Bram Stoker in Whitby
In July 1890, a 42-year-old theatre manager named Bram Stoker came to Whitby in the north of England, and stayed at Number 6, Royal Crescent. For a long time, Stoker had been working on fiction to do with the vampire. His visit to Whitby was a catalyst to the development of that work, which later became this novel: Dracula.
This video was filmed during a very stormy day in Whitby, late December. I have visited Whitby twice, and it always leaves such a powerful impression on me. There is a magic atmosphere there that goes far beyond Dracula. I think Stoker experienced that same atmosphere back in 1890 and put it into his novel. Whitby not famous because of Dracula; rather, Dracula is famous because partly because of Whitby!
Music credits: "Gothic Organ Intense Music" by @gravitymusic and "Castle of Dread │ Dark Pipe Organ Music" by @jacobsmusic3867
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@GabrielSchenk
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Great job, Gabriel.
@GabrielSchenk
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Thanks, Brian! And thanks for watching :)
Great exploration of Dracula's setting, Gabriel! Really enjoyed your thoughts about why Dracula even passes through Whitby instead of arriving immediately in London.
@GabrielSchenk
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Thanks so much, Nathan! Yeah, that narrative decision mystified me for a long time. Before I read Dracula, I assumed that the whole thing was set at Whitby because so much is made of the connection (mostly by the Whitby Tourism Board). Even after I read it I remembered the Whitby section as being much larger and more important than it was, and it was only after re-reading it that I really saw how small that Whitby section is. You could imagine an editor saying, "cut Whitby so we get to the action in London faster" but I think the novel would have lost a lot in atmosphere and imagery if he had done that. It's Stoker's "Tom Bombadil." It was only by thinking about Whitby in Dracula whilst actually in Whitby that I could understand why Stoker had included it... it's too good a setting to miss out on! Another angle would be to think of Stoker as Lyceum theatre manager and the three primary settings (Transylvania, Whitby, and London) as three acts / three scene changes. Although we go back to Transylvania at the end so Stoker has more freedom in a novel than a stage play. But it may have been in his head to think, "a story needs different locations" especially considering how lavish the sets and costumes were at the Lyceum...!