Dracula Returns to Derby

这是一个关于文化认同的参与性研究项目。通过新颖的研究、伙伴关系的建立和公众参与，它旨在激发德比社区的活力和交叉施肥。1924年，德古拉在大剧院的舞台上首次获得授权亮相。当幕布升起时，汉密尔顿·迪恩改编的德古拉穿着晚礼服和歌剧斗篷首次亮相。小说中的怪物被重新塑造成一个温文尔雅、世故的人物。这部剧大获成功；它在全国巡回演出，并从伦敦西区转到百老汇，贝拉·卢戈西在那里扮演伯爵。这部作品后来被好莱坞改编成1931年的标志性电影。从那以后，德古拉以各种形式出现：书籍、漫画、玩具、电子游戏和200多部电影，从1972年的《吸血鬼日记》到孩子们最喜欢的《精灵旅社》（2012年）。德古拉是世界上被改编得最多的角色之一，注定要在不同的文化和形式中重现，通过他/她/她的吸引力超越性别和种族的界限。这次文化之旅的出发地是德比。这个AHRC好奇号研究项目是关于德古拉存在于Bram Stoker的文本之外。它利用百年纪念举办了一系列活动，纪念、探索和理解文化适应，思考德古拉的意义和可以被用来表达的意义。这些活动由一系列创意艺术研讨会指导和提供信息，旨在让市民通过德古拉动员的方式进行思考。这个吸血鬼是一个施虐者、破坏者和施虐狂，但也是喜剧的源泉和爱的象征。最重要的是，德古拉是一个有价值的生物，既是旅游业的磁铁，也是适应的矿山，通过塑造这种价值，该项目寻求重塑城市的文化身份，最终影响旅游业。这是这个项目所面临的挑战，也是它的目标。其目标是通过一项有影响力的参与式创意艺术研究计划，让社区参与提高对德古拉和德比的批判意识；舞台文化活动庆祝1924年第一次授权改编。每个活动都允许公众通过德古拉塑造和影响德比；通过这些德古拉的动员，促进了关于恐怖中的平等、多样性和包容性的全国对话；通过学术和社区出版物分析和记录项目。有八个社区组织参与其中，还有一个新颖而独特的公共部门组织联盟（德比市议会，市中心商业改善区），文化提供者（德比图书节，德比博物馆，德比剧院，QUAD， Thrivemind Village和Writing East Midlands），以及三所相关专业知识的大学（伯恩茅斯大学，谢菲尔德哈勒姆大学和德比大学）。因此，该项目在社区和文化组织之间建立了联系，改变了当地的网络，加强了创意产业，支持了创业精神，并为一个蓬勃发展、充满活力的社区做出了贡献。通过让德比的人们参与许多德古拉的故事，该项目旨在将城市建立为哥特式旅游的目的地。

This is a participatory research project into cultural identity. Via novel research, partnership building and public engagement it aims to energise and cross-fertilise communities within Derby. It was here that Dracula made his first licensed appearance, on the stage of the Grand Theatre in 1924. When the curtain rose, Hamilton Deane's adaptation debuted Dracula in evening dress and opera cloak. The monstrous nosferatu of the novel was recast as an urbane and sophisticated figure. The show became wildly successful; it toured the country, and from the West End transferred to Broadway, where Bela Lugosi played the Count. This production was then adapted by Hollywood for the iconic 1931 film. Since then Dracula has manifested in diverse forms: books, cartoons, toys, video games and over 200 further films, from Blacula (1972) to children's favourite Hotel Transylvania (2012). Dracula is one of the most adapted characters in the world, destined to reappear in diverse cultures and forms, transcending gender and ethnic boundaries through his/her/its appeal. The home of this cultural journey is Derby.This AHRC Curiosity research project is about the Draculas that exist beyond Bram Stoker's text. It uses the centenary to hold a series of events commemorating, exploring and understanding cultural adaptation, considering what Dracula has meant and can be made to mean. These events are guided and informed by a series of creative arts workshops designed to engage citizens in thinking through the modalities that Dracula mobilises. This vampire is an abuser, destroyer and sadist, yet also a source of comedy and a figure of love. Above all, Dracula is a creature of value, both a magnet for tourism and a mine for adaptation, and it is through shaping this value that the project seeks to rebrand the cultural identity of a city, in order, ultimately, to impact tourism. This is the challenge the project addresses, and its aim. Its objectives are toengage communities in raising critical consciousness of Dracula and Derby through a programme of impactful participatory creative arts research;stage cultural events to celebrate the first licensed adaptation in 1924. Each event allows the public to shape and influence Derby through Dracula;through these mobilisations of Dracula contribute to the national conversation on equality, diversity and inclusion in horror;analyse and document the project via scholarly and community publications.There are eight community organisations involved, alongside a novel and unique alliance of public sector organisations (Derby City Council, city centre Business Improvement Districts), cultural providers (Derby Book Festival, Derby Museums, Derby Theatre, QUAD, Thrivemind Village and Writing East Midlands), and three universities where relevant expertise is housed (Bournemouth University, Sheffield Hallam University, and University of Derby). The project thus makes connections between community and cultural organisations, transforming local networks, strengthening the creative industries, supporting entrepreneurship and contributing to a thriving, energetic community. Through involving the people of Derby in the story of the many Draculas the project aims to establish the city as a destination for gothic tourism.