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Teachers' Pack 1 Dracula A comedy Inspired by Bram Stoker’s original novel, adapted by Sarah Simpson Teachers’ Pack 2 Dracula is a comedy for students' aged 13 and over. Loosely based on the original gothic novel by Bram Stoker, I’ve written it in accessible, contemporary English for four actors. I hope you and your students will find these activities useful and fun. We welcome your feedback so please write to us and give us some tips. Very best Sarah [email protected] Ps: Here’s a link to a nice piece from bbclearningenglish.co.uk – it’s about Vampire bats. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4FxO9zPGp0 3 The Characters … Jonathan Harker a young lawyer, nice, keen, not very clever, engaged to Mina Mina Harker Jonathan's fiancée, good, kind and intelligent, can be very bossy. An Innkeeper good-hearted, very nervous and clumsy Lucy Westenra Mina's friend, very pretty, flirtatious and emotional, a bit vain Dr John Seward runs a lunatic asylum, good and kind, not very brave Professor Van Helsing elderly, an expert on vampires, taught Dr Seward at University Count Dracula extremely polite, a vampire Renfield a lunatic who eats flies The Female Vampires bloodthirsty, mad A gypsy woman physically strong, makes money where she can 4 The Plot Jonathan Harker is a young lawyer. He is engaged to be married to Mina Murray. Jonathan is sent to Transylvania to finalise the contracts for the sale of a large deserted house in England. The buyer is a Transylvanian gentleman called Count Dracula. After a long journey, Jonathan arrives at Castle Dracula. Count Dracula is extremely polite and keen to learn about the English language and British culture, but seems in no hurry to sign the contract. Every day workmen arrive and carry away dozens of heavy boxes. Jonathan is mystified. What could be inside all these boxes? And where are they taking them? As time goes on, Jonathan begins to realise that he is a prisoner in Castle Dracula. He decides to try to escape. Meanwhile, back in England, Mina Murray goes to visit her friend Lucy Westenra in the seaside town of Whitby, Yorkshire. Lucy is very beautiful but she is also emotionally unstable. She is in love with Dr John Seward who runs a lunatic asylum. His patients include Renfield, a woman who eats live insects. During Mina's visit to Whitby Lucy becomes ill. She eats very little and goes out sleepwalking in the night. Two tiny holes appear on her neck. Everyone is very worried about Lucy. They can’t understand what is wrong with her. Dr Seward contacts his old university teacher, Professor Van Helsing to ask for advice. Then one night there is a terrible storm and a strange ship carrying a cargo of heavy boxes arrives at the port at Whitby. As the ship reaches the port a terrifyingly huge black dog jumps ashore and runs off into the countryside. When the townspeople board the ship they find that the crew are all missing and only the dead captain is left. Lucy becomes weaker and weaker. Finally Professor Van Helsing arrives in Whitby. He is an expert on vampires and immediately realises that Lucy is under the power of a “nos feratu” (a vampire). He advises Dr Seward to put garlic flowers around Lucy's bed to protect her. But Lucy doesn't like the smell of the flowers so she 5 removes them. In the morning Mina finds her “dead”. The story moves back to London, to Lucy’s tomb in Highgate Cemetery. Van Helsing and Dr Seward go to the tomb. They must drive a stake through her heart and cut off her head. It’s the only way to really kill a vampire. Jonathan has managed to escape from Castle Dracula and now arrives back in London. Van Helsing can see that there is a connection between Count Dracula and what has happened to Lucy. He fears that Count Dracula is now in London. Now they must find him as quickly as possible and drive a stake through his evil heart! True or False – say why 1. Jonathan Harker goes to Transylvania for a holiday. T/F 2. Count Dracula allows Jonathan to leave the castle. T/F 3. Mina goes to stay with her friend Lucy in Whitby. T/F 4. A ship full of people arrives in Whitby. T/F 5. Lucy is bitten by a vampire. T/F 6. You can kill a vampire by shooting them. T/F 7. Van Helsing is a young student. T/F 8. Renfield is a doctor who likes salad. T/F 9. Van Helsing thinks Dracula is in the UK T/F 10. Jonathan and Mina are planning to get married. T/F n 6 Pairwork – Reading + Speaking Student A Read this news article from the BBC and check the meaning of the underlined vocabulary. Then explain it to your partner (student B) Rare Victorian vampire slaying kit up for auction A vampire slaying kit from Victorian times is going up for auction in Yorkshire. Included in the 19th century set are a pistol, a mallet and four wooden stakes to drive into the heart of a vampire. There are also old bottles of garlic, sacred earth, communion wafers and holy water, to help protect you from the toothy villain. The stakes don't have any blood on them so it's believed they haven't been used before! Nigel Smith from Tennant's Auctioneers, North Yorkshire, says he expects the kit to sell for around £2,000, adding that there'd been "tremendous" interest from across the world. Mr Smith said these kits are rare: "I've been in this business about 30 years and I've sold one other one about 15 years ago from a museum in York." It's thought vampire slaying kits became fashionable after the famous 1897 novel Dracula, written by Bram Stoker. 7 Pairwork – Reading + Speaking Student B Read this news article from the BBC and check the meaning of the underlined vocabulary. Then explain it to your partner (student A) Victorian vampire-slaying kit sells for £7,500 at auction A Victorian vampire-slaying kit has sold for £7,500 to an unknown buyer at an auction in North Yorkshire. The 19th Century box contains a crucifix, pistol, wooden stakes and mallet, as well as glass bottles containing holy water, communion wafers, holy earth and garlic paste. The box was left to a Yorkshire woman in her uncle's will. Nigel Smith, from Tennants Auctioneers in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, said it had received "a lot of interest". "We had been expecting something between £1,500 and £2,000 and it went for £7,500. We had six telephones on it and there was a lot of bidding. "It's an extremely interesting thing," said Mr Smith. The kit was probably made in the late 1800s and was possibly inspired by the popularity of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. Ms Drage said she had not seen anything like it before. "It's probably a novelty thing, a kind of toy." As well as the weapons, the box holds a copy of the Book of Common Prayer from 1851 and a handwritten extract from the Bible which quotes Luke 19:27. 8 Make a Poster for a Vampire Slaying Kit In the play, Professor Van Helsing has a vampire slaying kit (the equipment you need to kill a vampire). Use the vocabulary in the box to make a funny cartoon A3 poster of a vampire slaying kit. The poster should show all the contents of the kit and explain how to use them to slay a vampire. (slay (v) is a literary word for kill – it means to kill somebody or something in a violent and dramatic way) Vocabulary a kit vampire to slay/kill to protect to cut to drive heart wooden stakes garlic a crucifix communion wafers a knife 9 Make a Character Fact File What do you know about each character in the story? What can you imagine about them? Choose two characters from the list and complete a fact file for each of them. Use the information about the plot and characters and your imagination to help you. Compare your fact files with other students. Here is an example Full Name Professor Van Helsing Age Around 65 Residence Abroad Social position and Respected by society because he is a very wise family background university professor. Possibly married with grown up children Career path Studied medicine at university. Was a doctor for many years. Now teaches student doctors (eg. Dr Seward) Strengths/powers Knows a lot about vampires, tries to help other people Weaknesses Not very good at English, needs a stick to walk Enjoys Solving mysteries, studying vampires Appearance Medium height, bald. Typical dress A jacket and trousers. A coat. His clothes are old and a bit scruffy. Adjectives to describe Intelligent, curious, kind, elderly, this character knowledgeable, intellectual, brave, adventurous 10 Now choose a different character from the list of characters and complete a character fact file for them. Compare your answers with another student. Do you agree? Full Name Age Residence Social position and family background Career path Strengths/Powers Weaknesses Enjoys Appearance Typical dress Adjectives to describe this character 11 Web Quest + Presentation Work in small groups. Choose one of the following topics. Do some online research. Prepare a short presentation for the class (five minutes). You could present your information using Powerpoint, a poster or your own visuals. Topics Women in Victorian Britain Vampire Bats Transylvania Bram Stoker’s Life Films inspired by “Dracula” Victorian inventions Goths visiting Whitby Medicine in Victorian Britain The Victorian attitude to death Your own idea 12 Read a Scene and Write a Diary Entry Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula, is composed of a series of diary entries and letters.
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