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Article: PLAYWRIGHT DIETZ SEEKS FRESH BLOOD WITH LATEST PRODUCTION OF `DRACULA'.(What's Happening)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- February 14, 1997
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If you've seen any of the two dozen Dracula movies or the dozen Dracula plays, or if you've read Bram Stoker's 1897 novel ``Dracula,'' you know that the ``dread lord of the undead'' needs virgins.
It's not just that the evil Transylvanian count has a perfectly understandable desire for the blood of virgins. After all, he's a vampire.
No. Over the past century, Dracula has had an unquenchable thirst for new audiences, new filmmakers and new playwrights.
The latest to succumb to Dracula's seemingly irresistible allure is Seattle's own Steven Dietz, author of widely produced plays with contemporary themes, including ``Lonely Planet'' and ``God's ...