Dracula: A Thriller in Two Acts
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (658 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1468315471 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Neil LaBute is an award-winning playwright, filmmaker, and screenwriter. His plays include: bash, In a Forest, Dark and Deep, Reasons to be Happy, The Money Shot, and All The Ways To Say I Love You. . He is the recipient of a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.Bram Stoker (1847-1912), an Irish novelist and short story writer, was known during his lifetime as the personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of the
Neil LaBute does Dracula, with a feminist twistBefore acclaimed playwright and filmmaker Neil LaBute became the creator and showrunner of Syfy’s new hit series Van Helsing, he had already adapted Bram Stoker’s Dracula for the stagewith a fierce female Van Helsing as the vampire hunter.In this masterful adaptation, Neil LaBute brings a rich theatricality and his powerful and provocative way with language and story to the world of Count Dracula, Van Helsing, Jonathan Harker, and his beloved Minathis time, with a mind of her owninfusing the classic gothic tale of terror, obsession, and pathos with a modern edge. Chilling yet stylish in its atmosphere, dark yet deeply human in its emotional impact, Neil LaBute’s Dracula: A Thriller in Two Acts is a tribute to
His plays include: bash, In a Forest, Dark and Deep, Reasons to be Happy, The Money Shot, and All The Ways To Say I Love You. . Film and television work include In the Company of Men, Your Friends and Neighbors, Nurse Betty, Possession, The Shape of Things, Some Velvet Morning, Dirty Weekend, Billy & Billie, and Van Helsing. He is the recipient of a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.Bram Stoker (1