CARMILLA
On June 2 and 3, 2025, Annex Theatre presents a script reading of the new play CARMILLA by Mariah Lee Squires and S. W. Jones, based on the Gothic novella of the same name by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this list of books and films to enhance your experience of the show.
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Vampyr
The classic 1932 Carl Dreyer film is based on Carmilla (Criterion Collection DVD).
Format: DVD
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Vampyr
The classic 1932 Carl Dreyer film is based on Carmilla (streaming video).
Format: Streaming Video
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The Vampire
Edited by Alan Dundes, this collection explores various vampire traditions in different cultures.
Format: Book
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Five Gothic Masterpieces
Besides Carmilla, this collection also includes Frankenstein, Dracula, The Great God Pan, and The Mysteries of Udolpho.
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The Vampire
Drawing on literary and artistic representations, as well as medical, forensic, empirical, and sociopolitical perspectives, this rich and eerie history presents the vampire as a strikingly complex being that has been used to express the traumas and contradictions of the human condition. (publisher description)
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Rags & Bones
This collection is composed of reimagined classic tales by award-winning young adult authors, including Millcara, Holly Black’s take on Le Fanu’s Carmilla
Format: Book
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The Treasury of the Fantastic
This 19th and 20th Century fantastical literature collection includes Carmilla.
Format: Book
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Short Story Criticism
This volume includes five critical essays on various aspects of Le Fanu’s Carmilla.
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