Klarinet Archive - Posting 000121.txt from 2000/08

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Facial exercises?
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 19:59:38 -0400

<><> Tony=A0Wakefield wrote:
Someone here in UK wants me to take care of the orchestrations for a new
stage musical featuring a few fangs. That`s all I`m allowed to say at
present. Possibly a dodgy venture.

Seriously, given the success of shows like Annie and Jekyll & Hyde
and Technicolor Dreamcoat and Man of La Mancha, I think that Dracula
could be a winner if written halfway well. Some 'well-written' shows
fail simply because the story line or theme isn't 'in' at the time. I
think that Dracula would be sufficiently 'in' these days that it would
do OK even if it wasn't absolutely perfect.

<><> Do you know of any Stokers` in the U.S. Bill? That would be
interesting to discover.

I have copies of three other Stoker books, and the editor of one of
them writes:
"Finally I corresponded with Noel Stoker [no country mentioned]
, Bram's grandson, who said he would be delighted to let me be Stoker's
literary agent. Unfortunately most of the works had lapsed into public
domain. >snip< I would like to thank [Kensington Publishing, aka
Zebra Books, 21 East 40th St, NY, NY 10016] and the kind people at
Hutchinson Publishing Group in London, the British publisher for
Stoker's works, for making this volume possible."

(signed) Keith Deutsch, New York 1978

Now you know everything that I do (about Bram Stoker's
descendants), Believe it or not, my copy of Webster's biographical
dictionary describes Dracula as a "mystery story"!

Cheers,
Bill

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