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Dracula

Martin Beck Theatre, (10/20/1977 - 1/6/1980)
Preview:Oct 13, 1977 Total Previews:5
Opening:Oct 20, 1977   
Closing:Jan 6, 1980 Total Performances:925


Category: Play, Drama, Revival, Broadway
Description: A play in three acts
Setting: Purley, England. The 1920s.





by opening date




Originally Conceived and Produced for the Nantucket Stage Company by John Wulp

Dramatized by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston; Based on the world famous novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Directed by Dennis Rosa

Scenic Design by Edward Gorey; Costume Design by Edward Gorey; Lighting Design by Roger Morgan; Sound Consultant: Erskine-Shapiro, Theatre Technology, Inc.; Men's Hair Styles by Tommy DeMaio; Make-up Consultant: Robert O'Bradovich

Company Manager: Susan Gustafson; Management Assistant: Veronica Claypool and Victoria Heslin

Production Stage Manager: Charles Kindl; Stage Manager: Bill Dodds; Assistant Stage Mgr: Tandy Cronyn; Production Supervisor: Ben Janney

Production Propertyman: Barry-Robert Molitch; Bat Handler: Kim Herbert; Special Effects by Chic Silber; Additional Effects by Peter Kunz

Scenery Supervised by Lynn Pecktal; Costumes Supervised by John David Ridge; General Press Representative: Solters & Roskin, Inc.; Casting: Terry Fay; Advertising: The Blaine Thompson Company; Photographer: Martha Swope; Playbill Cover illustration by Edward Gorey


Opening Night Cast

Frank Langella Count Dracula  
Alan Coates Jonathan Harker  
Jerome Dempsey Abraham Van Helsing  
Dillon Evans Dr. Seward  
Baxter Harris Butterworth  
Richard Kavanaugh R. M. Renfield  
Gretchen Oehler Miss Wells
a maid 
 
Ann Sachs Lucy Seward  

Understudies: Louis Beachner (Abraham Van Helsing, Butterworth, Dr. Seward, R. M. Renfield), Baxter Harris (Count Dracula), Charles Kindl (Abraham Van Helsing, Dr. Seward, R. M. Renfield), Malcolm Stewart (Butterworth, Jonathan Harker).