Through television, the cinema and even comics, most people are familiar with the figure of Count Dracula. the Transylvanian aristocrat who immortalised himself by sucking the blood from living human victims. But few are familiar with his origins, and even fewer know anything about his creator Bram Stoker , originally a Dublin civil servant, who wrote 18 books other than Dracula, including one called The Duties of Clerks in the Petty Sessions of Ireland.
Sarah Dunant looks at the life of Bram Stoker , and Stoker's original novel. and follows the career of his creation. Count Dracula, through successive rebirths on stage and screen.
Also taking part: DAVID PIRIE, CHRISTOPHER FRAYLING and DENYS HAWTHORNE Producer TONY KNOX
(First broadcast on Radio Ulster)