Dracula adapted by Laramie Dean from Bram Stoker - Theatrefolk

Dracula

Recommended for High Schools

Dracula

adapted by Laramie Dean from Bram Stoker

A highly theatrical exploration of the evil that lurks inside all of us…

 About 100 minutes
Act 1: 50 minutes, Act 2: 50 minutes

Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks

 13
5 M | 5 W | 3 Any Gender, plus Nosferatu and Assorted Monsters

Simple set

 100 pages

Drama Classical Adaptation

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Based on Bram Stoker’s timeless novel, Dracula is a highly theatrical exploration of the evil that lurks inside all of us… and how it can become all-consuming, draining away our humanity and turning us into monsters.

Count Dracula travels from his castle in Transylvania to England with the intent of creating more vampires like himself. But little does he know that one woman may possess enough strength to destroy him forever.

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13 Characters
5 M, 5 W, 3 Any Gender, plus Nosferatu and Assorted Monsters
Count Vlad Dracula [M] 127 lines
500-year-old Transylvanian vampire. Drinks blood to maintain his youth and immortality. Having bled dry most of his own homeland, he now seeks to conquer England.
Mina Murray Harker [W] 267 lines
A young Englishwoman engaged to Jonathan Harker; former paramour of Abraham Van Helsing.
Jonathan Harker [M] 177 lines
A young up and coming British solicitor. Engaged to Mina Murray.
Lucy Westenra [W] 131 lines
Mina’s best friend with whom she’s grown up, a young woman skating dangerously close to the edge of sanity.
Abraham Van Helsing [M] 186 lines
A young British doctor, once in love with Mina, was engaged to Lucy. An expert on diseases of the blood and metaphysics, including hypnotism and vampires.
R.M. Renfield [M] 58 lines
Once a solicitor in Harker’s firm, driven mad by Dracula, now his very willing slave. Believes that eating smaller forms of life will grant him immortality.
Bride 1 [W] 16 lines
One of Dracula’s vampire wives, she is the youngest.
Bride 2 [W] 13 lines
Dracula’s middle bride, usually sides with Bride 1.
Bride 3 [W] 20 lines
The eldest and the most powerful of Dracula’s vampiric wives.
Captain of the Demeter [A] 9 lines
Russian captain of the ship taking Dracula from Transylvania to England.
Attendant [A]
Worker at Van Helsing’s asylum.
Butler [M] 5 lines
Works for Lucy.
Gypsy [A] 1 line
Powerful Transylvanian in charge of making certain that Dracula reaches his castle safely.
Nosferatu [A]
The Undead.
Assorted Monsters [A]
Vampires, monsters, and werewolves who inhabit the Underworld. They may also act as stagehands, changing furniture between scenes.

Subgenres
Adaptation Character study Fantasy Mystery/Thriller

Settings
19th Century

Dress
Elaborate costumes Fantasy costumes Period costumes

Audience
Teen

Features
Character study Music Opportunity for spectacle Special effects Stage combat Variable Cast Size

Set
Exterior set Interior set Multiple sets Opportunity for spectacle

Cautions
Adult themes Frank talk of death Onstage murder Physical violence

Themes
Betrayal Death Love Relationships

Cross-Curricular Uses
English

Other uses
Class work Competition Scene work

Prop List

Valise, Traveling Hat & Coat, Antique Silver Lamp, Additional Bags (Suitcases), Sparrow, Handkerchief, Straight Jacket, Suit & Tie, Journal, Shaving Mirror, Shaving Supplies, Crucifix (2), Sack, Wine Bottle, Needle with Sedative, Rat, Pistol (2), Cross Necklace, Baby, Wooden Stake (2), Cross, Bowie Knife (2), Crystal Point, Tree Branch, The Host (Sacramental Bread), Hammer, Knife, Ropes, Skeleton Hand, Skull

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