DRACULA

Curiosity and dread creep up on the listener as Oscar-nominated actor Michael Fassbender leads a fine group of English and American actors in narrating this crisp and concise BBC Radio adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 vampire classic. The production adheres closely to Stoker's rich nineteenth-century prose as the story is told through diary entries, personal letters, and newspaper clippings. A young lawyer travels to Transylvania to meet a mysterious client and discovers an unbelievable and bloody secret. He races back to England only to find that Count Dracula has already arrived and is threatening the woman he loves. Can Professor Van Helsing, performed wonderfully by the late James Greene, come to the rescue? A great- sounding way to get reacquainted with the original gothic tale of the undead's thirst for blood. B.P. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2020]