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Dracula is a stage play written by the Irish actor and playwright Hamilton Deane in 1924, then revised by the American writer John L. Balderston in 1927. It was the first authorized adaptation of Bram Stoker 's 1897 novel Dracula .
Hamilton Deane (1880 – 25 October 1958) was an Irish actor, playwright and director. He played a key role in popularising Bram Stoker 's 1897 novel Dracula as a 1924 stage play and a 1931 film .
Dracula is a 1931 American pre-Code supernatural horror film directed and co-produced by Tod Browning from a screenplay written by Garrett Fort and starring Bela Lugosi in the title role. It is based on the 1924 stage play Dracula by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, which in turn is adapted from the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. [3]
In 1924, the British producer Hamilton Deane premiered a stage version of Dracula at the Grand Theatre in Derby, England. [4] This version of the play was a modernized retelling of Stoker's story. [4] The play's success led to Deane taking it on tour for the next three years. [4]
Dracula is a 1979 gothic horror film directed by John Badham. The film starred Frank Langella in the title role as well as Laurence Olivier , Donald Pleasence and Kate Nelligan . The film was based on Bram Stoker 's 1897 novel Dracula and its 1924 stage adaptation , though much of Stoker's original plot was revised to make the film more ...
Van Sloan's roles in Universal's films date from the 1930s, including Dracula (1931), [6] Frankenstein (1931), and The Mummy (1932). [7] In the first of these, he played Professor Van Helsing, [6] the famous vampire-hunter, a role he had first taken in the successful touring production of Dracula by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston.
In 1924 play Dracula by Hamilton Deane Van Helsing is portrayed as the arch-nemesis of Dracula. Deane himself played the role in British productions of the play. In 1927 the play was brought to Broadway by producer Horace Liveright, who hired John L. Balderston to revise the script for American audiences.
Renfield appears in 1924 stage play Dracula by Hamilton Deane. In the play he is killed by Dracula for betraying him. He was played by G. Malcolm Russell and Bernard Jukes in English productions. The play was revised by John. L. Balderston for American audiences in 1927. In the revised version Renfield survives.