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，它的目标是在德比内激励和交叉施肥社区。1924年，德古拉在大剧院的舞台上首次获得许可。当幕布升起时，汉密尔顿迪恩的改编版德古拉穿着晚礼服和歌剧斗篷首次亮相。小说中那个可怕的诺斯费拉图被重新塑造成一个温文尔雅、老于世故的人物。这部剧获得了巨大的成功;它在全国巡回演出，并从伦敦西区转移到百老汇，贝拉·卢戈西在那里扮演伯爵。这部作品随后被好莱坞改编为1931年的标志性电影。从那时起，德古拉以各种形式出现：书籍，卡通，玩具，视频游戏和200多部电影，从Blacula（1972）到儿童最喜爱的跨西尔瓦尼亚酒店（2012）。德古拉是世界上最适应的角色之一，注定要在不同的文化和形式中重新出现，通过他/她/它的吸引力超越性别和种族界限。这个文化之旅的故乡是德比。这个AHRC Currency研究项目是关于Bram Stoker文本之外存在的Draculas。它利用百年纪念日举办一系列纪念、探索和理解文化适应的活动，考虑德古拉的含义和可能的含义。这些活动由一系列创意艺术研讨会指导和提供信息，旨在让公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，破坏者和虐待狂，但也是喜剧的来源和爱的形象。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，也是适应的地雷，正是通过塑造这种价值，该项目寻求重塑一个城市的文化身份，以最终影响旅游业。这是该项目所面临的挑战，也是其目标。它的目标是通过一个有影响力的参与性创造性艺术研究计划，让社区参与提高对德古拉和德比的批判意识;举办文化活动，庆祝1924年第一次获得许可的改编。每个活动都允许公众通过德古拉来塑造和影响德比;通过德古拉的这些动员，有助于在恐怖中进行关于平等、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该项目。有八个社区组织参与其中，还有一个新颖独特的公共部门组织联盟（德比市理事会、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）以及三所拥有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，该项目将社区和文化组织联系起来，改造地方网络，加强创意产业，支持创业精神，并为繁荣，充满活力的社区做出贡献。通过让德比的人们参与到众多德古拉的故事中，该项目旨在将这座城市打造成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.