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Dracula at the Streatham Hill Theatre

21/5/2021

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On This Day 21 May 1951 a week long production of Dracula started at the Streatham Hill Theatre starring Bela Lugosi

In 1931, Bela Lugosi became world-famous playing Count Dracula in the now classic film. He became forever linked to his great portrayal, and stereotyped as a movie monster and mad doctor. He would never escape the shadow of Dracula.

In 1951, with horror films out of fashion and 68 year-old Lugosi all but out of work, he and his wife Lillian went to England to star in a stage production of Dracula. Their hope was to bring Dracula to London’s West End, in a revival that would propel Lugosi back to stardom.
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(The Bela Lugosi blog)

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    Mark Bery, Secretary Streatham Society

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