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Countess Dracula!

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 4m

Neal Du Brock

" Countess Dracula! has a strong bite! - worthy of her Transylvania forbearers. Du Brock has given the old tale, a healthy transfusion." - Variety

"Spooky effects... spectacualar... witty... humorous." - Buffalo Courier

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 4m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller

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Summary
Based on Bram Stoker's Dracula character, however fourteen years have passed since Jonathan Harker and Dr. Van Helsing destroyed the dreaded Count. Now - suddenly a mysterious Lady Alucard appears and the blood curdling cycle of events begin anew - only this time the victims are men. Compounding the excitement - Dr. Van Helsing's lovely daughter arrives with the news of her father's violent death - the work of a woman vampire. Adding to the fun is the fact that the same actress plays both of these remarkable women - one malevolently thirsting for survival and the other - with the help of Harker and Dr. Seward - courageously challenging an incredible evil.
DR. JOHN SEWARD - retired head of the sanitarium at Purley
JONATHAN HARKER - a life-long friend
DR. ROBERT BARTOLOMEW - new head of the sanitarium
DIANA BARTOLOMEW - his bride
ANDREW SEWARD - Dr. Seward's son
ELISABETH B. VAN HELSING - daughter of Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, the renowned vampirologist
LADY ALUCARD
RICHARD BARTOLOMEW - Dr. Robert Bartolomew's twin brother
WANDESA - Lady Alucard's daughter

Elisabeth and Lady Alucard are played by the same actress. Richard and Robert are played by the same actor.

  • Time Period 1910s / WWI
  • Setting Dr. Bartolomew's study - the Seward Sanitarium, Purley, England. Autumn. 1912.
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

"Countess Dracula! has a strong bite!" - worthy of her Transylvania forbearers. Du Brock has given the old tale, a healthy transfusion. - Variety "
Spooky effects... spectacualar... witty... humorous." - Buffalo Courier Express

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Neal Du Brock

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