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A more acceptable form of Dracula as a stage drama was made in 1924 by Hamilton Deane. Deane took the part of Van Helsing, as this gave him more stage time. It opened in London on February 14, 1927, at the Little Theatre, and after successful runs in England, despite efforts of critics to kill it, the play was licensed for America. Producer Horace Liveright hired John Balderston to rewrite it, and his play opened on Broadway at the Fulton Theater on October 8, 1927, just in time for Halloween. For many years, the text of the Deane play had been relatively difficult for scholars to access, but in 1993, David Skal brought out an edition in a volume that ... included the Balderston text.
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On December 28, 2006, a made-for-TV film adaptation of Dracula was aired on BBC One. The film starred Marc Warren as Dracula, David Suchet as Van Helsing, Dan Stevens as Lord Holmwood and Sophia Myles as Lucy.[1]
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After Dracula learns of Van Helsing and the others' plot against him, he takes revenge by visiting — and biting — Mina at least three times. Dracula ... feeds Mina his blood, creating a spiritual bond between them to control her. The only way to forestall this is to kill Dracula first. Mina slowly succumbs to the blood of the vampire that flows through her veins, switching back and forth from a state of consciousness to a state of semi-trance during which she is telepathically connected with Dracula. It is this connection that they start to use to track Dracula's movements. It is only possible to track Dracula's movements when Mina is put under hypnosis by Van Helsing.
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Dracula then kidnaps Mina and heads for his castle. This actions sets the stage for one of the more famous scenes in the several Dracula movies, the fight between Dracula and Van Helsing. Dracula appears to have defeated Van Helsing but pauses a moment to savor the victory. In that moment, Van Helsing rushes across the room and rips the drapes from the window. Then using a cross, he forces Dracula into the sunlight.
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Soon, Lucy begins to “wolf out” and the local doctor calls in Professor Van Helsing (Anthony Hopkins), who administers all sorts of funky blood transfusions while Dracula transforms himself into his younger self and courts Mina. Contrasting scenes of goriness continue while Dracula flamboyantly prances around and convinces Mina to remember her past life before his inevitable showdown with the vampire-sniffing Van Helsing.
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In 1958 , Hammer Films produced Dracula (1958) , a newer, more Gothic version of the story, starring Christopher Lee as Dracula and Peter Cushing as Van Helsing. It is widely considered to be one of the best versions of the story to be adapted to film, and in 2004 was named by the magazine Total Film as the 30th greatest British film of all time. Although it takes many liberties with the novel's plot, the creepy atmosphere and charismatic performance of Lee make it memorable and favored. It was released in the United States as Horror of Dracula to avoid confusion with the earlier Lugosi version. This was followed by a long series of Dracula films, usually featuring Lee as Dracula.
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