A gothic comedy based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde penned by Robin Glover

Dr Jekyll & Mrs Hyde is a monster mashup of fun at the expense of those gothic classics: Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Bram Stoker’s Dracula and the infamous real-life villain, Jack the Ripper. Yet amidst the murder and mayhem, below stairs romance blossoms between housemaid Molly and stable boy Jack. Above stairs too for Utterson’s nephew Dickie and heiress, Miss Lily Castleton.

Can Dr Jekyll overcome his nemesis, Edwina Hyde? Will inspector Asinine manage to arrest the right man? Can any of them survive the arrival of the Prince of Darkness and learn to dance the Monster Mash!

Casting: 4 Women 6 Men (with doubling)

Dr Jekyll & Mrs Hyde is available from amazon.co.uk priced £5.00 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dr-Jekyll-Mrs-Hyde-gothic/dp/1916108288/ref=sr_1

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) is perhaps best known for his novel Treasure Island, published in 1883. In it he created the classic pirate tale of buried treasure and a colourful collection of characters including: Long John Silver and the castaway, Ben Gunn and it has provided the template for all the pirate tales that have followed it.

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, published in 1886, is a bit of an oddity amongst Stevenson’s other tales of romance and adventure. A gothic novella about a kind and caring physician who, after drinking a drug intended to separate good from evil, inadvertently releases his psychopathic alter ego.

Note: Robin Glover is a pen name I use when writing adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays and mashups of gothic classics.