Unlike most adaptations, which typically appear years after the novel on which they are based, the theatrical adaptation of 鈥淒racula鈥� was written by Stoker himself and presented before the novel鈥檚 publication. It debuted at the Lyceum Theatre where Stoker worked under the title, 鈥淒racula, or The Undead,鈥� and was performed only once.
Following that first theatrical adaptation, and of course, the novel itself, came a flood of Dracula-inspired films. The Internet Movie Database estimates some 217 films have been released featuring Dracula in a main role and some 300 , foreign and domestic, inspired by Dracula.
