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Dracula

Starring David Suchet and Tom Hiddleston

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Dracula

By: Bram Stoker
Narrated by: David Suchet, Tom Hiddleston
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Tom Hiddleston (The Night Manager) stars as Jonathan Harker, with David Suchet (Poirot) as Dracula in Liz Lochhead's powerful BBC radio adaptation of the classic novel by Bram Stoker.

When solicitor Jonathan Harker sets off for Transylvania to sell the mysterious Count Dracula a Gothic mansion, his bride-to-be, Mina, begs him to stay - to no avail. But on arrival at Dracula's castle, deep in a black forest surrounded by wolves, Harker wishes he had listened to his fiancée. The Count is welcoming but unnerving and his castle oppressive. Plagued by nightmares, Harker soon longs to leave.

Back in Whitby, Mina is increasingly worried. She has heard nothing from Jonathan, and now her sister, Lucy - newly engaged to Harker's friend, Dr Seward - is becoming pale and thin. In Seward's lunatic asylum in London, a madman named Renfield babbles about his master, who is coming. And as a midnight storm rages, a black ship heads towards the English coast....

Acclaimed poet and playwright Liz Lochhead's adaptation was first performed onstage in 1985, and this thrilling radio drama was broadcast on the World Service in 2006. Suspenseful, chilling and suffused with dark eroticism, it retains all the eerie dread of Stoker's infamous horror novel.

Duration: 2 hours approx.

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Very unexpected journey to Dracula's book, very much enjoyed it though! Readers being in their character and living the text was surprising but enjoyable experience. Especially Dracula's and Jonathan's performances were great, definitely recommend this book.

Captivating performance

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After listening to three productions of Dracula this week it is surprising how different they are compared with each other. All were enjoyable and each had their faults/ positives; though if you wish to listen to a more faithful telling of Dracula I would suggest the Mark Gatiss version (Big Finish Productions).


David Suchet as Dracula, BBC Radio 2006 (1hr 54mins)

This is a radio adaptation of Liz Lochhead’s stage play and was the last of the Dracula dramatisation I listened to. There’s more focus on the female characters than Bram Stoker’s original tale and the only one to mention menstruation.

Overall it was nice to be given a different approach to the story, but it was far too abridged. Believe the main problem is this is an adaptation of a stage play, so in actual fact an adaptation of an adaptation. Lots of the story has either been changed/absent and where was our young American Quincey Morris.

Lastly the I’ve got to mention the end, Dracula’s demise. The king of vampire’s final moments should be a dramatic climax, but it’s more forgettable fizzle than loud ka-boom.


The other productions I listened to were:
Frederick Jaeger as Dracula, BBC Radio 1994 (3hrs 19mins)
Mark Gatiss as Dracula, Big Finish productions 2016 (3hrs 15mins)

David Suchet as Dracula, BBC Radio 2006

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I enjoyed the story, although, felt the adaptation to be a little short and wanting. Not for those who have already read the original Bram Stoker masterpiece. Could listen to Tom Hiddleston all day!

Good

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A high-quality production with a brilliant cast that will entertain you in style for a couple of hours. The story adds absolutely nothing interesting to the 'Draculaverse', as it tries half-heartedly to pepper the narrative with not-so-clever references to the naughtier bits in the original story. Good if you don't want to listen to the brilliant Victorian novel that is the original Dracula.

Beautifully produced and completely unnecesary.

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such a great performance from all involved enjoyed every minute of this book and the narration was well balanced between all the actors

Amazing

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