Bram Stoker, 1847-1912

Life:

• Irish, invalid as a child, mother told horror stories
• Dublin University, athlete, football player, became civil servant

Work in Theatre:

• Drama critic; stage manager for great actor Henry Irving
• Friends: Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Alfred Tennyson, Oscar Wilde

Writings:

• Dracula (1897)
• The Lady of the Shroud (1909)
• The Lair of the White Worm (1911)