Dracula
by Robert David MacDonald
Company: Close Theatre Club
Venue: Close Theatre, Glasgow
Performance dates: 30th December, 1972 to January, 1973
Synopsis: Based on the novel by Bram Stoker
Cast:
| Dracula | - | Mike Gwilym |
| Van Helsing | - | LEWIS COLLINS |
| Yvonne Nicholson | ||
| Angela Chadfield | ||
| Christopher C. Taynton | ||
| Jeremy Blake | ||
| Colin Haigh | ||
| Douglas Heard |
Trivia:
Advertised as "not for the squeamish", this production used rats and bluebottles as props. The opening of the show was postponed due to illness among members of the cast, which may account for the following review...
Reviews:
"Lewis Collins plays Van Helsing, the clerical specialist in 'vampirism', and does it exceedingly well, despite pain and discomfort due, evidently, to causes other than the nature of his part" Glasgow Herald, January 1973