete stem-to-stern revision -- and thank......more

Dracula A Full Cast Audio Drama