I’m delighted to say that my dramatization of Bram
Stoker’s DRACULA is now available to buy from Amazon.
I’d wanted to stage it since I first read it as a
teenager, but I couldn’t find a dramatization that I liked.
Having (in the interim) written and published 25
dramatisations of the novels of Sir Terry Pratchett, it finally occurred to me
– “Why don’t I write my own version?”
I tried to retain some of Stoker’s style – using the
medium of diaries, letters and newspaper articles to advance the plot. And I
aimed for gothic horror – avoiding the temptation to play it all for laughs. We
staged the show in November 2019. The independent reviewer of the first
production said:
"Translating 'Dracula' to the
stage without either dispensing with key plot points or giving an impression of
rushed action is an incredibly ambitious task, and yet that is exactly what
Stephen Briggs has managed to achieve."
I was also very grateful to Stephen Player for permission to use his excellent artwork from our stage version for my cover. Check him out HERE.
If you’d like a copy, you can order right HERE.
