This playscript, based on Bram Stoker's classic novel, has been written especially for schools. The sinister figure of Dracula hangs over the characters who once defeated him - who will win second time around? Resources supporting the play provide information, illustrations and activities.
A man stumbles across the secret of Dracula and asks for his friends' help to defeat his evil powers - but not before he has killed... Year later, the friends gather to remember what happened - could history be repeating itself? This imaginative and dark dramatisation of Bram Stoker's novel has been specially written for schools.
The playscript is accompanied by resources covering the symbolism of the story, the life and times of Bram Stoker, and the theme of death. There are also numerous written, spoken and drama activities.
This book features in the following series: Collins Classics Plus, Collins Drama .
This book is aimed at children in secondary school.
There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by HarperCollins Publishers .
Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 - 20 April 1912) was an Irish author best known for his gothic novel, "Dracula". Jan Needle is a well known children's writer. His novels include The Bully, My Mate Shofiq, Albeson and The Germans and A Game of Soldiers. Other plays by him include The Thief, A Game of Soldiers and The Rebels of Gas Street.
This book contains the following story:
Dracula
He is deathly pale. His fingernails are cut to sharp points. His teeth protrude menacingly from his mouth in clouds of rancid breath Yet even Count Draculas unnerving appearance and the frightened reaction of the local peasants fail to warn Jonathan Harker, a young man from England, about his host. Little does Jonathan know that this is a land where babies are snatched for their blood and wolves howl menacingly from the forest, where reality is far more frightening than superstition. Whats more, its going to be up to him to stop the worlds most bloodthirsty predator
This book features the following character:
Jonathan Harkness
This book features the character Jonathan Harkness.
