Bram Stoker best known as the author of Dracula also managed The Lyceum Theatre in London.
Over the years Count Dracula has been depicted many times on screen and in comic books, all based on the 1897 novel 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker.
Written by a man who had never been in Transylvania in his life, a man who was born not in some crumbling ruin surrounded by howling wolves but in the respectable Dublin suburb of Clontarf. That man was Abraham Stoker known to his family and friends and now to all the world as Bram.
Bram Stoker was born on 8 November 1847 at 15 The Crescent in Clontarf, the son of a civil servant who worked in Dublin Castle. He attended Trinity College Dublin and graduated with honours in Science in 1870. He followed in his father's footsteps and worked as a clerk in Dublin Castle.
Bram Stoker had a keen interest in theatre and later became manager to actor Henry Irving, who was a regular on the Dublin stage.
In 1871, Bram Stoker began a new career writing theatre reviews. Inspired by the gothic novel 'Carmilla', the work of fellow Dubliner Sheridan Le Fanu, he developed an interest in vampires. The first horror story 'The Chain of Destiny' by Bram Stoker was published in 1875.
In 1878 Bram Stoker resigned from the civil service to take up the role of manager of The Lyceum Theatre in London at Henry Irving's invitation.
'Irish Men and Irish Women: Bram Stoker' was broadcast on 29 December 1976. The presenter is Ronnie Drew.
The series was written by Bernard Share and produced by Joe O'Donnell.
'Irish Men And Irish Women' was a television series about notable people in Ireland’s history, described by producer Joe O’Donnell as
Mainly unsung heroes...not unknown, but outside the orthodoxy of our national pantheon.
(RTÉ Guide, 19 September 1975).
First broadcast on RTÉ Television on 25 September 1975, it ran for three series until 1977.
