RICHMOND SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY
AUDITION NOTICE
Dracula
Adapted by Liz Lochhead from the novel by Bram Stoker
Reading Monday 3rd September 8.00pm
Pre-Auditions Saturday 8th September 1.00pm
Auditions Monday 10th September 8.00pm
All at the Mary Wallace Theatre, The Embankment, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 3DU
Playing dates 8th to 15th December
Director John Riley
Mobile: 07806 944016
e-mail:[email protected]
Character
Age
Mina Westerman
20-30
Lucy Westerman
18-30
Florrie Hathersage
18-30
Doctor Arthur Seward
25-40
Jonathan Harker
20-35
Count Vlad Dracula
40-60
East European Accent
Professor Van Helsing
55-75
Dutch or German accent
Renfield
20-60
Male Orderly Drinkwater
20-60
Northern Accent
non-speaking
Vampire Bride (1)/Dr Goldman 30-45
Vampire Bride (2)/Nurse
18-35
Vampire Bride (3)/Maid
18-30
Nurse Nisbett
20-60
Nurse Grice
20-60
Mrs. Manners
50-70
Note: Age ranges are for guidance only and not absolutes. Some roles
will require accents.
The role of Lucy will require some nudity and
Dracula will need to lift Jonathan, Lucy and possibly Mina, Renfield and
Seward at various times in the play.
Dracula
Audition Pieces
Goldman - p 6 “One might hypothesise” to “he cannot live it” as a monologue
Seward with Jonathan - p11 “Does he know” to “organise the tickets”
Renfield, Grice and Drinkwater - pp12-13 Scene 4
Nisbett and Renfield - pp19-20 Scene 6
Dracula with Jonathan - (bottom of) p26 "Come, come, Mr. Harker” to end of scene
Vampire Brides(1,2 +3) - p32 “Go on” to “Who! Who! Who!”
Dracula with Jonathan - p34 Dracula carries Jonathan off stage
Renfield - p37 monologue
Florrie and Mrs. Manners (with Lucy and Mina) - p39 “Indeed, Lucy” to end of scene
Lucy - p42 “No. No.” to “Florrie” monologue
Dracula with Lucy end of act one - p47 as per stage directions
Van Helsing - p62 “Poor lily-white Lucy” to “because I know” monologue
Jonathan - p64 "I lie back.” to “I’ll come!” Monologue
Van Helsing (with Seward and Jonathan) - p66 “My friends forgive.” to “but they are so.”
Mina - p81 “Untie my eyes” to “free in the night” monologue
Audition slips can be picked up in the theatre foyer, downloaded from the auditions page of the R.S.S.
website (www.richmondshakespeare.org.uk) or will be sent on request.
Auditions are open only to Full (or concessionary) members of the R.S.S.
For details on how to join, please contact the Membership Secretary
on (020) 8940 1606 or [email protected]
(You may join at either the reading or the auditions)