Liz Lochhead Dracula Pdf 33 [upd] May 2026

Liz Lochhead — Dracula (PDF, 33 pages)

The "Uncanny" and the Double: Lochhead uses the vampire myth to explore Freudian concepts of the "uncanny"—doubles, repressed desires, and the "un-dead" nature of suppressed feelings. Liz Lochhead Dracula Pdf 33

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Title: “Blood and Voice: Gender, Performance, and Transgression in Liz Lochhead’s Dracula” Liz Lochhead — Dracula (PDF, 33 pages) The

1. Context: Liz Lochhead’s Dracula

Liz Lochhead, the celebrated Scottish poet‑playwright, approached Bram Stoker’s Victorian classic Dracula as part of a broader project to re‑imagine canonical gothic texts through a contemporary, feminist lens. Her version, first performed in the early 2000s and later published as a PDF edition for study and performance, is notable for: In this version, they are sisters, a change

shifts the focus away from the titular Count and toward the two primary female characters: Mina Westerman and Lucy Westerman. In this version, they are sisters, a change that heightens the emotional stakes of the narrative. Lochhead uses this relationship to explore the "double-edged sword" of Victorian womanhood—the tension between domestic expectation and the burgeoning, often repressed, sexual awakening of young women.