1st Read Through - Interpretation

 

So far we have read from scene 1-8 of Liz Lochhead's version of Dracula. Comparing it to the film we have just watched, I feel that the two main woman-(Lucy and Mina) have stronger personalities in the script compared to the characters in the film. I think it may have something to do with the film was made in the early 1900's and woman were not seen as equals, so they made them a lot more meak, whilst in Lochhead's adaptation she made them a lot more powerful, this could have something to do with it being written in 1989. Another thing I noticed when reading the script, Lochhead has sexualised the woman a lot more, by using innuendos "leg or breast, Mr Jonathon" and "I said, meine Wilhel-Mina.... come and gawp at me in my drawers".
I believe that the film is old fashioned and that in the script, although it is set in the Victorian era, it has been written from a modern point of view, because the woman are a lot more strong minded.