The character of Count Dracula from the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker , has remained popular over the years, and many forms of media have adopted the character in various forms. Picart declared that no other horror character or vampire has been emulated more times than Count Dracula.
These including borrowing the look of Count Dracula in both the Universal's series of Dracula and Hammer's series of Dracula , including the character's clothing, mannerisms, physical features, hair style and his motivations such as wanting to be in a home away from Europe. A limited stage adaptation of Stoker's story was performed to a small audience at the Lyceum Theatre in the year of the book's publication, in order to protect Stoker's copyright. The script for this four-hour performance is lost.
Balderston to Americanize Deane's text. Van Helsing, Herbert Bunston as Dr. The play was originally booked for a four-week engagement, but proved so popular that it was held over, closing on 18 August When the play performed in Detroit, several accidents happened on stage leading audiences to laugh at what were supposed to be scary moments.
The Deane-Balderston adaptation of Dracula was described by Bruce Scivally as "seemingly in performance every year since its debut". Early musical adaptions of Dracula played for camp. The musical contained 15 songs and received a positive review from Robert B.
Byrnes of the Los Angeles Times. It received a negative review by Alvin Klein of The New York Times , who suggested that "Perhaps there are no bad ideas for musicals, only bad musicals, like this one.
