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Series of drama performances, ranging from experimental works to the Classics

Darragh Kelly

Anton Lesser

Amanda Redman

Eva Birthistle

Patrick FitzSymons

Dan Gordon

Peter Ballance

Joseph O'Connor

Stephen Wright

Jenny Thompson

Gemma McMullan

Drama on 3: Vampyre Man

Vampyre Man

19/04/2015

BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, Vampyre Man

Joseph O'Connor's drama about Bram Stoker and Henry Irving, the inspiration for Dracula.

By Joseph O'Connor. Drama about the close collaboration and intense friendship between Bram Stoker and the famous Shakespearean actor Henry Irving.

Joseph O'Connor drama about the close collaboration and intense friendship between Bram Stoker and the famous Shakespearean actor Henry Irving. Under Irving's reckless tutelage, the young Irish accountant struggled to keep the theatre afloat. Irving's demands were indomitable and over the years Stoker endured the actor's outrageous whims and acerbic tongue. And yet, Stoker remained mesmerised by him, absorbing his traits and suffering his humiliations all the while letting him grow in his imagination until he was ready to release him into the world as Count Dracula. 

Joseph O'Connor is the author of eight novels: Cowboys and Indians (short-listed for the Whitbread Prize), Desperadoes, The Salesman, Inishowen, Star of the Sea, Redemption Falls, Ghost Light and The Thrill of it All. He has also written radio diaries, film scripts and stage-plays including the multiple award-winning Red Roses and Petrol and an acclaimed adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel My Cousin Rachel. He received the Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Contribution to Irish Literature in 2012.

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