It introduced the character of count dracula, and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy. Written in epistolary form, dracula chronicles a vampires journey from transylvania to the nighttime streets of london and is a virtual textbook of victorianera fears and anxieties. Narrated by alan cumming, tim curry, simon vance, katherine kellgren, susan. Til in bram stokers original novel, dracula is not killed by sunlight. This original tale provides a wealth of richness, complexity, humanity, charm, and horror to the vampiric fiend that many think they already know. Audiobooks narrated by tim curry audio books, podcasts. The multicast format works well as the various voices help distinguish. The author, bram stoker, a young victorian theater professional, was probably inspired by the strange epidemic of vampirism that occurred in remote parts of eastern europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. Dracula by bram stoker read by alan cumming, tim curry, simon vance, katherine kellgren, susan duerden, john lee, graeme malcolm, steven crossley. The book is narrated by various voices, so likewise this audio book is read by a different narrator for each character, such as alan cumming for seward and time curry as van helsing. The novel tells the story of dracula s attempt to move from transylvania to england so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and of the battle between.
He is best known for working in a diverse range of theatre, film, and television, most often portraying villainous characters. Read by alan cumming, tim curry, simon vance, katherine kellgren, susan duerden, john lee, graeme. Livre audio dracula audible edition bram stoker audible. Emmy award nominees alan cumming and tim curry plus an allstar cast of audie awardwinners simon vance the millenium trilogy, katherine kellgren pride and prejudice and zombies, susan duerden the tiger s wife.
Alan cumming, tim curry, simon vance, katherine kellgren, susan duerden, john lee, graeme malcolm, steven crossley, james adams isbn. Because of the widespread awareness of the story of the evil transylvanian count and the success of numerous film. Dracula unabridged audiobook on mp3cd 9781501257650 by bram stoker. Tim curry is an incredible actor and has probably had a bigger influence on pop culture than many people realize. It introduced count dracula, and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy. Jun 30, 2015 this production of dracula is presented by what is possibly the best assemblage of narrating talent ever for one audiobook. Dracula audible edition audible audiobook unabridged.
Because of the widespread awareness of the story of the evil transylvanian count and the success of numerous film adaptations that have been created over the years, the modern audience hasnt had a chance to truly appreciate. Dracula is an 1897 gothic horror novel by irish author bram stoker. By returning to stokers original storytelling structure a series of letters and journal entries voiced by jonathan harker, dr. Classic horror audiobook narrated by tim curry, alan cumming, simon vance, katherine kellgren, susan duerden, john lee, graeme malcolm and steven. Emmy award nominees alan cumming and tim curry plus. Because of the widespread awareness of the story of the evil transylvanian count. Many actors have played the role of dracula in one movie after another. Download m4b 595mb download cover art download cd case insert. The gothic horror novel dracula is probably his most popular work. Dracula by bram stoker, alan cumming, tim curry, simon vance, katherine kellgren, susan duerden, john lee, graeme malcolm, steven crossley, james adams on february 20th 2012 genres. Bram stoker 1847 1912 the classic vampire story by bram stoker revolves. Granted, that mostly everyone knows the story, and have seen the countless movie adaptations of the book.
The book presents several colour illustrations, and these certainly does add to the narrative, as the art usefully depicts the most important aspects of the story. Based on irish novelist bram stoker s 1897 novel dracula, the film portrays the origin story of its title character, count dracula, by portraying the story of vlad the. Audie award, distinguished achievement in production, 20. Download audiobooks narrated by tim curry to your device. Simon vance because of the widespread awareness of the story of the evil transylvanian count and the success of numerous film adaptations that have been created over the. Nov 11, 20 bram stoker was an irish writer and is best known for his novels and short stories. He absolutely can speak and is recovering at this time and in great humor.
In form dracula is an epistolary novel, told through a series of journal entries, letters, newspaper articles, and telegrams. The audiobook on with tim curry as van helsing is quite good. Gabriel knight tim curry, the owner of a new orleans, louisiana bookstore, gets tangled up in the investigation of a series of voodoorelated murders currently plaguing the city. So i pick the first title, look for it on the series page, make note of its number. With tim curry, mark hamill, leah remini, virginia capers. Dracula by bram stoker 2015, mp3 cd, unabridged for sale. A christmas carol, charles dickens timeless tale, has never been out of print since its original publication in 1849 and has been adapted for stage, television, film, and opera. Timothy james curry was born on april 19, 1946 in grappenhall, cheshire, england. Our listeners loved this version so much that it inspired our whole line of signature classics. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. The author didnt invent vampires, but his novel has so captured the publics imagination that he is rightly considered their popularizer. See more ideas about audiobooks, audio books and books.
Jun 24, 2016 this brings us to the fullcast audio version, specially recorded for amazons audible arm and released in 2012. For several years stoker also was the business manager of the famous actor sir henry irving. Curry studied drama and english at birmingham university, from which he graduated with combined honors. It begins with lawyer jonathan harkers perilous journey to castle dracula in transylvania, and chronicles the vampires invasion of england, where he preys upon the lovely lucy westenra and harkers fiancee, mina. Dracula is hands down one of my favorite books of all time and i have several. Bram stoker did not invent the vampire story, but he popularized it with his classic 1897 novel. His mother, maura patricia langmead, was a school secretary, and his father, james curry, was a methodist royal navy chaplain.
Review of dracula by bram stoker the bent bookworm. Simon vance because of the widespread awareness of the story of the evil transylvanian count and the success of numerous film adaptations that have been created over the years, the modern audience hasnt had a. Currys first fulltime role was as part of the original london cast of the musical hair in 1968, where he met richard obrien who went on to write currys next fulltime role, that of dr. Lovecraft historical society has produced an audio recording of all of lovecrafts stories. Jun 2, 2016 a picture gallery to help me remember and find. Alan cumming, tim curry, simon vance, katherine kellgren, susan duerden, john lee, graeme malcolm, steven crossley length. Which is better for bram stockers dracula audible edition or the. This works very well, the multiple voices really adding something extra to sustain interest this really is one of the most enjoyable audiobooks i have listened. Tim curry narrator of dracula meet your next favorite book. Emmy award nominees alan cumming and tim curry plus an allstar cast of audie awardwinners simon vance the millenium trilogy, katherine kellgren pride and prejudice and zombies, susan duerden the tigers wife, john lee supergods and. Written by bram stoker, narrated by alan cumming, tim curry, simon vance, katherine.
For example, there was bela lugosi in 1931, christopher lee in many dracula updates, frank langella in 1979 and gary oldman in 1992. He lived during the victorian and edwardian eras 1847 1912 and published dracula in 1897. This classic vampire story examines modern victorian culture and the gothic occult dimension that lies beneath it. The cast includes alan cumming as dr seward and tim curry as van helsing. This outstanding audiobook, regaling the horror spread by count dracula, is read by an outstanding cast of narrators including alan cumming and tim curry. Thank you so much, you were spot on about both ebooks. Bram stoker 18471912 dracula tells the tale of a sinister transylvanian aristocrat who seeks to retain his youth and strength by feeding off human blood. By returning to stokers original storytelling structure with an allstar cast of narrators, weve sought to recapture. It begins with lawyer jonathan harkers perilous journey to castle dracula in transylvania, and chronicles the vampires invasion of england, where he preys upon the. Dracula is a horror novel by bram stoker, narrated in first person diary entries and letters, telling the story of an encounter with count dracula.
Franknfurter in the rocky horror picture show 1975, reprising the role he had originated in. Followers of the popular vampire literary and film interpretations of recent years might be. Tim curry narrated audio books at simply audiobooks simply. Tim curry has 63 books on goodreads with 73984 ratings. Review we thought you might want to listen to one of the greatest horror stories of all time. Listen and you will meet not only count dracula himself, but heroes. The classic vampire story by bram stoker revolves around a struggle between good and evil, tradition and modernity, and lust versus chastity. Dracula bram stoker voiced by alan cumming, tim curry. Van helsing, and other characters with an allstar cast of narrators, weve sought to recapture its.
Timothy james curry born 19 april 1946 is an english actor and singer. But still, things must be pretty bad for the guy and well wishes started pouring in from social media. He is known for working in a diverse range of theatre, film, and television, most often portraying villainous characters. The famed vampire count dracula leaves a swath of exsanguinated bodies in his wake as he attempts to relocate from transylvania to england in 1897, stalked by the brave van helsing. Emmy award nominees alan cumming and tim curry plus an allstar cast of audie awardwinners simon vance the millenium trilogy, katherine kellgren pride and prejudice and zombies, susan duerden the tigers wife. Dracula audible edition audiobook bram stoker audible. Emmy award nominees alan cumming and tim curry plus an allstar cast of audie awardwinners simon vance the millenium trilogy, katherine kellgren pride and prejudice and zombies, susan duerden the tigers wife, john. Dracula untold is an upcoming 2014 american dark fantasy action horror film directed by gary shore in his feature film debut and written by matt sazama and burk sharpless. This tale of the evil vampire, who tries to move from his home in transylvania to england, is told in the way bram stoker originally wrote the novel. Tim curry in 1995 at the 47th primetime emmy awards this article presents the theatre, film, television, video games, and audiobook credits of english actor tim curry, who has a diverse range of work in these media formats. Emmy award nominees alan cumming and tim curry plus an allstar cast of audie awardwinners simon vance the millenium trilogy, katherine kellgren pride and prejudice and zombies, susan duerden the tigers wife, john lee. This production of dracula is presented by what is possibly the best assemblage of narrating talent ever for one audiobook. Abraham bram stoker 18471912 is the author of one of the english languages bestknown books of mystery and horror, dracula.
Narrated by actors including alan cumming and tim curry, this audiobook of bram stokers dracula is powerful, haunting, and heartbreaking. Dracula by bram stoker read by alan cumming tim curry. Bram stokers dracula, performed by alan cumming and tim. These are not dramatizations like our dark adventure radio theatre rather, this is an audiobook of the original stories, in allnew, neverbeforeheard recordings made by the hplhs own andrew leman and sean branney exclusively for this collection. Bram stoker 18471912 is best known for his novel dracula, which was adapted into several motion pictures and sequels. Tim curry rescues charles dickens from the jaws of disney with his oneofakind performance of the treasured classic.
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