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…
