conterminous version from the safety of vestry & the sisters , to Johnathan Harkers confusion of why the ppl are warning him not to go to Dracula’s castle It’s a incredibly well written dramatic version “ I’m always cautious of mr Hawkins who sends Johnathan there “ the full book is virtually covered
I sometimes listen to this with other Dracula radios dramas, Dracula's Guest, Voyage of the Demeter, Sherlock Holmes Vs Dracula and Lord Dracula at the right parts to tell a longer story, and it's fun too.
Ah... then you need to find a way to bring in the 1970s Dracula and 'Vampirella' in too - both were directed by the same guy as Sherlock Holmes Vs Dracula and feature the same actor in the role of Dracula (likewise, Van Helsing is the same actor in two of these plays).
Has anyone else found Mr Hawkins suspicious, he says he researched Count Dracula & insist to JH & Mina that there is nothing to worry about ? The head solicitor of Harker's firm, Hawkins considers Harker like a son, and later names Harker and Mina in his will-they inherit the large share of Hawkins' money, making Harker and Mina quite wealthy as young people.
Have to say, I never did - but of course F.W. Murnau seems to have done because in Nosferatu he turns the Harker character's boss into a full-blown cultist conspiring with the vampire in his invasion. I think Nigel Kneale perhaps saw it that way too, because while The Woman in Black is a bundle of homages to Victorian/Edwardian gothic there's a chunk of Dracula in there with the solicitor's clerk journeying to a mysterious old building etc. Kneale introduces the idea in his adaptation that the hero's boss sends his clerk to Eel Marsh knowing very well that it's a journey into danger and there's no way on earth he'd go there himself...
@@mysteriousmagpie what a great analysis, especially about “ the woman in black “ I had not always felt that way about Johnathan’s boss , yet in the novel the Predecessor the famous one that’s in the asylum has gone mad from going there initially as a legal representative .it crossed my mind that Jonathan hawkers employer had a full sense of guilt in the end by leaving them money and as you bring up brilliantly stated it must’ve been thought of before therefore shown up in the classic Nosferatu
@@EM-lz9kg A lot of the changes made to Dracula have tended to be matters of efficiency since it's rather well-stocked with characters (hence Quincy rarely shows up) - and oddly enough the Lucy and Mina characters often have their names swapped. Anyway, one major efficiency made by the 1931 Dracula film is having Renfield - rather than Harker - journey to Dracula's castle. In some ways this actually makes more sense than Stoker's novel as it not only explains Renfield's insanity but also its very particular connection to Dracula. However, that's *not* in the novel so far as I can recall, it's very much an invention of screen adaptations - and one that the Coppola film returned to, having Harker visit after Renfield had already gone and come back nuts. Of course Nosferatu conflates the Boss and Renfield, another efficiency which also seems to work a bit better than the book - and which feels very much like Kneale's The Woman in Black. My favourite 'efficiency' is the 1979 film where they make Lucy and Mina into the daughters of Seward and Van Helsing - and then swap their names over since 'Mina' fits better as a Dutch name...
conterminous version from the safety of vestry & the sisters , to Johnathan Harkers confusion of why the ppl are warning him not to go to Dracula’s castle It’s a incredibly well written dramatic version “ I’m always cautious of mr Hawkins who sends Johnathan there “ the full book is virtually covered
I first heard this as a kid (stayed up late to listen to it) and as you say, it does a great job of reflecting the story in the book...
@@mysteriousmagpie ty so much for the upload
I sometimes listen to this with other Dracula radios dramas, Dracula's Guest, Voyage of the Demeter, Sherlock Holmes Vs Dracula and Lord Dracula at the right parts to tell a longer story, and it's fun too.
Ah... then you need to find a way to bring in the 1970s Dracula and 'Vampirella' in too - both were directed by the same guy as Sherlock Holmes Vs Dracula and feature the same actor in the role of Dracula (likewise, Van Helsing is the same actor in two of these plays).
@@mysteriousmagpie That is awesome, it looks like I'm going to be busy Halloween.
The 2006 version is also v good. The thirst of Dracula & Lord Dracula
Music:
Malcolm Clarke
Dramatised By:
Nick McCarty
Director:
Hamish Wilson.
Mina:
Phyllis Logan
Harker:
Bernard Holley
Seward:
Peter Blythe
Quincey:
Paul Birchard
Lucy:
Sharon Maharaj
Mother Superior:
Stella Forge
Coachman:
Frank Gallagher
Woman/Sister Anne/Second vampire:
Monica Gibb
Hawkins:
Peter Lincoln
Sister Agnes/First vampire:
Wendy Seager
Pensniff:
John Shedden
Third vampire:
Amanda Whitehead
This version is brilliant as it shows the conterminous events
Has anyone else found Mr Hawkins suspicious, he says he researched Count Dracula & insist to JH & Mina that there is nothing to worry about ? The head solicitor of Harker's firm, Hawkins considers Harker like a son, and later names Harker and Mina in his will-they inherit the large share of Hawkins' money, making Harker and Mina quite wealthy as young people.
Have to say, I never did - but of course F.W. Murnau seems to have done because in Nosferatu he turns the Harker character's boss into a full-blown cultist conspiring with the vampire in his invasion. I think Nigel Kneale perhaps saw it that way too, because while The Woman in Black is a bundle of homages to Victorian/Edwardian gothic there's a chunk of Dracula in there with the solicitor's clerk journeying to a mysterious old building etc. Kneale introduces the idea in his adaptation that the hero's boss sends his clerk to Eel Marsh knowing very well that it's a journey into danger and there's no way on earth he'd go there himself...
@@mysteriousmagpie what a great analysis, especially about “ the woman in black “ I had not always felt that way about Johnathan’s boss , yet in the novel the Predecessor the famous one that’s in the asylum has gone mad from going there initially as a legal representative .it crossed my mind that Jonathan hawkers employer had a full sense of guilt in the end by leaving them money and as you bring up brilliantly stated it must’ve been thought of before therefore shown up in the classic Nosferatu
@@mysteriousmagpie yes in the woman in black - he gets cross when he returns feeling his employer from the solicitor was fully aware of the danger
@@EM-lz9kg A lot of the changes made to Dracula have tended to be matters of efficiency since it's rather well-stocked with characters (hence Quincy rarely shows up) - and oddly enough the Lucy and Mina characters often have their names swapped. Anyway, one major efficiency made by the 1931 Dracula film is having Renfield - rather than Harker - journey to Dracula's castle. In some ways this actually makes more sense than Stoker's novel as it not only explains Renfield's insanity but also its very particular connection to Dracula. However, that's *not* in the novel so far as I can recall, it's very much an invention of screen adaptations - and one that the Coppola film returned to, having Harker visit after Renfield had already gone and come back nuts. Of course Nosferatu conflates the Boss and Renfield, another efficiency which also seems to work a bit better than the book - and which feels very much like Kneale's The Woman in Black. My favourite 'efficiency' is the 1979 film where they make Lucy and Mina into the daughters of Seward and Van Helsing - and then swap their names over since 'Mina' fits better as a Dutch name...