This script was transcribed by BJ Kuehl. Any corrections should be sent to her at bj@csd.uwm.edu. 1970 Bram Stoker's C O U N T D R A C U L A cast Count Dracula......................Christopher Lee Van Helsing............................Herbert Lom Renfield..............................Klaus Kinski Jonathan Harker..................Frederick Willams Dr. Seward.............................Paul Muller Mina Murray.............................Maria Rohm Lucy Westenra......................Soledad Miranda Quincey Morris.........................Jack Taylor Over fifty years ago, Bram Stoker wrote the greatest of all horror stories. Now, for the first time, we retell exactly as he wrote, one of the first--and still the best--tales of the macabre. T R A N S Y L V A N I A 1 8 9 7 MORNING The train station at Klausenburgh Jonathan Harker boards the 9:45 train to Bistritz MAN: Please. HARKER: Thank you. The train compartment Harker attempts conversation with his compartment mate HARKER: Excuse me, you do speak English? MAN: A little but, please, speak slowly. HARKER: Does this train stop in Bistritz? MAN: Yes. I go there myself. HARKER: Well, thank goodness for that. Do you live near Bistritz? MAN: I'm traveling there on business. HARKER: So, am I. I'm a lawyer...or rather I hope I'm going to be one...from London. MAN: Whew, from London! HARKER: I'm going there to visit one of our clients. Maybe you know him? Count Dracula? MAN: (gasp) HARKER: Do you know him? MAN: My dear sir, may God preserve you because, if you go to visit Count Dracula, you may need God's help. THAT EVENING An Inn at Bistritz Harker is greeted by the innkeeper Vladimir and his wife Greta VLADIMIR: Are you the English...? HARKER: Jonathan Harker. VLADIMIR: We have strict orders from the Count to look after you. A place has been reserved for you on the stagecoach tomorrow. And the count's own carriage will meet you at the Borgo's Pass. GRETA: Vladimir. HARKER: Is anything the matter? VLADIMIR: Oh, no, sir. Your bedroom is ready upstairs. And we have prepared some food for you. HARKER: Thank you but I'm feeling very tired. I'll be going to bed early. VLADIMIR: Very good, sir. Harker goes up to his room THAT NIGHT Harker's bedroom at the Inn Awakened by a storm, Harker sees Greta staring at him HARKER: Who's there? Harker pursues Greta HARKER: What do you want? GRETA: Excuse me, sir, I wanted to talk to you, but my husband said I should not. But tomorrow...tomorrow night, it's St. George's Night. HARKER: What of it? GRETA: When the clock strikes midnight, all the evils of the world circle around us. Sir, do you know where you are going and what you are going to? VLADIMIR: Greta! GRETA: I must go. THE NEXT MORNING AT DAWN Outside the Inn Harker boards the carriage to Borgo's Pass HARKER: Good morning. Well, I rather missed you last night. MAN: I chose other company, sir. HARKER: Why do you look at me so strangely? Why does everybody look at me like that? MAN: Because tonight is St. George's Night and... HARKER: And what else? MAN: They know your destination. Exit Coach SEVERAL HOURS LATER The coach to Borgo's Pass HARKER: Excuse me, how far is it to the Borgo's Pass? MAN: We'll be there by nightfall. HARKER: And from the pass to Count Dracula's castle? MAN: You'd best ask whoever meets you, sir. To tell the truth, I've never seen the place and, please God, I never shall. NIGHTFALL Borgo's Pass The coach arrives COACHDRIVER: This is the Borgo's Pass. MAN: May God protect you, sir. Harker dismounts The coach hurries on A carriage approaches DRIVER: The night is cold and my master, the Count, bade me take all care of you. Driver offers Harker a flask of alcohol HARKER: No, thank you. I don't need it. DRIVER: As you wish. But it gives both warmth and courage. Harker mounts the carriage Offstage: Wolf call Harker sees wolves following the carriage Suddenly, the carriage stops The driver dismounts, raises his arms and shoos the wolves away The carriage continues on LATER Castle Dracula Harker arrives at the castle DRACULA: Welcome to my house. HARKER: Count Dracula? DRACULA: I am Dracula. Enter freely and of your own will. Harker enters castle DRACULA: It is late and my servants have gone to bed. I will see to your comfort myself. Dracula shows Harker to bedchamber DRACULA: You will need to refresh yourself after your journey. I trust that you will find everything you require. Dracula passes in front of a mirror Harker notes that Dracula casts no reflection DRACULA: I shall await your pleasure. LATER The Parlour Harker dines while conversing with Dracula HARKER: You do not dine, sir? DRACULA: I have already dined. HARKER: I hope you'll find everything in order. The purchase document duly receipted, the title deed to the house, the plans. The house is in poor condition but it stands back well away from the main road to London, completely isolated, just as you require. It is strongly built but it has remained empty for quite a long time. DRACULA: Yes. Yes, an empty house. It is exactly what I require. HARKER: Have you lived here for many years? DRACULA: All my life. Dracula and Harker retire to chairs before a fireplace Dracula lifts papers, and a photo falls out DRACULA: Your wife? HARKER: No, I'm not married yet, but the lady on the left is my fiance. DRACULA: And the other? HARKER: Miss Lucy Westenra, her closest friend. DRACULA: Charming. HARKER: Thank you. Forgive me for asking, sir, but why do you plan to live in England? DRACULA: I am not young and yet I am restless. HARKER: And what about this great castle? It is, I presume, the family home? DRACULA: True. The shadows of my past remain here. We are the second Magyar. We have a right to be proud for in us flows the blood of many brave races. The blood of Attila is in these veins. To us was entrusted for centuries the guardian of our lands. The Lombard, the Bulgar, the Turk poured their thousands against our frontiers. We drove them back. The Draculas have ever been the heart's blood, the brains, the sword of our people. One of my race crossed the Danube and destroyed the Turkish host. Though sometimes beaten back, he came again and again against the enemy. But, at the end, he came alone from the bloody field for he alone could triumph. This was a Dracula indeed. But now, the wind blows coldly through the broken battlements. Although this is my home, I must move on. HARKER: I don't regret my journey, but surely the post might have served you much easier and far cheaper. DRACULA: If I am to begin a new life in a new land, I must learn something of its people from such as yourself. You are my honoured quest. Offstage: Wolf call DRACULA: Listen to them...children of the night. What music they make! But you are weary. You shall sleep late. HARKER: You are most gracious, but my employers, your solicitors, expect me back in London. DRACULA: We shall see. But for now, you are here at my invitation...nay, at my command. Come. Do you enjoy the chase, Mr. Harker? HARKER: I've never had the opportunity. DRACULA: The greatest of all sports. You have the power of life and death over a living being. Dracula shows Harker back to his bedchamber DRACULA: Good night, Mr. Harker. Harker's bedchamber Harker opens a window Offstage: the sound of bat wings Harker tries the door but it is locked Bats fly outside the window Harker lies on his bed DURING THE NIGHT Outside the castle wall A woman cries WOMAN: Where's my baby? I want my baby back! I want him back! Please, help me! Please! Give my baby back. Give him back! Give him back. Harker's bedroom Harker lies sleeping Enter three vampiresses FIRST VAMPIRESS: You are first and we shall follow. SECOND VAMPIRESS: Yours is the right to begin. THIRD VAMPIRESS: He is young and strong; there are kisses for us all. Enter Dracula DRACULA: Back! Back! This man belongs to me! FIRST VAMPIRESS: He is ours. We found him first. BABY: (cry) Vampiresses run to baby in bag. THE NEXT MORNING Harker awakens, looks out window, and sees Dracula climbing up the castle wall Harker feels two marks on his neck, climbs out his bedroom window, crawls along a ledge and enters another window The crypt Harker opens Dracula's coffin VAMPIRESSES: (whispering from their coffins) Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! Jonathan! DRACULA: This man belongs to me! Harker leaps out the window and falls to the ground below ************************************ L O N D O N MANY WEEKS LATER A Room at Van Helsing's Clinic Dr. Seward attends to Harker as he awakens from coma SEWARD: Good morning. HARKER: Where am I? Who are you? SEWARD: I am Dr. Seward, and this is Professor Van Helsing's private clinic not far from London. HARKER: How did I get here? SEWARD: Your body was found in a mountain stream, 200 KM from Budapest. HARKER: And what of Count Dracula? I escaped from his castle but he followed me with the others disquised as bats--giant bats--with great teeth waiting to draw blood! I didn't dream it! The bats were real--as big as men! Why don't you believe me? Seward gives Harker a sedative HARKER: What are you doing? Harker sleeps Enter Van Helsing SEWARD: Ah, professor. HELSING: Have you made inquiries? SEWARD: This young Englishman, Jonathan Harker, had been reported missing some weeks ago. Some friends of his are on their way to London to identify him and see what they can do. HELSING: I see. Did he speak? SEWARD: A little...not much. He kept mumbling something about a certain Count Dracula. HELSING: Dracula! Offstage: A man screams SEWARD: That's Renfield again. HELSING: See to it. SEWARD: Yes, professor. Exit Seward Van Helsing examines Harker's neck and notes marks Renfield's cell Renfield eats a dead fly Enter Seward and Attendant SEWARD: Good morning, Renfield. What is it, Renfield? Renfield, nobody's going to hurt you. Renfield looks out barred window across the lawn to Carfax Abbey SEWARD: What is it, Renfield? Ah, yes, somebody's bought the old house. ATTENDANT: It's been empty long enough. SEWARD: Renfield, nobody's going to hurt you. Let him be. I'll see him again later. Exit Seward and Attendant. Renfield watches Carfax as crates are unloaded THE NEXT MORNING Train Station Mina and Lucy arrive ATTENDANT: Miss Murray? MINA: Yes? ATTENDANT: I was ordered to drive you to the clinic. This way, please. Mina, Lucy and Attendant enter carriage MAN: Van Helsing's Clinic. Drive on. Van Helsing's Clinic Mina and Lucy step out of the carriage LUCY: Mina, look! What's that? A dog (wolf?) growls at Mina and Lucy MINA: A dog, silly. Van Helsing's Foyer Enter Lucy and Mina and Attendant ATTENDANT: Professor Van Helsing's assistant awaits you upstairs. I'll take care of the luggage. MINA: Thank you. Exit Mina and Lucy upstairs Harker's room Seward opens the door Enter Mina and Lucy MINA: Jonathan! Jonathan. HARKER: Mina. Lucy. Offstage: Renfield screams MINA: Jonathan, what is this place? SEWARD: Please, he must rest. I urge you not to show him that you are alarmed. MINA: I want to know what is wrong with him. SEWARD: We specialize here in the treatment of the mentally disturbed. MINA: You mean you think Jonathan's mad? Offstage: Renfield screams LUCY: (faints) Van Helsing's Parlour Lucy lies on couch Mina and Van Helsing attend her HELSING: Your friend is in need of attention. She should not have been allowed to travel. MINA: She insisted on coming with me. Couldn't you help her, professor? HELSING: It would perhaps be best if she stays here. Dr. Seward and I could look after her. MINA: In that case, I shall stay here, too. HELSING: Very well, I shall have rooms prepared for you both. MINA: Professor Van Helsing? HELSING: Yes? MINA: Jonathan is sane, completely sane. HELSING: It's not quite as simple as that. There is no doubt that he has suffered a shock of some kind. The result is that either he is subconsciously relating a nightmare or he's lying. MINA: Jonathan wouldn't lie! And he's not mad! HELSING: Then perhaps you can persuade him to remember what really happened because without... LUCY: (sighs and wakes up) MINA: Lucy! LUCY: Mina, forgive me. I was so stupid to faint. MINA: Oh, I shouldn't have let you come. The long journey...and now this. Enter Attendant ATTENDANT: Sir? HELSING: Prepare two rooms for the ladies on the ground floor. ATTENDANT: Yes, sir. Exit Attendant HELSING: I should warn you. I have a number of patients here who must be kept in close confinement. Do not, on any account, venture beyond the first floor, please. Well, I shall leave you. You must both be tired after your journey. Your rooms will be ready soon. Exit Van Helsing THAT EVENING Lucy's Bedroom Lucy sleeps as a bat flits outside the window DRACULA: (whispering from offstage) Lucy! Lucy! Lucy! Lucy awakens DRACULA: Lucy! Lucy! Lucy! Lucy! Lucy! Lucy gets out of bed DRACULA: Lucy! Lucy! Lucy! Lucy! Exit Lucy Enter Mina MINA: Lucy? Lucy? Lucy? Exit Mina Van Helsing's Foyer Lucy exits the front door DRACULA: (whispering from offstage) Lucy! Enter Mina MINA: Lucy? Lucy? Lucy? Mina exits the front door Lucy walks toward Carfax Abbey Mina follows Lucy Mina sees Dracula holding Lucy, then sees Dracula's shadow The shadow suddenly disappears Mina runs to Lucy lying on the ground LATER Lucy's bedroom Mina and Seward attend to Lucy SEWARD: You say you thought you saw a man? MINA: I was mistaken. SEWARD: And these two spots? MINA: There was a pin which held her wrap. SEWARD: Perhaps you pricked her by accident. She appears to be suffering from a very considerable loss of blood. I shall have to consult Professor Van Helsing. Her condition is serious. MINA: I blame myself. Doctor... SEWARD: I don't want to alarm you but has she any relatives? MINA: None, but she's engaged quite recently to a young baron, Quincey Morris. SEWARD: Perhaps you should send him a telegram. THE NEXT DAY The Van Helsing Foyer Dr. Seward opens the front door to Quincey Morris MORRIS: Professor Van Helsing? SEWARD: No, I'm Dr. Seward. How do you do? MORRIS: My name is Quincey Morris. I'm Miss Westenra's fiance. SEWARD: Oh, I see. Please, come in. Take off your coat. MORRIS: I came as soon as I heard. SEWARD: I'm glad you came. We're doing our best but... MORRIS: But isn't there anything I can do for her? Enter Van Helsing HELSING: Yes, you can give her a transfusion of your blood. Come. I'm Professor Van Helsing. MORRIS: Quincey Morris. Exit Van Helsing, Morris and Seward A FEW HOURS LATER Lucy's Bedroom Seward finishes giving Lucy a transfusion of Morris's blood HELSING: Now, I think she has a chance. We'll just have to wait and see. THAT NIGHT Lucy's Bedroom A bat flits outside Lucy's window DRACULA: (whispering from offstage) Lucy! Lucy! Lucy! Lucy awakens DRACULA: Lucy! Lucy! Lucy! Lucy! Lucy! Lucy! Lucy! Lucy opens the window Enter Dracula DRACULA: (drinks from Lucy's neck) Lucy falls to floor Van Helsing's Parlour Morris, asleep on couch, is awakened by a thud Exit Morris to Lucy's room Lucy's Bedroom Lucy lies on the floor Enter Morris MORRIS: Lucy! Morris closes window, picks up Lucy and places her in bed THE NEXT MORNING Offstage: Renfield screams Clinic Hallway Harker walks down hall toward Renfield's cell Harker opens peephole Sees Renfield crouched at window Enter Attendant ATTENDANT: What are you doing here? I'm afraid you're not allowed in this part of the house. Come along. Come on. Exit Harker and Attendant Van Helsing's Office Morris and Mina talk with Van Helsing MINA: Professor, you must do something. You can't let her die through ignorance. HELSING: Ignorance? Perhaps, my dear, not so much ignorant as afraid...of admitting my own suspicions. Offstage: Renfield screams HELSING: The man whose voice you hear was once as sane as you or I. He had a daughter, young and beautiful. Together they were traveling in Transylvania. They stopped in a town called Bistritz. One night, the girl was found unconscious in her bed, half dead from loss of blood. Day by day, like the fly who is the spider's prey, she grew weaker. The father watched and waited by her bedside till one night, when she was close to her end, the neighbors heard a terrible shriek. They found the daughter dead and the father as he is now. MORRIS: True, there is some similarity in the case, but that is no explanation. HELSING: Perhaps not but, you see, all my life I have made a study of what some people call the "black arts". That's why Renfield was admitted to my care. And also Jonathan Harker. The mountains in the north of Transylvania are rich in legend, yet behind the legend--behind the fantasy--there are certain facts. Occasionally, a glimmer of the truth reaches us. I think that Jonathan has seen some of that truth. Enter Harker HARKER: Then why didn't you believe what I told you about Count Dracula? MINA: Jonathan! Oh, Jonathan! HELSING: I cannot tell you. I dare not! THAT EVENING Renfield's Cell Renfield watches Carfax Abbey from his barred window The Crypt at Carfax Abbey Dracula awakens from his coffin Renfield's Cell Renfield works free the window bars and jumps from three stories up, breaking an arm THAT NIGHT Lucy's Bedroom Mina brings a drink to Lucy in bed MINA: Lucy, sweet. Now, you drink this. Offstage: A door creaks shut MINA: Who's there? Who's there? Exit Mina Enter Dracula DRACULA: (drinks from Lucy's neck) Enter Mina, seeing Dracula MINA: (screams) Exit Dracula as Bat Enter Seward and Morris MINA: She's dead! Lucy's dead! She's dead! Enter Van Helsing HELSING: But you are still alive. It is a sign. Perhaps it's not too late for me to act. LATER Van Helsing's Study Seward, Morris, Mina and Harker confer with Van Helsing HELSING: In my search for the secrets of the black arts, this is what I found and what concerns us now. Van Helsing opens a book HELSING: May I? "Known through legend in such diverse countries as Greece, Rome, France, India and even China, he doth fatten upon the blood of the living. He can by such nourishment even grow younger. He throws strange shadows when he walks upon the earth. He can transform himself to dog, to bat, to other kinds of beast. He lives by night for by day he must conceal himself within his grave. Those upon whom he nourishes himself sicken and die and then become like him, vampires themselves. His name is Dracula. HARKER: Why can't this man be arrested? HELSING: You underestimate Count Dracula. What good are laws against someone who can set himself above the law? Offstage: Wolf call HELSING: His spirit is all around us. Some of us are completely within his power. MORRIS: Professor, you know so much about the black arts. Suppose you too are Dracula's servant? HELSING: I have never met the Count, and yet I feel I know him better than my own soul. THE NEXT DAY Lucy's Funeral SEVERAL EVENINGS LATER The Park A child wanders from her friends. Enter Lucy LUCY: Come here. Come here. Exit Lucy and child THE NEXT MORNING Van Helsing's Study Van Helsing reads at his desk Enter Mina with tea and newspaper HELSING: Ah, good morning, my dear. You have become not only a nurse but a servant. I shall miss you when you leave London. Mina hands Van Helsing the newspaper HELSING: Thank you. How's Jonathan this morning? MINA: Much better. HELSING: Good, good. MINA: I think it helped him beyond measure being able to tell you his story and to know that, however fantastic, you were prepared to admit it could be true. HELSING: Indeed, I only wish it weren't because...Great heavens! It is just as I feared...a child found dead. MINA: Where? HELSING: Near here. Near the church. Last night. Enter Harker and Morris HELSING: Yes? Ah, gentlemen, I shall need your help. MORRIS: Whatever we can do. HELSING: Come, sit down. I shall want you to accompany me this evening. We're going to visit Miss Lucy Westenra's grave. JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT Outside Lucy's Crypt Enter Van Helsing, Morris and Harker MORRIS: Van Helsing, as I told you this afternoon, I'm not afraid of any danger but this is... HELSING: What if I tell you that you may be saving the lives of scores of other children? MORRIS: You mean Count Dracula may be hiding here? HELSING: Worse than that. Far worse. The nice and innocent girl you love. MORRIS: You're mad! Lucy, the killer of children? HELSING: Be brave. Before the night is out, if her spirit is to be saved, you must obey me absolutely! Van Helsing, Morris and Harker enter Lucy's Crypt Inside Lucy's Crypt Harker open Lucy's coffin HELSING: One o'clock. Open it. The Coffin is empty HELSING: So far, I'm right. SEVERAL HOURS LATER Inside Lucy's Crypt Van Helsing, Morris and Harker wait HELSING: Another few minutes. MORRIS: Look, it will soon be light. HELSING: It won't be long now. Remember what I told you. Enter Lucy HELSING: Now! Your spade. Do as I say. Open it. Opens Lucy's Coffin Van Helsing drives take through Lucy's heart. HELSING: Use your spade, man! Morris cuts off Lucy's head with spade THAT MORNING Renfield's Cell Seward attends to Renfield SEWARD: Renfield, relax. Please, relax. Renfield, relax. Please, relax. It's passed. Renfield, it's passed. Look at me. Can you understand me? Renfield, look at me. Can you understand me? RENFIELD: (nods) SEWARD: My god, you can. Whatever your sickness was, it's passed. Now then, tell me what you know. Come on, tell me what you know. Come on, that's it. Tell me. Go on. EARLY THAT EVENING Van Helsing's Study Van Helsing, Seward, Morris, Mina and Harker confer HELSING: Whether by accident or design, it would appear that our foe is closer than we thought. HARKER: It's my fault, professor. I never thought to connect the property bought by the Count with this place. But, those cases we saw delivered...those must have been the same cases I saw in the vaults beneath Count Dracula's castle. He used them to transport himself to England. HELSING: And now they provide his hiding place by day whereas at night... Clocks strikes 6 PM HARKER: If we're going to find him, we must hurry. MINA: Oh, Jonathan! MORRIS: Don't worry. This time I've come prepared. HELSING: I have two better weapons. Take these. Van Helsing hands them each a crucifix HELSING: Against them, Count Dracula is powerless. HARKER: Are we ready? Then, let's go. Exit Harker, Seward and Morris MINA: Professor, I should like to talk to this man, Renfield. He could be the key to Count Dracula. HELSING: Very well, you may see him. But not alone. He may reveal more to you than to us. Enter attendant HELSING: Take this young lady to Renfield. Do as I say. Exit Mina and Attendant Van Helsing appears sicken and collapse A SHORT WHILE LATER Carfax Abbey Morris, Harker and Seward break into Carfax Abbey MORRIS: (pointing to outline of dirt on the floor) Look! SEWARD: A case must have stood here. Maybe we're too late. Stuffed wild animals begin to howl and advance HARKER: Watch out! Enter Dracula Renfield's Cell Mina addresses Renfield MINA: I know how you tried to help. Perhaps you could tell us more. Carfax Abbey DRACULA: Kill. Renfield's cell Renfield attempts to choke Mina Carfax Abbey Harker pulls out cross Dracula turns away Stuffed animals stop advancing Renfield's cell Renfield stops choking Mina Carfax Abbey HARKER: We must sanctify this place as Professor Van Helsing told us. Renfield's Cell Attendant places Renfield in strait jacket ATTENDANT: I'd like to see you find your way out of that, my lad. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER The Opera Mina sits in a private box A London Street Dracula passes Hooker HOOKER: Evening, your honour. Care for a little fun? Dracula walks on A carriage approaches bearing Harker and Morris HARKER: That man! It looked like the Count but younger...much younger. MORRIS: Your eyes are playing tricks. They're waiting for us. Come on. Come on. Harker and Morris enter Embassy Inside the Embassy Morris and Harker are greeted by Van Helsing in wheelchair HELSING: Mr. Harker, Mr. Morris, I want you to meet my good friend, the home secretary. SECRETARY: Good evening. MORRIS: Good evening. HARKER: Good evening, sir. MORRIS: Thank you for receiving us, sir. For a moment the other night, we thought the professor was, as the Americans say, a "goner". HELSING: Ah, a slight stroke. But, although my legs are a little uncertain, I trust my intellect is not a goner. SECRETARY: A watch is now being kept on every means of exit from the country. A description of the wooden case in which we believe, so the professor told me, the Count may be concealing himself has been circulated, too. Enter Courier COURIER: (gives telegram to Harker) MORRIS: Some news, perhaps? HARKER: I don't understand. It's from Mina. Something about the opera...and a ticket. HELSING: You let her leave the house without an escort? HARKER: I sent no ticket. HELSING: Your excellency, we shall have to act at once. This may be the work of Dracula himself. The Opera Mina sits alone in her box Enter Dracula MOMENTS LATER The Opera Mina lies on floor Enter Morris and Harker See bites on her neck HARKER: A doctor! Someone call a doctor! For God's sake, is there a doctor here? LATER THAT EVENING A London Dockyard Sailors sit before a fire SEAMAN: And then I told her I had had enough. Sailors laugh Enter Dracula DRACULA: You! SEAMAN: What do you want? DRACULA: Your master, quickly. Quickly! Enter Captain DRACULA: You are the captain of the Czarina Catherine? CAPTAIN: I am. DRACULA: You sail for the mouth of the Danube on the morning tide? CAPTAIN: What if I do? DRACULA: You have some cargo and a passenger. CAPTAIN: Where is he? DRACULA: Myself...to Varna. CAPTAIN: We do not go to Varna. DRACULA: (tosses Captain a bag of money) CAPTAIN: To Varna. MEANWHILE Renfield's Cell Seward addresses Renfield, still wearing strait jacket SEWARD: What is it? What happened, Renfield? RENFIELD: Varna. Varna. SEWARD: Varna? LATE THAT NIGHT Van Helsing's Study Van Helsing, Morris, Harker consult map HARKER: Varna. MORRIS: Yes, here it is. It's a small port on the Black Sea. HARKER: I've got it. Look. He could travel from there to Transylvania. But with a load like that, it would take him three weeks. HELSING: You could get to the castle first...in one week. Sanctify every grave. Leave it barren and useless as a refuge before he arrives. HARKER: If we go, what about Mina? HELSING: I shall guard her with my life. Renfield's Cell Seward attempts to awaken Renfield SEWARD: Dead? VERY LATE THAT NIGHT Van Helsing's Study Van Helsing reads while Mina sleeps on couch Offstage: Sound of door closing HELSING: Who is there? Enter Dracula HELSING: You! All my life I have studied the black arts. It's strange to finally confront the Prince of Darkness himself. DRACULA: You have learnt much. You can do nothing. Dracula advances toward Mina Van Helsing grabs a poker from the fireplace and burns a flaming cross in the carpet Exit Dracula ********************************* T R A N S Y L V A N I A TWO WEEKS LATER The Crypt at Castle Dracula Harker and Morris stake the three vampiresses Harker sanctifies Dracula's tomb HARKER: Now then, there's only one task left...to find Dracula himself. L O N D O N Van Helsing's Study Van Helsing reads while Mina lies on couch MINA: Is there any news? HELSING: Not yet. MINA: Tell me, professor. If the Count is on his way home, what have we to fear? HELSING: Mina, my dear, whilst the Count lives, time and space have little meaning. We can only pray. T R A N S Y L V A N I A A FEW DAYS LATER Castle Dracula Enter gypsies carting Dracula in his coffin Harker and Morris drop boulders from castle wall Gypsies retreat Harker and Morris open Dracula's coffin and set it afire Dracula dies THE END