Notes written by Bram Stoker from when he researched his famous novel Dracula have been discovered in books at a central London library.
The London Library in St James’s Square is using the author’s words to stage a play.
Photo Credit – Richard Budd
Guest blog post from The London Library – Philip Spedding, Philip Marshall, Professor Nick Groom. The London Library today unveiled a fascinating discovery that sheds new light on how Dracula was researched and written. We’ve found 26 books that are almost certainly the original copies that Bram Stoker used to help research his enduring classic. Philip Spedding, the Library’s Development…
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This Q&A was written by James Prestrige featuring Kate Kerrow and can be found on the Close-Up-Culture website or you can read the article below. Writer Kate Kerrow joins us on Close-up Culture to talk about her novel-to-stage adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The atmospheric production will have its London premiere at the historic London Library next…
