Dracula (Undressed)

Prop List and Sound Plot

Property List

ACT ONE:

at rise:
1 Sofa (upholstered)
1 business desk—upon which are:
  • 1 lot of papers
  • 1 set bookends with 4 medical books
  • 1 rubber model of the interior of a human head
  • 1 rubber model of —l; something really disgusting from the human body
  • 1 house of cards (some glued, some loose)
  • 1 lot of beer bottles
  • 15 beer cans labeled "Shop-Rite"
  • 1 inkwell
  • 1 1920's telephone
  • 1 fountain pen stand with pens
  • 1 blotter
  • 1 letter opener
  • 1 letter box full of bills

-and inside the drawers of which are:
  • 2 pill bottles
  • 1 jar of cream deodorant
  • 3 indescribable chrome and rubber art-deco "devices"
  • 1 gallon jug of anti-freeze
  • 1 pair yellow rubber gloves
  • 1 thick typewritten manuscript loosely bound in a folder

1 loveseat (upholstered)
1 portable bar, with half filled bottle of cognac on it
1 bookcase with tedious books (either medical or Readers' Digest)
3 thick glass jars filled with apple juice, containing "exhibits"
1 gun rack with:

  • 3 umbrellas in it
2 armchairs
1 ottoman
2 end tables
3 photos of Lucy as a little girl
1 Oriental-looking rug
1 set practical portières hanging on-
  • 1 practical rod
1 Victrola, ca. 1917 with crank and "volume" knob
1 lot records for the same, at least two of which have only one side
1 firescreen
1 lot bric-à-brac on the fireplace mantel including-
  • 1 ceramic teapot with SOUVENIR of... written on it
  • 1 empty bottle of Bahama Mama
1 whole lot of beer and whiskey bottles strewn about
8 cigarette trays, filled with cigar and cigarette butts
10 glasses, with remnants of citrus in them
4 glass swizzle sticks poking up in various places
1 silver bar service, with cocktail shaker
5 empty pill bottles on the floor
3 silk stockings hanging from lights
2 light sconces set in the walls
1 practical "art-deco" vacuum cleaner

Personal Props

The Maid:
1 feather duster
1 dustbin on wheels
1 empty can of Drano
Seward:
1 roll of English-looking 5-pound notes
1 bottle of pills
2 packs of cigarettes
2 packs of matches
1 newspaper, set up with a picture of a photo-finish on the back page
1 enema bag
Harker:
1 roll of British notes
5 packs of cigarettes and matches (dummies)
2 zippo lighters
1 split of Cribari rosé or something similar
3 bags beer nuts
1 can tuna fish
1 practical strip of unlubricated condoms
1 empty thermos with a cork
1 ladies' hat with a plume in it
Van Helsing:
1 carpetbag or valise
1 pair thick eyeglasses
1 umbrella
1 overcoat
1 lot of colored card-stock
3 small pocket notebooks & pencil
1 "Romaninan-English" lexicon in vest pocket.
Lucy:
1 bottle of Wild Turkey, almost empty
1 scarf around her throat
Dracula:
3 '78 RPM records

1 rubber Bat, with large ropes attached to its wings, and red blinking eyes.
1 covered silver chafing dish containing:
  • pickles
  • gefilte fish
  • sliced pepperoni
  • rolls of mortadella
  • chunks of halva
  • a few latkes
  • chopped liver
  • some kishka
  • 1 Oscar-Meyer-like package of baloney
1 shotgun

ACT TWO:

at rise:
8 strands of crêpe paper twisted to the center of the room
1 3-D bell on the chandelier
1 pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey
1 festoon of bunting
1 banner reading HAPPY 6th BIRTHDAY LUCY, folded up, hung over the fireplace
1 bottle Wild Turkey
1 board, 7"x15" hidden in the sofa
1 set of roller-skates, wrapped in a box
1 box of crayons and a coloring book, wrapped
1 cricket wicket, wrapped

Personal Props

The Maid:
1 box of blown-up balloons
1 stick chewing gum
1 wooden box of beer bottles, labeled BEER on the outside
1 hammer
1 "church-key" bottle opener
Van Helsing:
1 roll Scotch tape
1 rolled up round-steaks in brown paper, looking like sticks at first
1 pencil
1 large potato
2 tablespoons
1 raw egg
1 boiled egg
1 apple, set with
  • 1 British penny stuck in it
1 slip of paper with message
Seward:
6 pointed, colored party hats
1 rolled up steak, as above
Harker:
2 cigarettes and matches
1 rolled up steak, as above
1 Hawaiian shirt
1 Mai-Tai glass
1 paper umbrella
1 pair sunglasses
1 pair Speedo trunks
Lucy:
1 whole salami with a long cord attached as a lavalière
2 T-shirts (one to drape over the couch at the end)
1 bottle of "expensive" liquor
Worthibutter:
1 half-full bottle of beer
Dracula:
Newspaper clipping from Act 1

1 card table
1 tablecloth
6 plates, forks
6 cupcakes
6 dinner candles
5 folding chairs

1 unopened aluminum beer can
Flame effect from torches

SOUND PLOT

  • 1 doorbell- to the tune of The Dying Swan from Swan Lake:

  • 1 recording of Dvorak's "Humoresque" as though a 78rpm recording
  • 1 effect of a tone arm rippping across an old record
  • 1 microphone/PA system for the Bat and Dracula's voice
  • 1 shotgun effect
  • 1 crashbox for broken glass sounds
  • 1 recording of the "Overture to Die Fledermaus" as though a 78rpm record
  • 1 effect of 125 lbs of steak hitting the hall floor——or something equally absurd
  • 1 pounding effect in the hall
  • 1 Sound effect of a mob outside and below the terrace

To the play: Dracula Undressed.

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