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D R A C U L A
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D R A C U L A
cast
Count Dracula....................Bela Lugosi

Mina Seward...................Helen Chandler
John Harker....................David Manners
Renfield.........................Dwight Frye
Van Helsing.................Edward van Sloan
Dr. Seward...................Herbert Bunston
Lucy Western....................Frances Dade
T R A N S Y L V A N I A
EARLY AFTERNOON
In a Coach in the Carpathian Mountains
A young woman reads to four passengers
from a travel brochure
YOUNG WOMAN: "Among the rugged peaks that frown down on

the Borgo Pass are found crumbling castles of a bigone
age."
The woman is knocked from her seat

by the jostling coach
RENFIELD: I say, driver, a bit slower.
MAN: Oh, no! Must reach the inn before sundown!
MADAM: And why, pray?
MAN: It is Walpurghis Night, the night of evil!

Nosferatu!
MAN'S WIFE: (places her hand over his mouth)
MAN: On this night, madam, the and to the Virgin we

pray.
LATE AFTERNOON
A Village Inn
Villagers anxiously greet the coach
RENFIELD: I say, porter, don't take my luggage down.

I'm going on to Borgo Pass tonight.
PORTER: (speaks in Hungarian to the Innkeeper)
RENFIELD: No, no, please, put that back up there.
INNKEEPER: The driver, he is afraid. Walpurghis night.

Good fellow, he is. He wants me to ask if you can wait
and go on after sunrise.
RENFIELD: Well, I'm sorry, but there's a carriage

meeting me at Borgo Pass at midnight.
INNKEEPER: Borgo Pass?
RENFIELD: Yes.
INNKEEPER: Whose carriage?
RENFIELD: Count Dracula's.
INNKEEPER: Count Dracula's?
RENFIELD: Yes.
INNKEEPER: Castle Dracula?
RENFIELD: Yes, that's where I'm going.
INNKEEPER: To the castle?
RENFIELD: Yes.
INNKEEPER: No, you mustn't go there. We people of the

mountains believe at the castle there are vampires.
Dracula and his wives! They take the form of wolves and
bats. They leave their coffins at night, and they feed
on the blood of the living.
RENFIELD: But that's all superstition. Why I...I can't

understand why...
INNKEEPER: Look, the sun! When it is gone, they leave

their
coffins. Come, we must go indoors.
RENFIELD: But, wait. I mean, just a minute. What I'm

trying to say is that I'm not afraid. I've explained to
the driver
that it's a matter of business with me. I've got to go,
really.
Well, good night.
INNKEEPER'S WIFE: Wait! Please, if you must go, wear

this for
your mother's sake.
Innkeeper's wife places crucifix around Renfield's

neck
INKEEPER'S WIFE: It will protect you.
Exit coach carrying Renfield
SUNDOWN
The Crypt at Castle Dracula
Dracula and three vampiresses awaken from their
coffins
MIDNIGHT
Borgo Pass
Renfield's coach arrives
Renfield dismounts and the coach speeds away
RENFIELD: (approaches awaiting coach) The coach from

Count
Dracula?
COACHDRIVER: (motions to get in but does not speak)
RENFIELD: (enters coach)
The coach speeds away.
RENFIELD: (peering out the coach window) Hey, driver!
The coach is led by a flying bat.
LATER THAT NIGHT

The entrance to Castle Dracula
Renfield arrives at the castle
RENFIELD: I say, driver, what do you mean by going at

this...?
There is no driver
A door into the castle opens
Renfield enters the castle
Inside Castle Dracula

Enter Renfield
Enter Dracula down a long flight of stairs
DRACULA: I am...Dracula.
RENFIELD: It's really good to see you. I don't know

what happened to the driver and my luggage
and...well...with all this, I thought I was in the wrong
place.
Dracula: I bid you welcome.
Dracula heads upstairs

Offstage: Wolf call
DRACULA: Listen to them...children of the night. What

music they make!
Renfield follows Dracula,

breaking a path through spiderweb
DRACULA: A spider spinning his web for the unwary fly.

The blood...is the life, Mr. Renfield.
RENFIELD: Why, yes.
Renfield's Bedchamber
Enter Dracula and Renfield
DRACULA: I'm sure you will find this part of my castle

more
inviting.
RENFIELD: Oh, rather! It's quite different from

outside. Oh, and the fire! It's so cheerful.
DRACULA: I didn't know but that you might be hungry.
RENFIELD: Thank you. That's very kind of you. But I'm

a bit worried about my luggage. You see, all your
papers were in...
DRACULA: I took the liberty of having your luggage

brought up. Allow me.
RENFIELD: Oh, yes. Thanks.
DRACULA: I trust you have kept your coming here...a

secret?
RENFIELD: I've followed your instructions implicitly.
DRACULA: Excellent, Mr. Renfield, excellent. And now,

if
you're not too fatiqued, I would like to discuss the
lease on Carfax Abbey.
RENFIELD: Oh, yes. Everything is in order, awaiting

your
signature. Here is the lease. I hope I've brought
enough
labels for your luggage.
DRACULA: I am taking with me only three...boxes.
RENFIELD: Very well.
DRACULA: I have chartered a ship to take us to England.
We will be leaving...tomorrow...evening.
RENFIELD: Everything will be ready.
DRACULA: (pointing to bed) I hope you will find this

comfortable.
RENFIELD: Thanks. It looks very inviting.
Renfield cuts his finger on a paperclip.
RENFIELD: Ouch!
DRACULA: (stealthily approaches Renfield)
Renfield's crucifix falls over the cut finger.
DRACULA: (turns quickly away)
RENFIELD: Oh, it's nothing serious. Just a small cut

from that
paperclip. It's just a scratch.
DRACULA: (pouring a glass of wine) This...is very old

wine. I hope you will like it.
RENFIELD: Aren't you drinking?
DRACULA: I never drink...wine.
RENFIELD: Well, it's delicious.
DRACULA: And, now, I'll leave you.
RENFIELD: Well, good night.
DRACULA: Good night, Mr. Renfield.
Exit Dracula
RENFIELD: (opens windows)
Enter Bat
RENFIELD: (faints)
Enter three vampiresses and Dracula
DRACULA: (motions vampiresses back)
Dracula approaches Renfield
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SEVERAL WEEKS LATER
A B O A R D T H E V E S T A --
B O U N D F O R E N G L A N D
NEAR SUNDOWN
On Deck
The crew battles a raging storm
In the hold
Renfield awakens Dracula
RENFIELD: Master, the sun is gone.
DRACULA: (leaves his coffin)
RENFIELD: You will keep your promise when we get to

London, won't you, master? You will see that I get
lives...not human lives but small ones...with blood in
them. I'll be loyal to you, master. I'll be loyal.
Exit Dracula to the deck
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E N G L A N D
THE NEXT MORNING

Whitby Harbor
On the deck of the Vesta
VOICE OF MAN 1: Here now! Here now, get back! Nobody

goes aboard this here boat until the authorities are
here.
VOICE OF MAN 2: The captain dead, tied to the wheel.

Horrible tragedy! Horrible tragedy.
In the hold
Renfield whispers to Dracula's coffin
RENFIELD: Master, we're here! You can't hear what I'm

saying, but we're here. We're safe!
On deck
VOICE OF MAN 1: They must've come through a terrible

storm!
Offstage: Renfield laughs
VOICE OF MAN 1: What's that? Why, it's come from that

hatchway!
Hatchway opens to reveal Renfield
RENFIELD: (laughs)
VOICE OF MAN 1: Why, he's mad! Look at his eyes! Why,

the man's gone crazy!
From the Whitby Newspaper

Late edition
CREW OF CORPSES FOUND ON DERELECT VESSEL

SCHOONER VESTA DRIFTS INTO WHITBY HARBOR
AFTER STORM BEARING GRUESOME CARGO
Sole survivor a raving maniac. His
craving to devour ants, flies and
other small living things to obtain
their blood, puzzles scientists. At
present he is under observation at
Dr Seward's Sanitarium near London.
MANY NIGHTS LATER

A Sidewalk in London
Dracula approaches young girl selling violets
FLOWERGIRL: Violets! Violets! For your buttonhole,

sir! Here's a nice one.
DRACULA: (drinks her blood)
FLOWERGIRL: (screams)
LATER
A Symphony Theatre in London
An usherette leads Dracula inside
DRACULA: And after you've delivered the message, you

will remember nothing I now say. Obey!
The Sewards' box

Seward, Harker, Mina and Lucy listen to the
symphony
Enter Usherette
USHERETTE: Dr. Seward?
SEWARD: Yes?
usherette: You're wanted on the telephone.
SEWARD: Thank you. Well, excuse me.
MINA: Oh, Father, if it's from home, will you say I'm
spending the night in town with Lucy?
SEWARD: All right, dear.
Seward steps from the box
DRACULA: Pardon me?
SEWARD: Yes?
DRACULA: I could not help overhearing your name. Might

I
inquire...if you are the Dr. Seward whose sanitarium is
at
Whitby?
SEWARD: Why, yes.
DRACULA: I'm Count Dracula. I have just leased Carfax

Abbey. I understand it adjoins your ground.
SEWARD: Why yes, it does. I'm very happy to make your

acquaintance. May I present my daughter Mina...
MINA: Count Dracula.
SEWARD: ...Miss Western...
LUCY: How do you do?
SEWARD: ...and Mr. Harker.
HARKER: How do you do?
SEWARD: Count Dracula has just taken Carfax Abbey.
LUCY: Oh, it will a relief to see life in those dismal

old windows!
SEWARD: It will indeed. Well, you will excuse me. I'm

wanted on the telephone.
Exit Seward
HARKER: The abbey could be very attractive, but I

should
imagine it will need quite extensive repair.
DRACULA: I shall do very little repairing. It reminds
me of the broken battlements of my own castle...in
Transylvania.
LUCY: The abbey always reminds me of that old toast

about
"..........lofty timbers,
The walls around are bare
Echoing to our laughter
As though the dead were there."
HARKER: Nice little medley.
LUCY: There's more, even nicer.

"Pass a cup to the dead already,
A glass to the next to die..."
MINA: Oh, never mind the rest, dear.
DRACULA: To die...to be really dead...that must be

glorious.
MINA: Why, Count Dracula!
DRACULA: There are far worse things...awaiting

man...than death.
Music begins
LATER THAT NIGHT

Lucy's Bedroom
Mina prepares to leave as Lucy prepares for bed
MINA: "It reminds me of the broken battlements of my

own
castle...in Transylvania." Oh, Lucy, you're so
romantic!
LUCY: Laugh all you like. I think he's fascinating.
MINA: Oh, I suppose he's all right, but give me someone

a
little more normal.
LUCY: Like John?
MINA: Yes, dear, like John.
LUCY: Count Dracula! Transylvania!
MINA: Well, Countess, I'll leave you to your Count and

his
ruined abbey. Good night, Lucy.
LUCY: Good night, dear.
Exit Mina
LUCY: (opens the windows)
Dracula peers up at Lucy's open window

Lucy lies down on her bed
Enter bat
DRACULA: (materializes and approaches Lucy)
THE NEXT DAY

An autopsy theatre
DOCTOR: Another death! Dr. Seward, when did Miss
Western have the last transfusion?
SEWARD: About four hours ago.
DOCTOR: An unnatural loss of blood which we've been

powerless to check. On the throat of each victim, the
same two marks.
SEVERAL DAYS LATER

The Grounds of the Seward Sanitarium
Offstage: Renfield screams
FEMALE PATIENT: He probably wants his flies again.
Renfield's Room
Renfield pleads with Martin
RENFIELD: No, Martin, please. Please, don't, Martin.

No,
Martin, please. Please, Martin. No, Martin. Oh,
Martin,
please. No, No, Martin, please. No, Martin. Martin,
don't.
MARTIN: Here, give it to me.
RENFIELD: Don't throw my spider away from me. Oh,

Martin, oh!
MARTIN: Ain't you ashamed, now, ain't ya? Spiders now,

ain't
it? Flies ain't good enough?
RENFIELD: Flies? Flies? Poor puny things. Who wants
to eat flies?
MARTIN: You do, you loony!
RENFIELD: Not when I can get nice fat spiders.
MARTIN: All right, have it your own way.
MEANWHILE
A Laboratory at the Sanitarium
Van Helsing, Seward and doctors analyze a blood
sample
HELSING: Gentlemen, we are dealing with the undead.
DOCTOR: Nosferatu!
HELSING: Yes, nosferatu, the undead, the vampire. The

vampire attacks the throat. It leaves two little
wounds, white with red centers. Dr. Seward, your
patient Renfield, whose blood I have just analyzed, is
obsessed with the idea that he must devour living things
in order to sustain his own life.
SEWARD: But Professor Van Helsing, modern medical

science does not admit of such a creature. The vampire
is a pure myth, superstition.
HELSING: I may be able to bring you proof that the

superstition of yesterday can become the scientific
reality of today.
LATER THAT AFTERNOON

Seward's office
Van Helsing and Seward confer
SEWARD: But Professor, Renfield's cravings have always

been for small living things. Nothing human.
HELSING: As far as we know, Doctor. But you tell me

that he escapes from his room. He's gone for hours.
Where does he go?
Enter Renfield and Martin
HELSING: Well, Mr. Renfield, you are looking much

better than you did this morning when I arrived.
RENFIELD: Thanks, I'm feeling much better.
HELSING: I am here to help you. You understand that,

do you not?
RENFIELD: (shakes hands with Helsing) Why, of course,

and I am very grateful. (drops Helsing's hand) Keep
your filthy hands to yourself!
SEWARD: Now, now, Renfield.
RENFIELD: Oh, Dr. Seward, send me away from this place.

Send me far away!
HELSING: Why are you so anxious to get away?
RENFIELD: My cries at night. They might disturb Miss

Mina.
HELSING: Yes?
RENFIELD: They might give her bad dreams, Professor Van
Helsing, bad dreams.
SUNSET
The crypt at Carfax Abbey
Dracula rises from his coffin.
MEANWHILE
Seward's Office
Van Helsing, Seward and Martin discuss Renfield
Offstage: Wolf call
HELSING: That sounded like a wolf.
SEWARD: Yes, it did, but I hardly think there are

wolves so near London.
MARTIN: He thinks they're wolves. Me, I've heard 'em

howl at night before. He thinks they're talking to him.
He howls and howls back at 'em. He's crazy!
HELSING: I might have known. I might have known. We

know why the wolves talk, do we not, Mr. Renfield? And
we know how we can make them stop.
Van Helsing holds up a sprig of wolfbane
RENFIELD: (screams and turns away) You know too much

to live, Van Helsing.
SEWARD: Now, now, Renfield.
HELSING: We will get no more out of him now for a

while.
SEWARD: Take him away, Martin.
MARTIN: On your way, old fly eater.
RENFIELD: I'm warning you, Dr. Seward. If you don't

send me
away, you must answer for what will happen to Miss Mina!
SEWARD: All right, Martin.
MARTIN: Come along, now, come along.
SEWARD: What was that herb that excited him so?
HELSING: Wolfbane. It is a plant that grows in central

Europe. The natives there use it to protect themselves
against vampires.
SEWARD: Renfield reacted very violently to its scent.
HELSING: Seward, I want you to have Renfield closely

watched by day and night, especially by night.
THAT NIGHT
Renfield's Room at the Sanitarium
Renfield lies in his bed, crying
Enter Dracula under Renfield's window
Offstage: Wolf call
RENFIELD: Yes, master. Master, you've come back. Oh,

master, please. Please don't ask me to do that. Don't.
Not her. Please, please don't, master. Don't, please.
Please. Oh,
don't.
LATER THAT NIGHT
Mina's Bedroom
Mina lies asleep in her bed
Enter Dracula
SEVERAL EVENINGS LATER

The Seward Parlour
Mina and Harker sit on couch
MINA: I laid in bed for quite a while...reading. And

just as I was commencing to get drowsy, I heard dogs
howling. And when the dream came, it seemed the whole
room was filled with mist. It was so thick, I could just
see the lamp by the bed, a tiny spark in the fog. And
then I saw two red eyes staring at me and a white livid
face came down out of the mist. It came closer and
closer. I felt breath on my face...and then, its lips!
HARKER: Dear, it was only a dream.
Enter Van Helsing and Seward
MINA: And then in the morning, I felt so weak. It

seemed as if all the life had been drained out of me.
HARKER: Darling, we're going to forget all about these

dreams and think about something cheerful, aren't we?
HELSING: Allow me.
HARKER: Certainly, Professor.
HELSING: Think for a moment. Is there anything that

might have brought this dream on?
MINA: No.
HARKER: (whispering to Seward) Doctor, there's
something troubling Mina, something she won't tell us.
HELSING: And the face in the dream...you say it seemed

to come closer and closer? The lips touched you?
Where? Is there anything the matter with your throat?
MINA: Why, no, but I...!
HELSING: Permit me.
MINA: Oh, no, please!
HELSING: Yes...yes...How long have you had those little

marks?
HARKER: Marks? Mina, why didn't you let us know?
HELSING: Do not excite her. Well, Miss Mina?
MINA: Since the morning after the dream.
HARKER: What could have caused them, Professor?
Enter Maid
MAID: Count Dracula!
Enter Dracula
DRACULA: It's good to see you back again, Doctor. I

heard you had just arrived. You, Miss Mina, you're
looking exceptionally...
HELSING: Pardon me, Dr. Seward, but I think Miss Mina
should go to her room at once.
MINA: Professor Van Helsing, I don't believe it's as

important as you seem to think it is.
SEWARD: Excuse me. Count Dracula...Professor Van

Helsing.
DRACULA: Van Helsing. A most distinguished scientist

whose name we know...even in the wilds of Transylvania.
MINA: I had a frightful dream a few nights ago, and I

don't seem to be able to get it out of my mind.
DRACULA: I hope you haven't taken my stories too

seriously?
HARKER: Stories?
DRACULA: Yes. In my humble effort to amuse your

fiance, Mr. Harker, I was telling her some rather...grim
tales of my far off country.
HARKER: I can imagine.
MINA: Why, John!
Harker opens cigarette case with mirrored top

Van Helsing notices that Dracula casts no
reflection
DRACULA: I can quite understand Mr. Harker. I'm sorry.
SEWARD: I'm afraid it's quite serious. My dear, I'm
sure Count Dracula will excuse you. You must go to your
room, as Professor Van Helsing suggests.
MINA: Oh, but really, father, I'm feeling quite well.
DRACULA: You had better do...as your father advises.
Harker notes that Dracula casts no reflection
MINA: Very well. Good night. John.
DRACULA: Miss Mina, may I call later to inquire how you

are feeling?
MINA: Why, yes, thank you.
Exit Mina
DRACULA: I'm sorry, Doctor. My visit was so ill-timed.
SEWARD: Not at all.
HELSING: On the contrary, it may prove to be most

enlightening.
In fact, before you go, you can be of definite service.
DRACULA: Anything I can do, gladly.
HELSING: A moment ago, I stumbled upon a most amazing

phenomenon...something so incredible, I mistrust my own
judgement. Look.
Van Helsing holds mirror to Dracula
DRACULA: (slaps mirror to the floor) Dr. Seward, my
humble apology. I dislike mirrors. Van Helsing will
explain. For one who has not lived even a single
lifetime, you are a wise man, Van Helsing.
Exit Dracula
HARKER: Whew!
SEWARD: What on earth caused that?
HARKER: Did you see the look on his face? Like a wild
animal!
SEWARD: Wild animal? Like a madman!
HARKER: What's that running across the lawn? Looks

like a huge dog!
HELSING: Or a wolf?
HARKER: A wolf?
HELSING: He was afraid we might follow.
SEWARD: Follow?
HELSING: Sometimes they take the form of wolves but

generally
of bats.
HARKER: What are you talking about?
HELSING: Dracula.
HARKER: But what's Dracula got to do with wolves and
bats?
HELSING: Dracula is our vampire.
SEWARD: But surely, Professor.
HELSING: The vampire casts no reflection in the glass.

That is why Dracula smashed the mirror.
HARKER: I don't mean to be rude but that's the sort of

thing I expect one of the patients here to say.
HELSING: Yes, and that is what your English doctors

would say, your police. The strength of the vampire is
that people will not believe in him.
MEANWHILE
Outside the Sanatarium
Mina enters the garden where Dracula stands waiting
The Seward Parlour

Van Helsing, Seward and Harker talk
HARKER: But professor, vampires only exist in ghost

stories.
HELSING: The vampire, Mr. Harker, is a thing that lives

after its death by drinking the blood of the living. It
must have blood or it dies. Its power lasts only from
sunset to sunrise. During the hours of the day, it must
rest in the earth in which it was buried.
SEWARD: But then, if Dracula were a vampire, he would
have to return every night to Transylvania. That's
impossible!
HELSING: Then he must have brought his native soil with

him. Boxes of it. Boxes of earth large enough for him to
rest in.
Offstage: Renfield laughs
SEWARD: Renfield? What are you doing there? Come

here.
Enter Renfield
SEWARD: Did you hear what we were saying?
RENFIELD: Yes, I heard something. Enough. Be guided

by what he says. It's your only hope. It's her only
hope. I begged you to send me away, but you wouldn't.
Now it's too late. It's happened again.
SEWARD: What's happened?
RENFIELD: Take her away from here. Take her away

before...
Enter Bat
RENFIELD: No, no, master. I wasn't going to say

anything. I told them nothing. I'm loyal to you,
master.
Harker shoos bat outside
HELSING: What have you to do with Dracula?
RENFIELD: Dracula? I never even heard the name before.
HELSING: You will die in torment if you die with

innocent blood on your soul.
RENFIELD: Oh, no. God will not damn a lunatic's soul.

He knows that the powers of evil are too great for those
of us with weak minds.
Offstage: Maid screams
MAID: Oh, Mr. Harker! Mr. Harker, it's 'orrible!
Enter Maid from the Terrace
MAID: Oh, it's 'orrible! Dr. Seward! Miss Mina...out

there dead!
HARKER: Out where?
MAID: Out there!
Exit Harker, Van Helsing and Seward to garden
RENFIELD: (laughs)
MAID: (faints)
On the Sanatarium Lawn

Van Helsing and Seward find Mina
HARKER: (carries Mina)
SEWARD: Thank heavens, she's alive. Thank heaven for
that.
HELSING: Alive, yes, but in greater danger for she's

already under his influence.
SEWARD: Horrible, Van Helsing, horrible. Incredible.
HELSING: Incredible, perhaps, but we must...
Van Helsing, Seward, Harker and Mina exit into the house
Dracula peers out from behind a tree
LATER THAT NIGHT

A Park in London
Policeman walks down the park path
Offstage: A child cries
Exit Lucy into the shadows
THE NEXT DAY

The Seward Sanatarium
Martin reads a newspaper to two nurses
MARTIN: "...several attacks on small children committed

after dark by the mysterious woman in white took place
last night. Narratives of two small girls, each child
describing a "bootiful lady in white" who promised her
chocolates, enticed her to a secluded spot, and there
bit her slightly in the throat.
NURSE: Ghosts!
MARTIN: Vampires.
LATE THAT AFTERNOON
Mina's Bedroom
Van Helsing, Harker and Mina sit on the terrace
HELSING: And then, Miss Mina?
HARKER: How could she know anything about the woman in

white? It's bad enough for her to read it in the
newspaper without...
HELSING: Please, please, Mr. Harker. And when was the

next time you saw Miss Lucy after she was buried?
Exit Harker
MINA: I was downstairs on the terrace. She came out of

the shadows and stood looking at me. I started to speak
to her, and then I remembered she was dead. The most
horrible expression came over her face. She looked like
a hungry animal...a wolf. Then she turned and ran back
into the dark.
HELSING: Then you know the woman in white is...
MINA: ...Lucy.
HELSING: Miss Mina, I promise you that after tonight

she will remain at rest, her soul released from this
horror.
Enter Harker
MINA: If you can save Lucy's soul after death, promise

me you'll save mine.
HARKER: Darling, you're not going to die, you're going
to live.
MINA: No, John, you mustn't touch me, and you mustn't
kiss me ever again.
HARKER: What are you trying to say?
MINA: You tell him. You make him understand. I can't.
Exit Van Helsing
MINA: Professor? It's all over, John, our love, our

life together. Oh, no! No, no, don't look at me like
that. I love you, John...you...but this horror! He
wills it to me.
HELSING: (calling from inside Mina's bedroom) Mina,

you must come indoors. You must.
Mina and Harker come inside
HARKER: Do you know what you're doing to her,

Professor? You're driving her crazy.
HELSING: Mr. Harker, that is what you should be

worrying about. The last rays of the day's sun will soon
be gone and another night will be upon us.
Enter Seward
HARKER: Dr. Seward, I'm taking Mina with me to London

tonight or I'll call in the police.
SEWARD: But, John!
HARKER: Mina, please get your bags packed.
HELSING: Seward, I must be master here or I can do

nothing. Right, Miss Mina? Both this room and your
bedroom have been prepared with wolfbane. You will be
safe if Dracula returns.
HARKER: She'll be safe alright because she's going with

me. Mina, I will be waiting for you in the library.
Exit Harker
MINA: Oh, John! Father, talk to him. Please don't let

him go.
Exit Seward and Mina
HELSING: Oh, Briggs.
Enter Briggs
HELSING: Miss Mina is to wear this wreath of wolfbane

when she goes to bed. Watch her closely and see that
she does not remove it in her sleep.
BRIGGS: I understand, professor.
HELSING: And under no circumstances must these windows

be opened tonight.
BRIGGS: Very well, sir.
SUNDOWN
The Crypt at Carfax Abbey
Dracula awakens from his coffin
Offstage: Wolf call
LATER THAT EVENING

The Seward Parlour
Enter Van Helsing, Harker and Seward
HELSING: You will recollect that Dracula casts no

reflection in the mirror.
SEWARD: Yes?
HELSING: And that three boxes of earth were delivered

to him at Carfax Abbey.
SEWARD: Right.
HELSING: And, knowing that a vampire must rest by day

in his native soil, I am convinced that this Dracula is
no legend but an undead creature whose life has been
unnaturally prolonged.
HARKER: Well, Dr. Seward, what about it? Is Mina going

with me or not?
HELSING: If you take her from under our protection, you

will kill her.
SEWARD: Now, John, please. Please, be patient.
HELSING: Mr. Harker, please, come here.
HARKER: Well?
SEWARD: John, I know you love her, but don't forget
she's my daughter, and I must do what I think is best.
HELSING: Mr. Harker, I have devoted my lifetime to the

study of many strange things...little known facts which
the world is perhaps better off for not knowing.
HARKER: I know. But professor, all I want is to get

Mina away from all of this.
HELSING: That will do no good. Our only chance of

saving Miss Mina's life is to find the hiding place of
Dracula's living corpse and to drive a stake through his
heart.
Enter Renfield
RENFIELD: Isn't this a strange conversation for men who

aren't crazy?
SEWARD: Renfield, you're compelling me to put you in a

strait jacket.
RENFIELD: You forget, Doctor, that madmen have great

strength.
HELSING: Dracula has great strength, hey, Renfield?
RENFIELD: Words, words, words!
SEWARD: (talking on telephone) Hello, Martin, didn't I

warn
you to keep a strict watch?
The Sanitarium Ward
Martin speaks on the telephone
MARTIN: What? Again? Yes, sir. At once, sir. Yes,

sir. Right away, sir. Here, the doctor's pet loony is
loose again.
The Seward Parlour

Renfield talks to Van Helsing, Harker and Seward
RENFIELD: He came to my window in the moonlight. He

promised me things. Not in words, but by doing them.
HELSING: Doing them?
RENFIELD: By making them happen. A red mist spread

over the lawn, coming on like a flame of fire. And then
he parted it, and I could see that there were thousands
of rats with their eyes blazing red like his only
smaller.
Enter Martin
RENFIELD: And then he held up his hand and they all

stopped. And I thought he seemed to be saying,
"Rats...rats...rats! Thousands! Millions of them! All
red blood! All these will I give you if you will obey
me."
Enter Dracula at the terrace door
HELSING: What did he want you to do?
RENFIELD: That which has already been done.
MARTIN: Strike me down dead, Doctor. He's got me
going. Now he's twisted and broken them iron bars as if
they was cheese.
HELSING: Dracula is in the house.
SEWARD: In the house?
HELSING: Doctor, this time he can do no harm. We are

ready for him.
SEEWARD: Martin, come with me. I'll show you where we

can put Mr. Renfield where he won't escape again.
MARTIN: Well, all right, but I have me doubts. Come

on, old fly eater.
Exit Seward, Renfield and Martin
DRACULA: Van Helsing! Now that you have learned what

you have learned, it would be well for you to return to
your own country.
HELSING: I prefer to remain and protect those whom you

would destroy.
DRACULA: You are too late. My blood now flows through

her veins. She will live through the centuries to
come...as I have lived.
HELSING: Should you escape us, Dracula, we know how to

save
Miss Mina's soul if not her life.
DRACULA: If she dies by day. But I shall see that she
dies by night.
HELSING: And I will have Carfax Abbey torn down stone

by stone, excavated a mile around. I will find your
earth box and drive that stake through your heart.
DRACULA: Come here. Come...here.
HELSING: (Takes three steps toward Dracula, then backs

up)
DRACULA: Your will is strong, Van Helsing.
Dracula approahces Van Helsing

Van Helsing reaches into his pocket
DRACULA: More wolfbane?
HELSING: More effective than wolfbane, Count.
DRACULA: Indeed?
Van Helsing pulls out crucifix
DRACULA: (snarls and turns away)
THAT NIGHT
The Hallway outside Mina's Bedroom
Harker listens in as Briggs prepares Mina for bed
MINA: Open the window, Briggs, so that you can let in

some air. The awful smell from that horrible weed. It's
stifling. I can't stand it.
BRIGGS: But the professor gave orders.
MINA: Oh, never mind the professor now.
BRIGGS: Now, please, go back to bed at once. I'm going

to call your father.
Exit Briggs into the hallway
HARKER: What is it, Briggs?
BRIGGS: I don't know, Mr. Harker. I felt strangely

dizzy. And when it cleared away, Miss Mina was up and
dressed and out on the terrace. And I can't get her to
go to bed.
HARKER: Well, let me see her. Tell her I'm here.
Harker enters Mina's room

Mina stands out on the terrace
MINA: John? Oh, John, I'm so glad you're here. What

have they been doing to me, dear? Locking me in my
room! Oh, and the horrible smell of that awful weed.
It's been like a nightmare. What's been the matter? Why
are you looking at me like that?
HARKER: Mina, you're so...like a changed girl. You

look wonderful.
MINA: I feel wonderful. I've never felt better in my

life.
HARKER: I'm so glad to see you like this. I've been

awfully worried about you.
Enter Briggs
BRIGGS: Mr. Harker, you've got to bring Miss Mina

inside.
HARKER: That's all right, Briggs, now that I'm here.
MINA: Run along, Briggs, don't worry.
Exit Briggs
MINA: John, look! The fog's lifting. See how plain

you can see the stars.
HARKER: Yes, millions of them. I've never seen them so

close. Why, it looks as though you could reach out and
touch them. Would you like me to get your hat? Why,
what's the matter?
MINA: Oh, nothing. Nothing at all. Come. Let's sit

down.
MEANWHILE
The Seward Parlour
Exit Van Helsing and Seward towards the stairs
HELSING: Seward, that which I feared from the beginning

has happened.
SEWARD: What?
HELSING: Dracula boasts that he has fused his blood

with that of Miss Mina. In life, she will now become
the foul thing of the night that he is.
SEWARD: But, Van Helsing...
HELSING: No, no, come, Seward, come. There's not a

moment to be lost.
Mina's bedroom
Mina and Harker sit together out on the terrace
MINA: Oh, but I love the fog! I love nights in the

fog!
HARKER: But only yesterday you said you were afraid of

the night.
MINA: But darling, I could never have said anything so

silly. I couldn't! I love the night. That's the only
time I feel really alive.
Enter Bat
HARKER: There's that bat again!
MINA: Yes?
HARKER: Look out. He'll get in your hair.
BAT: (squeaks)
MINA: Yes?
HARKER: My, that was a big bat!
BAT: (squeaks)
MINA: I will.
HARKER: You will what?
MINA: Why, I didn't say anything.
HARKER: Yes, you did. You said, "I will."
MINA: Oh, no, I didn't. John, come, sit down.
Enter Van Helsing and Seward into Mina's bedroom
SEWARD: There must be some way...some way to save her.
HELSING: There is only one.
MINA: (unaware of Van Helsing and Seward's presence)

John, that funny little old professor. He has a
crucifix. I want you to get it away from him and hide
it.
HARKER: But why, dear?
MINA: Oh, he'll be wanting to protect me again from the

night or Count Dracula or whatever it is.
HARKER: Well, I don't know. He may be right, Mina.

Your eyes!
They look at me so strangely. Mina! Mina, you're...
Mina bends forward to bite Harker's neck
SEWARD: No, Mina, no!
Helsing runs forward with crucifix)
MINA: (screams)
HARKER: Give me that. What's the idea? Are you crazy?

What
are you trying to do...frighten her to death?
HELSING: No, I was trying to save her.
HARKER: Save her? That's a fine way. It's all right,

darling.
MINA: Oh, John, darling. You must go away from me.

The cross! Put it away. After what's happened, I can't
bear to look at it.
HARKER: What's happened?
MINA: I can't tell you, I can't.
HARKER: But you must. You must tell me. I have a

right to know.
MINA: Oh, John. You can believe everything he says.

It's all the truth. Dracula, he...
HARKER: Dracula? What's he done to you, Mina? Tell

me.
MINA: He came to me. He opened a vein in his arm, and

he made me drink.
Offstage: Sound of gunshot
SEWARD: (looking over terrace wall) What is it? Who
is it, Martin?
Below on the Lawn

Martin and Maid look after bat
MARTIN: It's that big grey bat again.
HELSING: There's no use of wasting your bullets,

Martin. They cannot harm that bat.
MARTIN: No, sir.
Exit Van Helsing
MAID: He's crazy.
MARTIN: They're all crazy. They're all crazy except

you and me. Sometimes I have me doubts about you.
MAID: Yes.
Exit Martin
LATER THAT NIGHT

Mina's Bedroom
Briggs watches Mina sleep
Dracula peers in window
BRIGGS: (removes wolfbane and opens windows)
Enter Dracula
A FEW MINUTES LATER

The Front Gate of the Sanitarium
Van Helsing and Harker prepare to depart
They see Renfield approach Carfax Abbey
HARKER: That's Renfield. What's he doing at the Abbey?
HELSING: Come, Mr. Harker.
Inside Carfax Abbey

Enter Mina and Dracula
Enter Renfield
RENFIELD: Master! Master, I'm here!
Outside Carfax Abbey

Van Helsing and Harker look for a way into the Abbey
HELSING: Where else would he be going but to Dracula?
Inside Carfax Abbey

Renfield approaches Dracula and Mina
RENFIELD: What is it, master? What do you want me to

do?
Outside Carfax Abbey

Van Helsing and Harker find an opening into the Abbey
HARKER: Look, here's an opening. Mina! Mina!
Inside Carfax Abbey

Dracula approaches Renfield
RENFIELD: I didn't lead them here, Master. I didn't

know, I swear! I'm loyal to you, Master. I'm your
slave. I didn't betray you. Oh, no, don't! Don't kill
me! Let me live, please! Punish me, torture me, but
let me live. I can't die with all those lives on my
conscience...all that blood on my hands!
DRACULA: Throws Renfield down the stairs
Enter Van Helsing and Harker

Exit Dracula and Mina
HARKER: Mina! Mina! He'll kill her if we don't get to

her!
HELSING: We must not be too late! We have him trapped!

Day is breaking! We have him trapped!
Offstage: Mina screams
HARKER: Hurry! Mina! Mina, where are you? Mina!

Mina! Mina, where are you? Mina! Mina! Mina! Mina!
HELSING: (seeing coffins) Harker! Harker! Come!
HARKER: Where? Where are you?
HELSING: Here! Here, Harker, I have found them! Get

me a piece of stone...anything to help me drive the
stake through their hearts.
Van Helsing opens Mina's coffin
HARKER: Is she? How is she?
HELSING: She is not here!
HARKER: Then...then she may be alive! Mina! Mina!

Mina!
Mina!
HELSING: (Drives stake through Dracula's heart)
DRACULA: (gasps)
MINA: (screams)
HARKER: Mina! Mina! Mina!
MINA: Oh, John! John, darling! I heard you calling,

but I couldn't say anything.
HARKER: We thought he'd killed you, dear.
MINA: The daylight stopped him. Oh, if you could have

seen the look on his face!
HELSING: There's nothing more to fear, Miss Mina.

Dracula is dead forever. No, no, no! You must go.
MINA: But aren't you coming with us?
HELSING: Not yet. Presently. Come, John.
Exit Harker and Mina
Offstage: The Sound of Church Bells
THE END
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Count Dracula....................Bela Lugosi

YOUNG WOMAN: "Among the rugged peaks that frown down on

The woman is knocked from her seat

RENFIELD: I say, driver, a bit slower.

MAN: Oh, no! Must reach the inn before sundown!

MADAM: And why, pray?

MAN: It is Walpurghis Night, the night of evil!

MAN: On this night, madam, the and to the Virgin we

RENFIELD: I say, porter, don't take my luggage down.

PORTER: (speaks in Hungarian to the Innkeeper)

RENFIELD: No, no, please, put that back up there.

INNKEEPER: The driver, he is afraid. Walpurghis night.

RENFIELD: Well, I'm sorry, but there's a carriage

INNKEEPER: Borgo Pass?

INNKEEPER: Whose carriage?

RENFIELD: Count Dracula's.

INNKEEPER: Count Dracula's?

RENFIELD: Yes, that's where I'm going.

INNKEEPER: To the castle?

INNKEEPER: No, you mustn't go there. We people of the

RENFIELD: But that's all superstition. Why I...I can't

INNKEEPER: Look, the sun! When it is gone, they leave

RENFIELD: But, wait. I mean, just a minute. What I'm

INNKEEPER'S WIFE: Wait! Please, if you must go, wear

Innkeeper's wife places crucifix around Renfield's

Exit coach carrying Renfield

RENFIELD: (approaches awaiting coach) The coach from

COACHDRIVER: (motions to get in but does not speak)

RENFIELD: (enters coach)

The coach speeds away.

RENFIELD: (peering out the coach window) Hey, driver!

The coach is led by a flying bat.

LATER THAT NIGHT

RENFIELD: I say, driver, what do you mean by going at

Inside Castle Dracula

RENFIELD: It's really good to see you. I don't know

Dracula: I bid you welcome.

Dracula heads upstairs

DRACULA: Listen to them...children of the night. What

Renfield follows Dracula,

DRACULA: A spider spinning his web for the unwary fly.

RENFIELD: Why, yes.

DRACULA: I'm sure you will find this part of my castle

RENFIELD: Oh, rather! It's quite different from

DRACULA: I didn't know but that you might be hungry.

RENFIELD: Thank you. That's very kind of you. But I'm

DRACULA: I took the liberty of having your luggage

RENFIELD: Oh, yes. Thanks.

DRACULA: I trust you have kept your coming here...a

RENFIELD: I've followed your instructions implicitly.

DRACULA: Excellent, Mr. Renfield, excellent. And now,

RENFIELD: Oh, yes. Everything is in order, awaiting

DRACULA: I am taking with me only three...boxes.

RENFIELD: Very well.

RENFIELD: Everything will be ready.

DRACULA: (pointing to bed) I hope you will find this

RENFIELD: Thanks. It looks very inviting.

Renfield cuts his finger on a paperclip.

DRACULA: (stealthily approaches Renfield)

Renfield's crucifix falls over the cut finger.

DRACULA: (turns quickly away)

RENFIELD: Oh, it's nothing serious. Just a small cut

DRACULA: (pouring a glass of wine) This...is very old

Dracula Script - Horror Book & Movie

Dracula Script - Horror Book & Movie