Synopsis

A sung-through rock opera inspired by the classic black and white silent film of the same name - the first movie ever made of the Dracula story.

While following the general storyline and feel of the first ever Dracula movie, the vampire in this adaptation is a much more tragic figure than the creature generally portrayed in the countless Dracula films and other cinematic portrayals of vampires that followed. Bernard J Taylor has taken two basic elements - the tragic and the redemptive - and embroidered on them considerably, taking the story as far as possible from the Dracula that most people have come to know, deliberately avoiding any reference to 'Dracula'. The creature is referred to only by the name 'Nosferatu', an old Romanian word meaning 'undead'.

The most significant difference between this version and others of this tale is that the vampire dies because, like Galahad discovering the Holy Grail in the Arthurian legend, he wants to die at this point, for life no longer holds anything more for him. In effect he is redeemed by the purity of Mina, who is willing to sacrifice herself for the sake of others.

Nosferatu has here been given the background of a man who began his adult life as a scientist and philosopher, the product of a noble household, who became cynical and disillusioned when he failed to find any meaning to his life.

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