In Britain, Dracula begins a reign of seduction and terror, draining the life from Mina's closest friend, Lucy Westenra. Lucy's friends gather together to try to drive Dracula away.

Though each adaptation takes liberties with Stoker’s characters — Dracula’s victims Lucy and Mina often swap ... having famously played the Wolf Man, but his Dracula is as wooden as his ...

Read our review of comedy *Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors*, now in performances at the Menier Chocolate Factory to 3 May. Read more theatre reviews on LondonTheatre.co.uk.

The effusive actor, dancer and singer Charlie Stemp is buttoned into the role of Dracula’s English estate agent Jonathan Harker, here played as a risk-averse drip who daren’t kiss his feminist, thrill ...