Varney the Vampire or the Feast of Blood

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This wild and clever spoof is based on a melodramatic novel attributed to Thomas Prest, the creator of Sweeney Todd. In 1900 weary vampire Sir Francis Varney shows up at an inn in Italy. He plans to visit a haunted grotto and ask forgiveness from a lost love whose ghost is doomed to roam the landscape wearing a thin veil over her face. Varney forgets his mission and proceeds to snarl and snap at everyone in sight, especially an English damsel. Varney is shot, stabbed with a wooden stake and hanged. Still he survives! The action gets sillier and sillier (and funnier and funnier) as Inspector Balsadella seeks answers for the strange goings on. The tongue in cheek style is a howl, and there are many optional, corny stage effects as well as a zany cast of characters. Ultimately Varney manages to destroy himself.

PublisherSamuel French Inc.
CategoryFull Length Play
ThemeMelodrama
TypeScript
AuthorTim Kelly and Thomas Prest
ISBN9780573691553
Music Byn/a
Adapted Byn/a
Based Onn/a
No Of Acts2
Period Set In1900
SetGrumpy Wolf Inn
Male4
Female8
Cast12
TypeScript
Performed ByReading Group Teens / Adults
Royalty PlaySamuel French Inc.
Reading GroupYes
Sale Price$35.00 (excl. GST and postage)
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