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\u003cp\u003eAlmost fifty years before Bram Stoker penned \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c/i\u003e, Dion Boucicault staged \u003ci\u003eThe Vampire\u003c/i\u003e, a three-act play that thrilled London audiences as well as Queen Victoria. The production boasted innovations of stagecraft and dramatic composition, to say nothing of the mesmerising performance of Boucicault as the titular creature. After \u003ci\u003eThe Vampire\u003c/i\u003e closed, Boucicault moved to the United States and revised his play, staging a two-act version renamed \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom\u003c/i\u003e in 1856. \u003ci\u003eThe Vampire\u003c/i\u003e has languished in relative obscurity, with no published edition nor critical commentary, since the mid-nineteenth century years. Boucicaultâs original handwritten script provides the basis for this first full edition of his innovative tour de force. Similarly, a manuscript of \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom\u003c/i\u003e, updated by Boucicault for an 1873 production, offers audiences a new version of this influential play. \u003ci\u003eThe Vampire\u003c/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom\u003c/i\u003e can now take their proper place in the lineage of vampire literature that began with Polidori and continues to this day.\u003c/p\u003e |
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