A powerful adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel, with accomanying activities on the novel itself, the background to the Dracula myth, and the fascination it continues to exert. The play offers roles for 23 actors (14 male, 9 female).
This book is part of a book series called Oxford Playscripts .
This book is aimed at children in secondary school.
There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Oxford University Press .
David Calcutt writes plays and poems as well as stories. Some of his plays have been broadcast on BBC Radio and some are published for use in schools, youth theaters and colleges. Grahame Baker-Smith won the Kate Greenaway prize in 2011 for his children's book, FArTHER. Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 - 20 April 1912) was an Irish author best known for his gothic novel, "Dracula".
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
