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Dr. John "Jack" Seward, M.D.is afictional characterappearing in
Bram Stoker's 1897
novelDracula.
In the novel
Seward is the administrator of an insane asylumnot far from
Count racula's first!nglishhome" Carfa#. $hroughout the novel"
Seward conducts am%itious interviews with
one of his patients" &. . &enfield" in order to
understand %etter the nature of life(
consumingpsychosis.)s a psychiatrist" Seward en*oys using the
most up(to(datee+uipment" including using a recordingphonographto
record his interviews with his
patients and his own notes. Several chapters of the novel
consist of transcriptions of
Seward's phonograph recordings.
,e is %est friends with -uincey orrisand )rthur ,olmwood. )ll
three propose to ucy
/estenrathe same day. )lthough ucy turns down Seward's marriage
proposal" his love
for her remains" and he dedicates himself to her care when she
suddenly takes ill.
,e calls in his mentor" )%raham 0an ,elsing"to help him with her
illness" and he helpsSeward to realie that ucy has %een %itten %y a
vampireand is doomed to %ecome one
herself. )fter she is officially destroyed and her soulcan go to
,eaven" Seward is
determined to destroy racula. $he novel'sepiloguementions that
Seward is now happily
married.
In adaptations
Seward often appears in different adaptations ofDracula%ut in a
wide variety of
different roles. ,e is often referred to as 23ack2 Seward. $he
most common change is toportray him not as ucy's suitor" %ut as her
father 4or sometimes ina ,arker's father5.$his was almost certainly
%ased on the decision made in writing the,amilton eane
stage adaptation. Such portrayals include6
ustav Bot4as r. Sievers5 inNosferatu4195
,er%ert BunstoninDracula4191 film5
3os: Soriano 0ioscainDracula4191" Spanish languageversion5
Charles loyd(;ackinDracula419ormaninDracula: Dead and Loving
It4199
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?n the 198Mercury !eatre on t!e "irradio production ofDracula"
Seward's character
was com%ined with )rthur ,olmwood's and renamed )rthur Seward.
,e was voiced %yArson /elles" who also voicedraculain the
adaptation.
In other works
?n the alternate historynovel"nno#Dracula"where 0an ,elsing
fails and racula
%ecomes the ruler of Britain" Seward %ecomes the murderer well
known as 23ack the&ipper2" whose targets are
vampireprostituteswho remind him of ucy 4Seward is
actually indirectly responsi%le for this new timeline an in*ury
he sustained to his hand in
a confrontation with &enfield means that Seward hesitates
when they discover raculaattacking ina" resulting in racula killing
3onathan ,arker and -uincey orris %efore
escaping with ina5. Seward is finally killed after suffering a
complete mental
%reakdown.
Seward appears inDracula t!e $n#dead%yacre Stokerand ?an ,olt.
?n the novel" set< years afterDracula" Seward has %ecome a
morphineaddict o%sessed with destroying
the undead.)t some point %efore the events of the story" Seward
comes into contact with
the &omanian actor 0ladimir Basara%" who assists him in
hunting the vampire Countess!lia%eth Bathory. )fter chasing Bathory
and her servants from arseillesto;aris"
Seward confronts Bathory's servants in ;aris" only to %e killed
%y Bathory's carriage.
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