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b"Bram Stoker\\u2019s Dracula was first introduced to the world NOT via his canonical novel, but rather in the pages of a seldom-performed - and by all accounts appalling - play-reading at London's Lyceum Theatre on 18th May, 1897.\\nThe stage version was not intended to reach a mass audience; but was rather a clever wheeze of Stoker\\u2019s to ensure he was recognised as the creator of his iconic characters - as the script needed to be rubber-stamped by the Lord Chamberlain's office prior to performance.\\nIn this episode, Olly, Arion and Rebecca reveal the copyright battle Stoker\\u2019s widow nonetheless endured with the makers of \\u2018Romanian knock-off\\u2019 \\u2018Nosferatu\\u2019, consider the benefits of Stoker\\u2019s \\u2018found footage\\u2019 approach to authorship, and reveal how an incident in Rhode Island, of all places, may have inspired Stoker to write his play...\\xa0\\nFurther Reading:\\n\\u2022 Some pages from Stoker\\u2019s manuscript at the British Library: https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/bram-stokers-stage-adaptation-of-dracula#\\n\\u2022 Watch \\u2018Nosferatu\\u2019, on Timeless Classic Movies:\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC6jFoYm3xs\\n\\u2022 Stoker\\u2019s life at the Lyceum in \\u2018Henry Irving & Bram Stoker: A Working Relationship\\u2019 from The Irving Society:\\nhttps://www.theirvingsociety.org.uk/henry-irving-bram-stoker-a-working-relationship/\\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit Patreon.com/Retrospectors\\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: podfollow.com/Retrospectors\\n\\xa0\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\\n#1800s #Theatre #Person #Arts #White #Macabre #UK\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"