fiction.wikisort.org - CharacterJohn "Jack" Seward, M.D. is a fictional character appearing in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.
Fictional character appearing in Bram Stoker's Dracula
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Fictional character
John Seward |
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Art by Pablo Marcos |
First appearance | Dracula |
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Created by | Bram Stoker |
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Alias | Dr. John Seward Dr. Seward |
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Species | Human |
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Gender | Male |
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Title | Doctor of Medicine |
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Occupation | Doctor |
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Spouse | Wife (unknown) |
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Nationality | British |
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In the novel
Seward is the administrator of an insane asylum not far from Count Dracula's first English home, Carfax. Throughout the novel, Seward conducts ambitious interviews with one of his patients, R. M. Renfield, in order to understand better the nature of life-consuming psychosis, or as he calls it, zoophagous. As a psychiatrist, Seward enjoys using the most up-to-date equipment, including using a recording phonograph to record his interviews with his patients and his own notes. Several chapters of the novel consist of transcriptions of Seward's phonograph recordings. One of the main contributions made by Dr. Seward is his recordings of the events depicted from his personal perspective as a doctor; allowing the reader to gain a scientific understanding of the behaviour of vampirism through his behavioural analysis of Renfield.
He is best friends with Quincey Morris and Arthur Holmwood. All three propose to Lucy Westenra on the same day. Although Lucy turns down Seward's marriage proposal, his love for her remains, and he dedicates himself to her care when she is suddenly taken ill.
He calls in his mentor, Abraham Van Helsing, to help him with her illness, and he helps Seward to realise that Lucy has been bitten by a vampire and is doomed to become one herself. After she is officially destroyed and her soul can go to heaven, Seward is determined to destroy Dracula. The novel's epilogue mentions that Seward is now happily married.
In adaptations
On screen
Seward often appears in different screen adaptations of Dracula but in a wide variety of different roles. He is often referred to as "Jack" Seward. The most common change is to portray him not as Lucy's suitor, but as Mina Harker's father (or sometimes Lucy's father). This was almost certainly based on the Hamilton Deane - John L. Balderston stage adaptation. Sometimes he is portrayed as just a doctor with no familial or romantic connections to other characters. Such portrayals include:
In recent years, the trend has been to return Seward to his role in the novel, as a suitor for Lucy's hand in marriage, in:
- James Maxwell in Dracula (1968) - here he is Lucy’s fiancé. He and Van Helsing team up and jointly defeat Dracula.
- Mark Burns in Count Dracula (1977) - he is portrayed faithfully to his counterpart in the novel.
- Richard E. Grant in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - he is portrayed faithfully to his counterpart in the novel.
- Matthew Johnson in Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002)
- Ibrahim Kutty in Dracula (2005) - an Indian Malayalam-language television series which aired on Asianet.
- Prasad in Dracula (2008) - an Indian Telugu-language television series which aired on Gemini TV.
- Tom Burke in Dracula (2006)
- Matthew Beard in Dracula (2020) - he is re-imagined as modern-day medical student, who has an unrequited crush on Lucy.
On stage
- John Seward appears in Dracula, the musical by Frank Wildhorn. He was played by Shonn Wiley in Broadway production of the musical.
- Dr. Seward was portrayed by Joseph Taylor in 2019 Northern Ballet's production of Dracula by David Nixon. The production was recorded and showed in UK cinemas on Halloween and then broadcast on BBC4 in 2020.[1]
Radio
In the 1938 Mercury Theatre on the Air radio production of Dracula, Seward's character was combined with Arthur Holmwood's and renamed Arthur Seward. He was voiced by Orson Welles, who also voiced Dracula in the adaptation.
- In the alternate history novel Anno Dracula (1992), where Van Helsing fails and Dracula becomes the ruler of Britain, Seward becomes the murderer well known as "Jack the Ripper", whose targets are vampire prostitutes who remind him of Lucy (Seward is actually indirectly responsible for this new timeline; an injury he sustained to his hand in a confrontation with Renfield means that Seward hesitates when they discover Dracula attacking Mina, resulting in Dracula killing Jonathan Harker and Quincey Morris before escaping with Mina). Seward is finally killed after suffering a complete mental breakdown.
- In novel Dracula the Un-Dead (2009), a sequel to Dracula, Seward has become a morphine addict obsessed with killing the undead.
- In the 2011 Young Dracula TV series episode "Therapy", the character is a woman, Joan Seward, portrayed by Thusitha Jayasundera.
- In season 3 of TV series Penny Dreadful, which combines elements from several works of Victorian literature, Patti LuPone portrays Dr. Florence Seward, a female version of the character.[2]
- The animated comedy series You're Not a Monster, features Jack Seward, voiced by Kelsey Grammer who is depicted as having been turned into a vampire and helps his great-great grandson Max, voiced by Eric Stonestreet.
References
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Universe |
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Publications |
- Powers of Darkness
- Dracula's Guest
- Dracula the Un-dead
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Possible inspirations |
- Vlad II Dracul
- Vlad Călugărul
- Vlad the Impaler
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Castles |
- Castle Dracula
- Bran Castle
- Poenari Castle
- Corvin Castle
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Hammer Horror | |
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Dracula 2000 | |
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Nosferatu films | |
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Hotel Transylvania | |
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Parodies | |
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Other | |
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Other media |
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Television | Series | |
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Episodes |
- "Dracula" (Mystery and Imagination) (1968)
- "Treehouse of Horror IV" (1993)
- "Buffy vs. Dracula" (2000)
- "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (2010)
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Literature |
- The Dracula Tape and sequels (1975–2002)
- Anno Dracula series (1992–present)
- Anno Dracula
- The Bloody Red Baron
- Dracula Cha Cha Cha
- Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories (1914)
- The Revenge of Dracula (1978)
- Little Dracula (1986)
- Dracula the Undead (1997)
- The Historian (2005)
- The Book of Renfield (2005)
- Bloodline (2005)
- Young Dracula and Young Monsters (2006)
- Fangland (2007)
- Dracula the Un-dead (2009)
- Out of the Dark (2010)
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Radio |
- Dracula (1938)
- Dracula (1975)
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Plays |
- Dracula (1924)
- Dracula (1995)
- Dracula (1996)
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Musicals |
- Dracula (Czech musical) (1995)
- Dracula: A Chamber Musical (1997)
- Dracula, the Musical (2004)
- Dracula – Entre l'amour et la mort (2006)
- Dracula: the Musical (2010)
- Dracula – L'amour plus fort que la mort (2011)
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Comics |
- The Tomb of Dracula
- Dracula (Marvel Comics)
- Dracula (Dell Comics)
- Don Dracula
- Dracula Lives!
- Hellsing
- Sword of Dracula
- Batman & Dracula trilogy
- Victorian Undead
- Wolves at the Gate
- X-Men: Apocalypse vs. Dracula
- Purgatori
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Video games |
- The Count (1981)
- Ghost Manor (1983)
- Castlevania series
- Dracula (1986)
- Dracula the Undead (1991)
- Dracula Hakushaku (1992)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1993)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (handheld) (1993)
- Dracula Unleashed (1993)
- Dracula: Resurrection (2000)
- Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary (2000)
- Van Helsing (2004)
- Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon (2008)
- Dracula: Origin (2008)
- Vampire Season Monster Defense (2012)
- Dracula 4: The Shadow of the Dragon (2013)
- Dracula 5: The Blood Legacy (2013)
- The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing (2013)
- Drac's Night Out (unreleased)
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Pinball |
- Dracula (1979)
- Taxi (1988)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1993)
- Monster Bash (1998)
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Original characters | |
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Related |
- Lugosi v. Universal Pictures
- Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories
- Count Dracula in popular culture
- Transylvanian Society of Dracula
- Dracula Daily
- Dracula Society
- Dracula tourism
- Bibliography of works on Dracula
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- Category (Dracula)
- Category (derivatives)
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На других языках
- [en] John Seward
[fr] John Seward
John Seward, ou Jack Seward dans la plupart des adaptations au cinéma du roman Dracula, est un des personnages centraux de ce dernier, écrit par Bram Stoker, aux côtés de, notamment, Abraham Van Helsing, Jonathan Harker, Mina Harker, Quincey Morris. Une grande partie du roman est basée sur les extraits de son journal. Ancien élève du professeur Van Helsing devenu directeur de la clinique psychiatrique où meurt R.M. Renfield, il participe ensuite à la lutte acharnée qui conduit à la destruction du Comte Dracula et à la mort de Quincey Morris.
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