Dracula
“The Management cannot be responsible for patrons who may faint or feel unwell, but First Aid Attendants are in the Theatre throughout the performance.” – programme note
The ‘Effects Manager’ credit (given in some programmes as ‘Effects Control’) was dropped when Joan Harding (replacement effects manager) took over the role of Mary Wells.
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Butterworth | John Saunders |
|---|---|
| Count Dracula | Bela Lugosi |
| Dr Seward | David Dawson |
| John Harker | Richard Butler |
| Lucy Seward | Sheila Wynn |
| Mary Wells | Joan Winmill |
| R M Renfield | Eric Lindsay |
| Van Helsing | Arthur Hosking |
| Mary Wells (replacement) | Joan Harding
(started 12th July 1951) |
| John Harker (temporary replacement) | John Martin
(23rd July – 4th August 1951) |
| Van Helsing (replacement) | Ralph Wilson
(started 20th August 1951) |
Crew | |
| Decor by | Bertram Tyrer |
| Director / Lighting Design | Richard Eastham |
| Effects Manager | Ann Coupland |
| Manager | Alfred W Beale |
| Stage Director | Peter Whelpton |
| Stage Manager | Janet Reid |
| Presented by | John C Mather |
| Presented by | W H Williams |
| Press Representative | George Routledge |
| Press Representative | Gordon White |
| Publicity Manager | Douglas Bodkin |
| Scenery built by | Mayfair Displays |
| Effects Manager (replacement) | Joan Harding
(started June 1951) |
| Stage Director (replacement 1) | Thomas Muschamp
(started July 1951) |
| Stage Manager (replacement 1) | Archie Angus
(started July 1951) |
| Stage Manager (replacement 2) | Janet Gray
(started July 1951) |
| Stage Director (replacement 2) | Gordon Marshall
(started August 1951) |
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Play description
This is Hamilton Deane’s DRACULA adaptation, itself adapted by John L Balderston for presentation on Broadway in October 1927.
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