"Death Warrant for Dracula" by John Donald O'Shea

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 Death Warrant for Dracula

by John Donald O'Shea

Synopsis

Count Dracula, under the nom de guerre “Professor Alucard” (“Dracula” spelled backwards) takes a teaching position at remote upstate college for women, where, perhaps owing to the stresses of the modern world, we meet an Administrative staff and a Teaching Faculty that are — shall we say — a bit different.

But this time, instead of encountering another hapless Victorian female victim, the “Professor” happens upon an accomplished female athlete, proficient in the use of variety of “bats” of her own.

As the play takes place in our more civilized era, the vampire hunters find themselves dealing with the question of how to rid the world of vampires in an ethical way .

The play should run 40- 45 minutes.

  Cast of Characters
  (in order of appearance)

(5 males and 5 females. But the author has staged the play with
Dr.Howard, VanHelsing and Renfield cast as females)

Annette Mac Donald
     Professor of Theater at St. Vitus

Reverend Dr. Cotton Mather
Professor of Music and Doctor of Divinity

Mrs. Herring
   Administrative Assistant

Prof. Renfield
Chair of Biology Department

Mrs. Edgars
Chair of the English Department

Doctor Evelyn Howard
   Headmaster and Medical Doctor

Lucy Howard
   A Title IX athlete and the Headmaster’s daughter

Janet Bristol -
   A student and Lucy’s friend.

Dr. Franz Van Helsing
   The noted "vampirologist"

Professor Alucard --
     A visiting Professor and Count Dracula

          The Setting

The spacious parlor at St. Vitus College. A small women’s college
(Unit Set)

Playing Time

About 60 Minutes