Hi everyone. One of my favorite Victorian horror stories (next to Dracula) would have to be The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. As I'm sure most of you are aware, there are several connections between this story and the Whitechapel murders. At the time of the killings, the story was adapted at the Lyceum theatre in the West End with the title roles played by American actor Richard Mansfield, whose performance was said to be so terrifying that several patrons were said to leave the theatre in fright. One writer to the police said in a letter that the performance was so convincing that he believed the actor was capable of commiting the Whitechapel atrocities. Also, several film adaptations have tried to connect the story of Jekyll & Hyde with the JTR story (Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde, Edge of Sanity, and the animated Van Helsing prequel, to name but a few). I just wanted to use this forum to discuss the story and it's connections to the Ripper murders. Some topics could be:
What do some of you like/dislike about the story?
Anyone here think "Jack" watched the play?
Anyone here think it more than a coincidence that the play opened in the beginning of August 1888, and shortly after, the murders of Tabram and Nichols occured?
Anyone here think the real "Jack" suffered from dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality)?
What do some of you like/dislike about the story?
Anyone here think "Jack" watched the play?
Anyone here think it more than a coincidence that the play opened in the beginning of August 1888, and shortly after, the murders of Tabram and Nichols occured?
Anyone here think the real "Jack" suffered from dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality)?
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