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Dracula

Audiobook

In this classic tale of unholy terror, Count Dracula slips into Victorian London with a cargo of his native Transylvanian soil - so he can rest between victims. The city seems helpless against his frightful power, and only one man, Dr. Van Helsing, can stop the carnage. But to do this, he must uncover the vampire's lair and pierce his heart with a wooden stake.

Program note from Rosalind Ayres, director of the live performance by L.A. Theatre Works: "For centuries man has dreamed of a life beyond death. Chinese Emperors were buried with clay armies to protect them in the next world. Egyptian Pharaohs were entombed with all the belongings they would need in the afterlife. But how might it be possible to cheat death itself? Well, try the myth of the Vampire. One who, by constantly drinking the 'life force,' the blood of others, could ensure eternal survival.

In Charles Morey's dramatization of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, the creed of the Vampire and the Christian belief in 'life everlasting' is juxtaposed. It's the eternal struggle between good and evil. Plus, the confidence of scientific beliefs and theory, marred only by that uncomfortable shaft of inexplicable fear when something goes 'Bump' in the night. Enter Dracula..."

A L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:

David Selby as Abraham Van Helsing

John Glover as Renfield

Simon Templeman as Count Dracula

Matthew Wolf as Arthur Holmwood

Moira Quirk as Lucy Westenra

Lisa O'hare as Mina Murray Harker

Nick Toren as Dr. John Seward

Karl Miller as Jonathan Harker

André Sogliuzzo as Maxwell and others

Sheelagh Cullen as Mrs. Westenra and others

Denise Carole as Tart and others

Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.


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Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works Edition: Abridged

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  • ISBN: 9781580818339
  • File size: 51314 KB
  • Release date: January 15, 2012
  • Duration: 01:46:54

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  • ISBN: 9781580818339
  • File size: 51446 KB
  • Release date: January 15, 2012
  • Duration: 01:46:53
  • Number of parts: 2

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subjects

Drama Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1070
Text Difficulty:6-9

In this classic tale of unholy terror, Count Dracula slips into Victorian London with a cargo of his native Transylvanian soil - so he can rest between victims. The city seems helpless against his frightful power, and only one man, Dr. Van Helsing, can stop the carnage. But to do this, he must uncover the vampire's lair and pierce his heart with a wooden stake.

Program note from Rosalind Ayres, director of the live performance by L.A. Theatre Works: "For centuries man has dreamed of a life beyond death. Chinese Emperors were buried with clay armies to protect them in the next world. Egyptian Pharaohs were entombed with all the belongings they would need in the afterlife. But how might it be possible to cheat death itself? Well, try the myth of the Vampire. One who, by constantly drinking the 'life force,' the blood of others, could ensure eternal survival.

In Charles Morey's dramatization of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, the creed of the Vampire and the Christian belief in 'life everlasting' is juxtaposed. It's the eternal struggle between good and evil. Plus, the confidence of scientific beliefs and theory, marred only by that uncomfortable shaft of inexplicable fear when something goes 'Bump' in the night. Enter Dracula..."

A L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:

David Selby as Abraham Van Helsing

John Glover as Renfield

Simon Templeman as Count Dracula

Matthew Wolf as Arthur Holmwood

Moira Quirk as Lucy Westenra

Lisa O'hare as Mina Murray Harker

Nick Toren as Dr. John Seward

Karl Miller as Jonathan Harker

André Sogliuzzo as Maxwell and others

Sheelagh Cullen as Mrs. Westenra and others

Denise Carole as Tart and others

Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.


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