Dracula & Frankenstein: Two Horror Plays

Dracula & Frankenstein: Two Horror Plays

by Lisa Evans (Author), Bryony Lavery (Author)

Synopsis

Dracula and Frankenstein: Two Horror Plays brings together two classic horror tales updated for the 21st century and adapted for the stage by two of Britain's leading playwrights. Bram Stoker's Dracula adapted by Bryony Lavery This is the modern world. Its inhabitants can go anywhere, even to Transylvania. They can communicate globally in the blink of an eye. But their feet, in their modern shoes, walk upon the gravestones of a vast cosmic graveyard. Count Dracula is still alive. He could always come through walls, arrive on a moonbeam but, in the modern world, he has emails, smartphones, webcams and the worldwide web - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein adapted by Lisa Evans Mary is imprisoned in a present-day psychiatric hospital, convicted of murdering her baby daughter. During her incarceration she becomes obsessed with Mary Shelley's famous novel. The novel comes to life within her imagination, and we are left to question just who the real monster really is, Mary or Frankenstein himself -

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 120
Publisher: Oberon Books Ltd.
Published: 15 Oct 2012

ISBN 10: 184943185X
ISBN 13: 9781849431859

Author Bio
Bryony Lavery is a multi-award-winning playwright whose work includes Kursk, Frozen, Stockholm (all published by Oberon Books), Last Easter, A Wedding Story and Beautiful Burnout. Oberon also publishes her version of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and her adaptations of Mary Webb's Precious Bane, Jouko and Juha Turkka's Cherished disappointments in Love, Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber, Magdalen King-Hall's The Wicked Lady and Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. Lisa Evans is an award-winning playwright whose plays include The Angel Tide, Up The Duff, Glory Glory and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Alongsde a highly successful career in television and radio, she has been Writer in Residence at Theatre Centre, London, for Temba Theatre Company, and was also Associate Writer at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick. Getting to the Foot of the Mountain, Jamaica Inn, Once We Were Mothers, East Lynne, Villette, Stamping, Shouting and Singing Home, The Day The Waters Came and Keep Smiling Through are published by Oberon Books.