OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Joan Sheehy 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Bram Stoker

• Adapted From Notes

  Adapted from Dracula.

• Author Notes

  A show by Colin Dunne and Joan Sheehy.

• Notes

  First developed by Limerick's 2014 National City of Culture, Theatre Legacy Programme.

• Synopsis

  Whitby concentrates on the voyage of the Demeter, the ship that brings Dracula from Romania to Whitby. While the captain and his crew are disturbed by a strange presence on board, the audience is taken on a journey that alternates between the Captain's Log and the diaries of Lucy, the young, nineteen year old victim who Dracula first targets in England. 

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  2

• Female

  1

• Total

  3

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  27 October 2017

• Production Notes

  Premiered as part of the 2017 Bram Stoker Festival.

• Original Venue

  Smock Alley Theatre
  

• Venue Notes

  Performed in the Boys' School.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the play's original production programme and the Bram Stoker Festival website.