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((Short description|Fictional character appearing in Bram Stoker's Dracula))
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((Infobox character
| name               = John Seward
| series             = [[Dracula]]
| image              = John 'Jack' Seward.png
| caption            = Art by [[Pablo Marcos]]
| first              = ''Dracula''
| creator            = [[Bram Stoker]]
| alias              = Dr. John Seward<br />Dr. Seward
| species            = [[Human]]
| occupation         = Doctor
| spouse             = Wife (unknown)
| gender             = Male
| title              = Doctor of Medicine
| nationality        = British
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'''John''' "'''Jack'''" '''Seward, M.D.''' is a fictional character appearing in [[Bram Stoker]]'s 1897 novel ''[[Dracula]]''.

== In the novel ==
Seward is the administrator of an [[Psychiatric hospital|insane asylum]] not far from [[Count Dracula]]'s first English home, Carfax. Throughout the novel, Seward conducts ambitious interviews with one of his patients, [[Renfield|R. M. Renfield]], in order to understand better the nature of life-consuming [[psychosis]], or as he calls it, zoophagous. As a psychiatrist, Seward enjoys using the most up-to-date equipment, including using a recording [[phonograph]] to record his interviews with his patients and his own notes. Several chapters of the novel consist of transcriptions of Seward's phonograph recordings. One of the main contributions made by Dr. Seward is his recordings of the events depicted from his personal perspective as a doctor; allowing the reader to gain a scientific understanding of the behaviour of vampirism through his behavioural analysis of Renfield.

He is best friends with [[Quincey Morris]] and [[Arthur Holmwood]]. All three propose to [[Lucy Westenra]] on the same day. Although Lucy turns down Seward's marriage proposal, his love for her remains, and he dedicates himself to her care when she is suddenly taken ill.

He calls in his mentor, [[Abraham Van Helsing]], to help him with her illness, and he helps Seward to realise that Lucy has been bitten by a vampire and is doomed to become one herself. After she is officially destroyed and her soul can go to heaven, Seward is determined to destroy Dracula. The novel's epilogue mentions that Seward is now happily married.

== In adaptations ==
=== On screen ===

Seward often appears in different screen adaptations of ''Dracula'' but in a wide variety of different roles. He is often referred to as "Jack" Seward. The most common change is to portray him not as Lucy's suitor, but as [[Mina Harker]]'s father (or sometimes Lucy's father). This was almost certainly based on the [[Hamilton Deane]] - [[John L. Balderston]] [[Dracula (1924 play)|stage adaptation]]. Sometimes he is portrayed as just a doctor with no familial or romantic connections to other characters. Such portrayals include:

* [[Gustav Botz]] (as Dr. Sievers) in ''[[Nosferatu]]'' (1922)
* [[Herbert Bunston]] in ''[[Dracula (1931 English-language film)|Dracula]]'' (1931 film) - here he is father of Mina
* José Soriano Viosca in ''[[Dracula (1931 Spanish-language film)|Drácula]]'' (Spanish version, 1931) - here he is father of Eva (Mina in this version)
* Münir Ceyhan  (as Dr.Akif) in ''[[Drakula İstanbul'da]]'' (1953)
* [[Charles Lloyd-Pack]] in ''[[Dracula (1958 film)|Dracula]]'' (1958)
* [[Paul Muller (actor)|Paul Muller]] in ''[[Count Dracula (1970 film)|Count Dracula]]'' (1970)
* Václav Mareš in ''[[Hrabe Drakula]]'' (1971)
* [[Donald Pleasence]] in ''[[Dracula (1979 film)|Dracula]]'' (1979) - here he is father of Lucy.
* [[Harvey Korman]] in ''[[Dracula: Dead and Loving It]]'' (1995) - here he is father of Mina.
* Dani Lennon (as Dr. Joan Seward) in ''[[Dracula Reborn]]'' (2012) - here she is doctor in modern-day California, who treats Lina Harker after she gets strange blood condition.
*[[Michael Ironside]] in  ''Dracula the Original Living Vampire'' (2022) - here he's coroner, who helps detective Van Helsing in her investigation of abnormal murders.

In recent years, the trend has been to return Seward to his role in the novel, as a suitor for Lucy's hand in marriage, in:

* [[James Maxwell (actor)|James Maxwell]] in ''[[Dracula (Mystery and Imagination)|Dracula]]'' (1968) - here he is Lucy’s fiancé. He and Van Helsing team up and jointly defeat Dracula.
* [[Mark Burns (actor)|Mark Burns]] in ''[[Count Dracula (1977)|Count Dracula]]'' (1977) - he is portrayed faithfully to his counterpart in the novel.
* [[Richard E. Grant]] in ''[[Dracula (1992 film)|Bram Stoker's Dracula]]'' (1992) - he is portrayed faithfully to his counterpart in the novel.
* Matthew Johnson in ''[[Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary]]'' (2002)
* Ibrahim Kutty in ''Dracula'' (2005) - an Indian [[Malayalam]]-language television series which aired on [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]].
* Prasad in ''Dracula'' (2008) - an Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language television series which aired on [[Gemini TV]].
* [[Tom Burke (actor)|Tom Burke]] in ''[[Dracula (2006)|Dracula]]'' (2006). Here, he's had an unrequited crush on Lucy since he was twelve. At the end of the film, he and Mina get together.
* [[Matthew Beard (English actor)|Matthew Beard]] in ''[[Dracula (2020 TV series)|Dracula]]'' (2020) - he is re-imagined as modern-day medical student, who has an unrequited crush on Lucy.

===On stage===
* John Seward appears in [[Dracula, the Musical|''Dracula, the musical'']] by [[Frank Wildhorn]]. He was played by Shonn Wiley in Broadway production of the musical.
* Dr. Seward was portrayed by Joseph Taylor in 2019 [[Northern Ballet]]'s production of ''Dracula'' by [[David Nixon (choreographer)|David Nixon]]. The production was recorded and showed in UK cinemas on Halloween and then broadcast on BBC4 in 2020.<ref>((Cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/mck25q/dracula-by-northern-ballet/ |title=Dracula by Northern Ballet |website=Radio Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215909/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/mck25q/dracula-by-northern-ballet/ |archive-date=2 June 2021 |url-status=dead))</ref>
* John Seward is one of the principal characters in a stage adaptation of [[Dracula (1995 play)|Dracula]] by [[John Godber]] and [[Jane Thornton]], first performed by Hull Truck Theatre Company in 1995. He was played by Paul Gilmore.<ref>((Cite book |last=Godber |first=John |title=Dracula |publisher=Joseph Weinberger Ltd |year=1998 |isbn=9780856762161 |language=en-gb))</ref>

===Radio===
In the 1938 ''[[The Mercury Theatre on the Air|Mercury Theatre on the Air]]'' radio production of ''[[Dracula (radio drama)|Dracula]]'', Seward's character was combined with [[Arthur Holmwood]]'s and renamed Arthur Seward. He was voiced by [[Orson Welles]], who also voiced Dracula in the adaptation.

== In other media ==

* In the [[alternate history]] novel ''[[Anno Dracula (novel)|Anno Dracula]]'' (1992), where Van Helsing fails and Dracula becomes the ruler of Britain, Seward becomes the murderer well known as "[[Jack the Ripper]]", whose targets are vampire [[prostitute]]s who remind him of Lucy (Seward is actually indirectly responsible for this new timeline; an injury he sustained to his hand in a confrontation with Renfield means that Seward hesitates when they discover Dracula attacking Mina, resulting in Dracula killing Jonathan Harker and Quincey Morris before escaping with Mina). Seward is finally killed after suffering a complete mental breakdown.
*In novel ''[[Dracula the Un-dead|Dracula the Un-Dead]]'' (2009), a sequel to ''Dracula'', Seward has become a [[morphine]] addict obsessed with killing the undead.
* In the 2011 ''[[Young Dracula]]'' TV series episode "Therapy", the character is a woman, Joan Seward, portrayed by Thusitha Jayasundera.
* In season 3 of TV series ''[[Penny Dreadful (TV series)|Penny Dreadful]]'', which combines elements from several works of Victorian literature, [[Patti LuPone]] portrays Dr. Florence Seward, a female version of the character.<ref>((cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/25/penny-dreadful-season-3-john-logan-preview |title=Penny Dreadful showrunner John Logan promises a 'reckoning' in season 3 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |first=Kelly |last=Connolly |date=April 25, 2016 |access-date=June 6, 2016))</ref>
*The animated comedy series ''[[You're Not a Monster]]'', features Jack Seward, voiced by [[Kelsey Grammer]] who is depicted as having been turned into a vampire and helps his great-great grandson Max, voiced by [[Eric Stonestreet]].

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