Vampire; or, The Bride of the Isles
Author: first_name: James
last_name: Planché
Language: English
Year: 1820

Freely adapted from Lord Byron’s Fragment of a Novel, J.R. Planché’s The Vampire; or, the Bride of the Isles predates Dracula in its depiction of the vampire as a seductive, sophisticated, and noble figure. It also helped popularize the character of Lord Ruthven, a nefarious “creature of the night” who would later be immortalized in numerous films, operas, roleplaying games, novels and comic books.<br /><br />

Set in the Scottish Isles, Planché’s play begins with our heroine having a prophetic