Ivan Stoker Dixon performs an excerpt from a one man show based on his granduncle Bram Stoker.
'A Taste of Dracula' debunks the myths which surround Bram Stoker’s gothic horror novel ‘Dracula’.
Written in 1897 by the Clontarf-born theatre manager and writer who was based in London, like other Victorian works 'Dracula' expresses,
The deepest reactions of their creators to the world in which they lived.
As the story was written by an Irishman, Ivan Stoker Dixon contends that in the shade of the towering figure of Dracula are
The presence of Bram Stoker, and the presence of Ireland.
This episode of ‘Folio’ was broadcast on 28 March 1980.
'Folio' was initially a general arts programme, first broadcast on 20 September 1977 with a performance of 'La Ventana' by the Irish Ballet Company. The first series was subtitled 'The Arts in Ireland' and 'The World of Books' on alternate weeks, with Ciarán MacGonigal presenting the arts editions while Tom McGurk and Patrick Gallagher presented the literary ones. From the second series on, it became a books programme, though still taking an occasional look at theatre and other arts. It ran until 1985.
