Q: Where did the idea for Renfield’s Journal come from? How does a
programmer come to write a Victorian Novel?
A: I was a member of the G&S Players at
MIT. One year they decided to put on a “straight play” during the summer season
--with the proviso that it was from the same era. That is: Victorian. So, Dracula was my first non-singing role.
Q: Singer?
A: Yes, I’m a singer.
I wanted to play Mina, but I got cast as
Renfield. The director was into the Trans thing before it hit mainstream. She
asked each cast member to write a brief history of their character. I grabbed a
copy of Dracula for reference.
Dracula is not a narrative. It’s the character’s diaries and letters but
not the madman, Renfield’s for some reason. Where are his entries?