Audible’s Dracula: Patricia Nicol’s review

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Patricia Nicol reviews Audible’s full-cast Dracula as an unusually immersive listening experience, describing the force of its sound design and the sudden shocks it creates in an ordinary domestic setting. Her account considers how recorded voices and effects can make Stoker’s story feel immediate without supplying the fixed images of a film. Jonathan Bailey, Ella Purnell, David Jonsson and the wider cast are discussed within a production that draws on the appeal of literary audio drama as well as celebrity performers. Nicol’s enthusiasm is not unqualified: she finds Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Van Helsing jarringly modern and American in relation to the rest of the world being created. The review therefore offers a useful assessment of what works and what jars in this particular interpretation. It also places the release within renewed interest in dramatic audio adaptations, providing a critical counterpart to the production’s announcements and interviews.

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