DRACULA - A Radio Play
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- DRACULA - A Radio Play
Produced by Cruz Flores
Presented by the Long Beach Playhouse
Written by Bram Stoker, Adapted into a radio play by Cruz Flores
Directed by Cruz Flores
Evil has come to the seaside town of Whitby. Now four men and two women must come together to stop it.
This October, Cruz Flores Presents Dracula: A Radio Play which attempts to counteract a century of pop culture distortion and adaptation decay to return to the fear and menace of the original Bram Stoker classic.
Adhering to the source material reveals themes such as consent, psychological trauma and fear of disease that are more relevant than ever.
CAST LIST:
Patrick McNamara (NARRATOR)
James Worth (JONATHAN HARKER)
Tor Alexsson (DRACULA)
Erin Lundquist (INNKEEPER’S WIFE/VAMPIRE SISTER #1)
Lindsay Meagher-Swanson (VAMPIRE SISTER #3)
Hayley Jackson (LUCY WESTERENRA/VAMIRE SISTER #2)
Devin Nissan (MINA MURRAY)
Jacob Williamson (QUINCEY MORRIS)
Jason Miles (DR. JOHN SEWARD)
Naathan Phan (R.M. RENFIELD)
Rick Reischman (ABRAHAM VAN HELSING)
Cruz Flores (MR. SWALES)
PRODUCTION CREW:
Cruz Flores (Writer/Director)
Shereen Khan (Sound Editor)
Link to Online Program: drive.google.c...
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why are people bitching about the "issues" with this recording? There are about ten unabridged audiobooks on TH-cam, including one with a cast full of British stars, several abridged versions, and even another radio adaption---at least one...I urge the dissatisfied to get their money back and investigate them... OH! MY BAD---that's right, TH-cam is FREE....
This is a two-hour condensed drama that does exactly what it is supposed to do: Entertain and divert; it is something wonderfully familiar, yet stylized enough to provide surprises---which one can listen to anywhere, and stop, pause, replay if necessary....The judgments about the quality of acting and production values are absurd...There has never been a "flawless" Dracula-----which includes the Coppola version: "Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula"---oh, I mean "Bram Stoker's Dracula".....
For me personally the only real Dracula is Bela Lugosi. That made me because I grew up with that Dracula and I love that Dracula. Started to listen to several on the web and this is the only one that kept me interested for a while summer short Summer Long Summer only an hour I want the full book I've read it it's a wonderful book to read it's so much in the book that you can't put in the radio so I suggest reading a book it's really scary and your miss a lot that isn't in the movie or the radio Productions. Take care and enjoy whatever one you like
It reminded me of the old radio show called mystery theater that used to be on when I was young. Use to sit in my bed with the radio on and the lights off.
Ha ha I've just finished listening to cbsrmt and listen to the stories all the time they're just so darn good!!! If u want to listen type in either chilly sunshine -(I'd go for that one as all episodes are numbered and off in order too)- and the other is The Edge of Nightfall so try these and comment on what u think of the episodes if u want to?
theatre
Good old Orson Welles
@@simonmcgrath4112wow 😮 thank u for the channel suggestion!!!!!!! Look extremely promising ❤ exactly the type of shows I love listening to 🥰💕🙏🙏
Excellent narrative. Dracula is a timeless novel. Not to mention all the times it has been adapted into film. That is truly a testament of its endurance.
I love dracula. Its one of the scariest horror stories ever written. Even a horror writer like stephen king has said this is a big inspiration in his writing.
This production tried but fell short for me. The voices and the sound effects didn't blend somehow. There was no feeling of being "drawn in" for example, on the journey to the castle. It felt so amateur and sorry to say, the acting left something to be desired especially Jonathan Harker! His acting is dreadful. It sounded as if his part was overlaid, as though he wasn't actually there but added later. He had no mood or expression in his voice. I've tried twice to stick this out but it's impossible. It just doesn't grab me at all. It has no terror, fear or suspense.
Bram Stoker was in debt to his publisher. He had to send the second draft of Dracula or be sued for the money the publisher had advanced him. We can only imagine what the finished gothic novel would have been.
Very nice.
I’m still fascinated. Dracula’s voice really seems to speak with the difficulty of actually not be capable of breathing as living souls do...
Lock up all the ladies and the socialites Quincy has arrived from America!
Listening to this from England 🏴
Are you near Carfax Abbey ? Lol
Hey wait a minute 🤔 Lucy accepted John's propsal, I heard that It was Arthur. Wow! Reversed from that one I heard 🙄
I changed it since Arthur Holmwood doesn’t have much of a character other than Lucy choosing him, being rich and having an intimate friendship with Quincey. I decided giving those traits to Seward would streamline the narrative.
When he jumped out the window in act one😅. Also When Lucy was attacked by the wolf. Horrifying
THANK YOU!!!! I love radio theater classics.
I suggest listening to Lord Dracula about Vlad Tepes! A BBC Saturday Night Theatre. It's not a Bram Stoker adaption of Dracula book but is connected to that legend. THIS is an absolutely wonderful production, great effects not overdone. The sounds, the atmosphere and the acting are superb. It absorbs you perfectly and it's all so convincing! Great stuff!
The sound is a bit rough at times it sounds like the actor's are in different rooms when they are talking to one and another, most noticeable though headphones. Its really in and out, different mics its a little off putting. I don't know what it is but the sound isn't right some how, was it recorded over zoom or something over lock down?
Yes, this was recorded during Lockdown and with actors from different countries including England and Romania.
@BusterKeatn that's what I thought, saying all of that. I have done some amateur acting myself, but I've always played to a character in front of me. It must have been difficult doing it, making it look like they're in the same place and acting without having somebody actually acting in front of you, forget about different countries. Good job, for sure 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻
I've become fascinated by the many adaptations of Dracula and the variations of relationships between the main characters. This is a fun take, with Seward as Lucy's fiancé!
I've heard many adaptations of "Dracula" and IMO this adaptation is one of the best i've ever listened too ... 2 thumbs up 4 the Long Beach Playhouse 4 this Excellent adaptation!! Good job TYVM 8/6/21
This was gloriously terrible 👍 Thank you!
Text please
Is so good 🤩🤩👏👏👏👏👏👏 Hiddles is a God 🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐
This has been a bloody, but entertaining encounter.
But the question that I have is ;
Who gets the property in Transylvania ?
Shouldn't it be turned into a haunted hotel
then the next generation of Nina and the vampire hunting
husband of hers, their children get to write a whole nother story about the castle and all of the Lost ghouls that are hanging out in the chambers of Castle Dracula.
See you in the next haunted story ?
I love the way your mind works spoiling demented not unlike myself I think you should write the next chapter I'll read it good luck
A faithful READING of condensed version of the original novel.
I say reading because of the absence of any ' acting'.
Interesting use of Swan lake...which was used as the opening music for the 1931 universal version of the story.
Incidentally..the only music to feature in the entire film.
Great show!
Much respect for tackling a 'classic ' ! Takes a good deal of nerve and you
pulled it off . War And Peace next....?
Really good. 🌞Thank you ❤️
Thank you✌
Thanks dude 👍😎👍
👋😃👍
Did I come for Tom Hiddleston? Hell yeah I did
Where i can find Tom hiddleston version?
Amazing. Enjoyed each moment of the show.
Thank you 🙏🏻
good
Excellent
Mystery theater is still on
Some of the acting is fine but one I am afraid felt to me that he was reading more than acting as the intonation went down at the end of a sentence too often. Shame but good luck with further productions.
I also felt he was 'reading' but I let it pass. It's hard to beat the old pro's. Actors should not be so close to to the mic, still at least here is a drama about the DRACULA story.
Is it a secret to who you are referring to which character is it?
@@roderickfernandez5382 not at all Roderick, the character of Johnathen Harker, he is reading not acting, a shame really otherwise quite good. Have you listened to the BBC version.radioth-cam.com/video/gKq3vguaCVY/w-d-xo.html. There is another good play related to the Dracula story th-cam.com/video/ZtpttQkTNN8/w-d-xo.html
Is this a download for this? This is the kind of entertainment that’s needed; use your ears, not your eyes
This is great radio play version.
I really enjoyed this
A very fine adaptation!
This was really good.
That gothic Dracula accent.... ☠️
stilted
A better #Dracula #audioplay or #audiodrama in the heap of fame-phishers & Bram Stoker sycophants...
For those who complain and try to correct I’d only remind that this is one person’s adaptation of another person’s work.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and am grateful.
So did I.
I used to be Dracula.
❤
Master splinter?
I have also adapted DRACULA and CARMILLA for audio productions, and especially in the latter I found that ambient sounds--the ticking of a clock, the winds outside a window, birds in the trees, etc.--created a very powerful sense of place which I now find myself missing in any audio program that lacks it. Like this one. It seems inherently less immersive, hence more difficult to enter into the story.
The sound effects here seem 'tacked on' rather than integrated.
More, it seems to me this adaptation (like most) focus pretty much exclusively on the plot. In this case, it also tried to hit all the familiar moments rather than allowing itself to be itself.
More, frankly, I'm unimpressed by the acting. I have trouble believing any of these characters feel very strongly about anything.
So, a very ordinary workman-like adaptation that recreates the novel's plot while not really delving into much of the meat. For example, Mina turned into a rage-filled avenger of herself and others is a major change from the book, and not in any way an improvement. Likewise I feel a prejudice against making Quincey a hick or any kind of hillbilly.
You criticize it sticking to the plot instead of it letting it be itself then rail about Mina going berserk and Quincey going hillbilly. Obviously, you could never be satisfied.
@@mariovillarreal8647 Honestly, that is a pretty shallow reading of my comment. I wonder, did you in fact read it word for word, or just skim?
But please allow me to add some nuance, which was a little lacking.
My concerns were that all this version was doing was focusing on the plot, not on the relationships or the interesting facets of the story. My complaint was not it stuck to the plot, but rather that was pretty much all it did. I don't mind changes in the plot, only when those changes seem to serve no purpose. And that doesn't mean any change is inherently bad or good. I don't like Quincy portrayed as a hillbilly because what dramatic purpose does this serve other than make him fodder for humor?
I've said my piece.
@@DavidMacDowellBlue yes I read it but you seemed to complain about sticking to plot then complaining it went out of character of two of the personalities. But I don't know. I think each version will have its own unique differences. Remakes are always either well done or disappointing it seems. Sorry if I seem shallow. I don't know the original that well. Thank you for explaining your description; I see now, your points are well taken. Thanks for sharing. Mario