Dance of The Vampires, Euro-Version

Dance of the Vampires
A Musical
Based on the film

"The Fearless Vampire Killers"
by
Roman Polanski
Book & Lyrics by Michael Kunze

Music by James Steinman
Revised Draft
(July 1997)
DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES • The Musical July 97-Draft • Page 2
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CAST
ALFRED A young man

ABRONSIUS A Professor
COUNT VON KROLOCK The Prince of the Vampires
CHAGAL A Jewish inn keeper
REBECCA Chagal's wife
SARAH Chagal's daughter
MAGDA Chagal's maid
KOUKOL Krolock’s hunchback
HERBERT Krolock’s son
BARAN, DRAGAN, MORON Woodcutters
A VILLAGE IDIOT
&
CHORUS / BALLETT:
Woodcutters, peasants and female villagers
Vampires
The Count's Ancestors
Sarah’s Double
The Prince of Darkness
This draft is strictly confidential.

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SCENES AND MAIN MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT I
Overture
1. Wilderness He,Ho Professor
Alfred
2. Inn’s Lounge Garlic
Ensemble
3. Landing Sleep, My Little Darling
Chagal
4. Cross Section A Girl As Beautiful
Alfred, Sarah, Chagal, Rebecca
5. Shadow Scene God is Dead
Von Krolock
Ensemble
6. Outside Inn (Day) Everything´s Fair
Magda, Chagal, Rebecca
A Man of Science
Abronsius
7. Bathroom You’re Very Nice
Sarah, Alfred
Invitation To The Ball
Von Krolock
8. Outside Inn (Night) Out On The Far Side
Alfred, Sarah
The Red Boots
Dance Sequence
9. Inn’s Lounge Woosha-Boosha (Garlic Reprise)
Ensemble
Guts / The Wolves Are Fierce / A Man of
Science (Reprises)
Abronsius, Woodcutters
Sleep, my ol’ dear Yoine
Rebecca
Death Is Such An Odd Thing
Magda
Please, Don’t Stake Me
Chagal
10. Courtyard Turn Around
Ensemble
Bless The Night
Von Krolock
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Welcome Dialogue
Abronsius, Von Krolock, Herbert,
Alfred
Bless The Youth
Von Krolock, Alfred
ACT II
1. Castle Hall Total Eclipse Of The Heart

Von Krolock, Sarah, Ensemble
2. The Nightmare Carpe Noctem
Ensemble
3. Castle’s Bedroom A Perfect Day (Repr. Everything’s Fair)
Alfred
4. Crypt On such a fine day
Abronsius
Everybody’s Everybody’s Sucker
Chagal, Magda
5. Library Booksong (Repr. A Man of Science)
Abronsius
6. Bathroom Thank God, You’re Alive
Alfred
Sarah
For Sarah
Alfred
7. Mirror Library Booksong (Repr. A Man of Science)
Abronsius
When Love Is Inside You I
Alfred
8. Mirror Bathroom When Love Is Inside You II
Herbert
Alfred
9. Tower/Churchyard Eternity
Dance Sequence
The Endless Appetite
Von Krolock
10. Dancing Hall Welcome Brethren (Reprise: God Is Dead)
Von Krolock
Total Eclipse Of The Heart (Reprise)
Minuet Of The Vampires
Dance Sequence
11. Wilderness Out On The Fare Side (Reprise)
Alfred, Sarah
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Dance of the Vampires (Finale)

Ensemble
Bows & Exit Music
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ACT ONE
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ACT ONE
Scene One
Somewhere in the Transylvanian wilderness.
ALFRED, the young hero of our story, fights his way through the nocturnal snow flurry.
He carries all kinds of luggage. In desperation, HE stops and looks around.
ALFRED
Professor! Professor!!
(sings)
HEY, HO, HEY!
CAN YOU HEAR ME, PROFESSOR?
HEY, HO, HEY!
GIVE A SHOUT, I PRAY!
A soothing thought enters his mind.
Probably he sat down somewhere to enter a note into his little book. When
Professor Abronsius scribbles down his notes, the world is gone for him.
Another thought frightens him.
If only he isn’t gone.
(sings)
HEY, HO, HEY!
I CAN’T SEE YOU, PROFESSOR?
HEY, HO, HEY!
GOD, I’VE LOST MY WAY!
I’ve got to find him, or else he will freeze to death. What an end!
The paper will write: “Scientist killed in Transylvania”. His collegues at

Königsberg University will pretend to be grief-stricken and praise his courage,
though they used to call him a “nut” and an “old fart” as long as he was alive.
And no one will mention me. No one will miss Alfred.
Again HE calls out.

(sings)
HEY, HO, HEY!
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IT IS ME, DEAR PROFESSOR-

YOUR CONSISTENT
MOST RESISTANT
AND PERSISTENT
ASSISTANT!
Somewhere in the snow, HE discovers the Professor’s umbrella. HE approaches it, and
soon sees the PROFESSOR laying on his back, frozen stiff.
Professor!!
HE shoulders the PROFESSOR’s frozen body, takes up the luggage and exits stumbling
as the lights go down.
From a distance we hear fiddle music, and voices singing...
CHAGAL & GUESTS
GARLIC, GARLIC!
GARLIC, GARLIC!
Scene Change.
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ACT ONE
Scene Two
Lounge of Chagal´s Inn.

2.05
The lounge of a country inn. The GUESTS, peasants and woodcutters from the little
village nearby, are dancing awkwardly to the music of a fiddle player.
As the music changes, THEY sit down at wooden tables to drink, eat and smoke.
CHAGAL, the inn keeper, walks from table to table, supervising the chores of his
attractive maid MAGDA who is waiting on the tables. US., in the open kitchen, we see
Chagal´s wife REBECCA cooking.
CHAGAL & GUESTS

2.01
TOBACCO, BEER AND VODKA
AND AN OLD WOOD-CHOPPER´S SONG
A TABLE IN
A COUNTRY INN
AND SOME CHUMS WHO SING ALONG
BARAN
IS THERE MORE A MAN CAN ASK FOR?
DRAGAN
WHEN A HARD DAY’S WORK IS DONE?
MORON
YES, A HEAVY CHUCK
DRAGAN
WITH BONES TO SUCK
BARAN, DRAGAN & MORON
AND A SCENT THAT TURNS YOU ON
ALL
AND A SCENT THAT TURNS YOU ON!
CHAGAL & GUESTS

2.02
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GARLIC, GARLIC
THE SECRET OF STAYING YOUNG
GARLIC, GARLIC
THAT’S WHY WE’RE SO WELL HUNG
WHAT IS STRONG IS GETTING STRONGER
WHAT IS LONG IS GETTING LONGER
WITH SOME GARLIC ON YOUR TONGUE
The GUESTS hum, while REBECCA and MAGDA sing their verses.
REBECCA
2.01
THE MEAT IS FOUL AND STINKING
AND THE VEGETABLES DECAYED
THE FAT IS CLOTTED
THE GRAVY’S ROTTED
BUT THE FLAVOR IS JUST GREAT
GUESTS
BRING US ONE MORE BOWL NOW

WE WANT MORE `CAUSE IT’S THE GOODS
AND ANOTHER BOTTLE RIGHT AWAY
TO FORGET THE WORK IN THE WOODS
TO FORGET THE WORK IN THE WOODS
CHAGAL rubs his hands together. HE gives REBECCA a sign to prepare more stew.
Slapping MAGDA´s bottom, HE makes HER bring another bottle of vodka.
2.02
ALL
GARLIC, GARLIC
MAKES OUR MUSCLES SWELL AND GROW
GARLIC, GARLIC
MAKES OUR JUICES RISE AND FLOW
SO WHENEVER YOU FEEL CRUMMY
GET ITS POWER IN YOUR TUMMY
WITH SOME GARLIC THERE’S NO WOE
MAGDA
YOUNG LOVERS ARE TOO ARDENT

AND THE OLD ONES ARE TOO WEAK
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CHAGAL
(eying MAGDA)
WITH SOME GARLIC IN HIS BOWELS

AN OLD GEEZER MAKES YOU SHRIEK
ALL
IS THERE MORE A MAN CAN ASK FOR?

WHEN A HARD DAY´S WORK IS DONE?
EAT LIKE A HOG
BELCH LIKE A FROG
VILLAGE IDIOT
URRHG!
ALL
THANKS TO GARLIC WE HAVE FUN.

THANKS TO GARLIC WE HAVE FUN.
REBECCA
GARLIC, GARLIC
I COULD NOT COOK WITHOUT
GARLIC, GARLIC
AND LOTS OF SAUERKRAUT
ESCOFFIER WOULD SCOFF AND COUGH

AND THEN HE’D VENT HIS SPLEEN.
MAGDA
ESCOFFIER WOULD SLAG IT OFF

AND THEN HE WOULD TURN GREEN.
REBECCA
EVEN IF THE MEAL´S PERNICIOUS

THEY WILL SAY „IT IS DELICIOUS“
CHAGAL
THOUGH THE SUBSEQUENT INFECTION

THEY’D INSIST IT WAS PERFECTION
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REBECCA, CHAGAL, MAGDA
IF YOU PUT SOME GARLIC IN!
ALL
YOU MUST PUT SOME GARLIC IN!

YOU MUST PUT MORE GARLIC IN!
YOU MUST PUT MORE GARLIC IN!
GARLIC, GARLIC!
GARLIC, GARLIC!
All of a sudden, the door bursts open. A gust of wind blows a cloud of snow into the
room. ALFRED, carrying the stiff ABRONSIUS on his back and all kind of bags and
suitcases in his hands and under his arms, stumbles in.
ALL
UHHH!
REBECCA comes out of the kitchen. SHE closes the door. EVERYONE stares at
ALFRED who is putting down first the luggage, then the frozen Professor.
DRAGAN
WHO’S THAT?
BARAN
O NO!
MORON
A STRANGER!
MAGDA
NO, TWO!
BARAN
WHAT DO THEY WANT?
REBECCA
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HE’S FROZEN.
MAGDA
STIFF.
DRAGAN
IT LOOKS AS IF
MORON
HE’S DEAD.
MAGDA
QUITE FRIGID.
REBECCA
STUNNED.
CHAGAL interrupts the PEASANTS.
CHAGAL
WELCOME AT THIS FIRST CLASS HOTEL.

THE BEST IN TOWN...
REBECCA
MAGDA, ANOTHER CHAIR!
CHAGAL
... YOU’LL FIND OUR RATES ARE FAIR.
REBECCA
QUICK, MAGDA, BRING HOT WATER!

DON’T WORRY, WE WILL THAW HIM.
As the music continues, MAGDA goes back to the kitchen. The stiff ABRONSIUS has
been put on a chair. ALFRED is seated next to him.
CHAGAL
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PUT SOME VODKA ON HIS NOSE!
DRAGAN
SOME MUSTARD...
MORON
...COW-PAT...
BARAN
...ON HIS TOES!
CHAGAL
SOME GARLIC!
ALLE
GARLIC, GARLIC, GARLIC!
REBECCA
HEY, MAGDA, WHERE’S THE WATER?
MAGDA
HERE!
MAGDA returns with a steaming bowl of hot water. THEY put the Professor’s bare feet
in the water. MAGDA starts to massage his feet.
ALFRED's eyes are fixed upon the MAID´s low neckline; he is obviously trying to look
down her dress. So HE does not notice that ABRONSIUS comes alive again.
ABBRONSIUS opens his eyes. After having checked what is going on, HE looks at the
peasants wearing strings of garlic around their necks.
HE gives ALFRED a nudge.
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ABRONSIUS
What do you think of these little bulbous growths, boy?
ALFRED
(staring at the boobs)
Little? They are big!
ABRONSIUS
Not those, jerk! These.
Only now, ALFRED realizes that PROFESSOR ABRONSIUS is all right again.
ALFRED
Are you all right, Professor?
ABRONSIUS
(enthusiastically)
It’s garlic. Garlic!!
ALFRED sees the garlic.
ALFRED
You think, this is...?
ABRONSIUS
This is the place. Our mission’s goal.
(addressing CHAGAL)
Listen, Mister...
CHAGAL
Chagal is my name. At your service, Sir. It is a pleasure to...
ABRONSIUS
(interrupting)
Is there by any chance a castle araund here?
CHAGAL
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A castle? Not at all! There is no more a castle here than a windmill....
Addressing the PEASANTS.
Does anybody here know of a windmill in the district?
The GUESTS shake their heads. Only the VILLAGE IDIOT opens his mouth to say
something.
VILLAGE IDIOT
Th..the..the castle issss....
Before HE can finish the sentence, some of the WOODCUTTERS put their hands on his
mouth.
CHAGAL
You see? No windmill, no castle. But we do have a village idiot.
ABRONSIUS
And what is all the garlic doing here?
CHAGAL
The garlic?
(sings)
GARLIC CURES A LOT OF ILLS
REBECCA
LIKE FLATULENCE,...
MORON
TOOTHACHE...
BARAN
BOILS...
MAGDA
OR CHILLS...
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CHAGAL
... THE CURE IS...
ALLE
GARLIC, GARLIC, GARLIC!
REBECCA, CHAGAL, BARAN, MORON, DRAGAN & MAGDA
FOR SCABIES, HAIR LOSS, SWEATY FEET

FOR EVERYTHING THAT’S HARD TO TREAT
ALL
(except ALFRED & ABRONSIUS)
GARLIC, GARLIC
GARLIC, GARLIC
ALL YOU REALLY NEED IS
CHAGAL grabs the luggage.
GARLIC, GARLIC
THAT’S THE SECRET OF STAYING YOUNG
GARLIC, GARLIC
THAT’S WHY WE’RE SO WELL HUNG
WHAT IS STRONG IS GETTING STRONGER
WHAT IS LONG IS GETTING LONGER
WITH SOME GARLIC ON YOUR
GARLIC ON YOUR
GARLIC ON YOUR TONGUE!
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CHAGAL
Let me show you to your room now, gentlemen.
ALL
(except ALFRED & ABRONSIUS)
GARLIC, GARLIC
GARLIC, GARLIC
WHAT DOES FREE YOUR JUICES
HEAL YOUR BRUISES
SEASONING YOUR STEW?
GARLIC!
Lights change. CHAGAL leads ALFRED and PROFESSOR ABRONSIUS upstairs.

Dissolve to...
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ACT ONE
Scene Three
Landing on the upper floor of Chagal's Inn.

3.01
ALFRED and PROFESSOR ABRONSIUS climb up the stairway to the upper floor.
CHAGAL, carrying the luggage, follows.
CHAGAL
This way please, gentlemen... You will like it here...fresh air, unspoiled nature,
friendly people...Believe me, you’ll be become a different person with us...Would
you please follow me...
All of a sudden we hear a lovely voice singing.
SARAH'S VOICE
UH-UH-UH...
The PROFESSOR stands still, listening. HE turns around to ALFRED.
ABRONSIUS
Do you hear that?
ALFRED
(enchanted)
O yes. Beautiful.
SARAH'S VOICE
(in the background)
UH-UH-UH...
CHAGAL, moaning under the weight of the luggage, wants them to move on.
CHAGAL
Please, gentlemen...this way...we’re almost there.
ABRONSIUS
What is that?
CHAGAL
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What?
ABRONSIUS
Who's singing?
SARAH'S VOICE
(in the background)
UH-UH-UH...
CHAGAL
Singing? What singing.
ALFRED
How wonderful!
ABRONSIUS
Come on. Are you deaf? Someone's singing.
CHAGAL
No, no. That’s the wind.
SARAH'S VOICE
(in the background)
UH-UH-UH...
ALFRED
Heavenly!
ABRONSIUS
The wind??
ABRONSIUS gives ALFRED a meaningful look before THEY move on. The singing
ends. Music continues.
CHAGAL
Gentlemen! Would you please go ahead! Look!
They enter the guest room.

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CHAGAL (Ctd.)
Our luxory suite. You won’t find anything like this a hundred miles around.
CHAGAL puts down the luggage and ushers PROFESSOR ABRONSIUS and ALFRED
to a door that leads to an adjacent room.
CHAGAL(Ctd.)
And behind this door, gentlemen, for you comfort and pleasure, an ultra-modern
bathroom!
While HE opens the door, we once more hear, under his singing, softly the voice of
SARAH.
SARAH'S VOICE
(muffled)
UH-UH-UH...
CHAGAL
I bet you’ve never seen anything more beautiful ...
SARAH'S VOICE
UH-UH-UH...
CHAGAL opens the bathroom door. The sound of SARAH'S VOICE rises and ends
abruptly. Foam-covered, the nude SARAH is sitting in the bathtub, smiling in
embarrassment at the men. The music stops.
CHAGAL
Sarah! Didn't I tell you...Get out of here!
As SARAH begins to follow his order to get out. CHAGAL realizes that SHE is naked.
CHAGAL
No, no, no! Stay!
HE closes the door.
CHAGAL
I forgot... It’s occupied. My daughter. The bathroom will be free very soon.
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Music continues. CHAGAL ushers PROFESSOR ABRONSIUS and ALFRED back into
their room. HE leaves to get something from downstairs.
SARAH gets out of the bath and, a sheet wrapped around her body, enters her room
through her room’s bathroom door.
There, SARAH puts on her nightie, singing.
SARAH
UH-UH-UH...
ALFRED has tiptoed into the bathroom. As HE reaches out to grab Sarah’s sponge,
SARAH returns. For a moment THEIR eyes meet. Then BOTH go back to their
respective rooms, closing the doors to the bathroom.
ABRONSIUS and ALFRED go to bed. In her room, SARAH also lies down.
Then we hear Chagal's steps on the stairs as he returns. HE sneaks through the guest
room, carrying a hammer, nails and a bunch of slats, and enters the bathroom. During
the following song, he is boarding up Sarah's door from inside the bathroom.
CHAGAL
WHEN A MAN HAS GOT A PRETTY DAUGHTER

HE’S GOT PRETTY MUCH TRAVAIL AND PAIN,
‘CAUSE SHE NEVER DOES THE THINGS HE TAUGHT HER.
IT’S ENOUGH TO DRIVE A MAN INSANE.
SURELY HE IS PROUD THAT SHE'S A BEAUTY.

THAT’S EXACTLY WHY HE HIDES HER WELL.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO STEAL HIS CUTIE,
FOR THE HEARTS OF MALES ARE BLACK AS HELL.
Bang - bang - bang - bang (hammering)
SLEEP, MY LITTLE DARLING
DREAM, MY TENDER STARLING

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NO ONE MUST DARE WAKE YOU

NO ONE MUST DARE TAKE YOU
YOU'RE NOT READY
I'M NOT READY
WE'RE NOT READY
DON’T LEAVE DADDY
YOU DON'T WANT YOUR GIRL TO BE THE QUARRY

OF SOME TURD OR FILTHY DEBAUCHEE.
EVERY FATHER’S RATHER SAFE THAN SORRY.
SO HE PUTS HER INTO CUSTODY.
STILL SHE’LL TRY TO GET INTO HOT WATER,

DOING THINGS SHE’LL SOMEDAY WILL REGRET.
HE MUST LOCK HER UP OR ELSE GO MAD.
3.04
SLEEP, MY LITTLE FAIRY
CHAGAL(Ctd.)
TRUST YOU’RE DAD, HE’S CHARY
NO ONE MUST CONFUSE YOU

NO ONE MUST ABUSE YOU
YOU'RE NOT READY
I'M NOT READY
WE'RE NOT READY
DON’T LEAVE DADDY
CHAGAL checks that the door is tightly boarded up and crosses over to the guest room
door.
CHAGAL

HE’S GOT PRETTY MUCH TRAVAIL AND PAIN,
‘CAUSE SHE NEVER DOES THE THINGS HE TAUGHT HER.
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IT’S ENOUGH TO DRIVE A MAN INSANE...
CHAGAL exits through the guestroom. Lights fade. Dissolve into...

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ACT ONE
Scene Four
Cross section of Chagal's Inn.

4.01
We see through the walls of the inn into several rooms. In the guest room, the
PROFESSOR is lying on his bed, reading and suspiciously listening to every sound he
hears. ALFRED is lying on a bench, fully awake. In Sarah’s room, SARAH is sitting on
her bed in a nightie, brushing her hair.
On the floor above there are Magda’s room where MAGDA sits sewing, and Mr. and
Mrs. Chagal’s bedroom where CHAGAL and REBECCA are about to go to bed.
ALFRED
A GIRL AS BEAUTIFUL AS SHE

I HAVE NEVER SEEN.
SARAH
A BOY AS SINGULAR AS HE,

REALLY, I HAVE NEVER SEEN.
ALFRED & SARAH
I’M TOO EXCITED

TO COUNT SHEEP.
I’M AWAKE,
BUT I DREAM.
I FEEL IGNITED
BY A DEEP
BURNING ACHE,
AND I DREAM
A LOVELY DREAM...
ALFRED
A GIRL AS BEAUTIFUL AS SHE...
SARAH
(overlapping)
A BOY AS SINGULAR AS HE...
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SARAH
SO DISARMING...
ALFRED
...CHARMING...
ALFRED & SARAH
I’VE NEVER SEEN.
While THEY sing on, there is some movement in the bedroom upstairs. CHAGAL is
sneaking out of the bed he shares with his wife REBECCA, tip-toeing out of the room
and heading towards Magda's chamber.
ALFRED & SARAH
THE MOMENT WHEN I SAW HER/HIS EYES

MY HEART SKIPPED A BEAT.
IT’S SUCH A WONDERFUL SURPRISE
THAT WE HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET.
LORD, IF I EVER
FALL IN LOVE
LET IT BE...
ALFRED
...A GIRL AS BEAUTIFUL...
SARAH
(overlapping)
...A BOY AS SINGULAR...
ALFRED & SARAH
SOMEONE AS LIKABLE
AS SHE/HE
As CHAGAL climbs up to the maid's room, he makes some noise. PROFESSOR

ABRONSIUS looks up, alarmed.
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ABRONSIUS
----
DID YOU HEAR THAT, BOY?
ALFRED
HUH?
ABRONSIUS
SOMEONE’S ON THE STAIRS!

I’LL CHECK IT OUT, AND YOU STAY HERE.
ALFRED
UH.
ABRONSIUS
I’LL FIND OUT WHO’S THERE.
CHAGAL enters the maid's room. MAGDA is sewing. SHE does not seem surprised to
see her patron, but not delighted either.
CHAGAL
SWEET MAGDA, TELL ME HOW YOU FARE.
MAGDA
FINE-
CHAGAL
WELL, THAT MAKES ME GLAD

‘CAUSE
A MAID AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU
YOU BET I NEVER HAD.
Meanwhile in her bedroom, REBECCA misses her husband. ABRONSIUS is tiptoeing

out of the guest room, becoming a slowly moving silhouette on the landing. CHAGAL is
trying to seduce the reluctant MAID, while ALFRED and SARAH are only dreaming.
ALFRED, SARAH, CHAGAL

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I AM DELIGHTED.
HEAVEN SENT
YOU TO START
SOMETHING NEW.
I TRY TO FIGHT IT
BUT I CAN’T.
FOR MY HEART
LONGS FOR YOU,
MY DREAM COME TRUE.
By now, REBECCA realizes what has happened. SHE gets out of bed, reaches for one of
the long stiff salamis hanging from the roof to use as a weapon, and leaves the bedroom
to go upstairs.
REBECCA
THIS LEWD DECEIVER SNUCK AWAY,

AND I KNOW TO WHERE.
TAKE CARE...
A MAN AS LECHEROUS AS HE...
ALFRED
(overlapping)
A GIRL AS BEAUTIFUL AS SHE...
SARAH
(overlapping)
A BOY AS SINGULAR AS HE...
CHAGAL
(overlapping)
A MAID AS BEAUTIFUL AS THEE...
SO DELIGHTFUL...
REBECCA
...FRIGHTFUL...
ALFRED, SARAH, CHAGAL, REBECCA

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I’VE NEVER SEEN.
REBECCA
YOU’VE SWORN TO ME
TO BE FAITHFUL.
BUT, OYH, YOU’VE BROKEN YOUR PROMISE!
DON’T YOU KNOW:
SOON YOU’LL HEAR THE DEVIL’S BELL.
CHEATING HUSBANDS
GO TO HELL!
REBECCA espies the PROFESSOR's silhouette. SHE raises the salami to knock him
down when HE passes her.
I’M TOO EXCITED.

I CAN’T KEEP
COOL AND CALM
WHEN YOU’RE NEAR.
I FEEL IGNITED
I CAN’T SLEEP
--
REBECCA knocks the PROFESSOR down. With a loud bang he hits the floor.
REBECCA looks in his face. As SHE discovers that it is the Professor, SHE screams and
runs back into her room.
CHAGAL, alarmed by the scream, leaves MAGDA alone and scurries down the ladder
to go back to his wife. ALFRED and SARAH, in a cloud of dreams, do not hear
anything. They leave their beds like moonwalkers.
ALFRED & SARAH
LORD, IF I EVER
FALL IN LOVE,
LET IT BE
A GIRL/BOY AS BEAUTIFUL/SINGULAR,
SOMEONE AS LIKABLE
AS SHE/HE.
All of a sudden, a mysterious chorus joins in, as the music’s character changes.
THE VAMPIRES’ VOICE

(Off-stage)
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TURN AROUND!
TURN AROUND!
ALFRED & SARAH VON KROLOCK’S VOICE(Off-stage)

(Counter melody)
LORD, IF I EVER
FALL IN LOVE,
LET IT BE
A GIRL/BOY AS
BEAUTIFUL/SINGULAR, SOON YOU’LL SEE:
SOMEONE AS NO BOY
AMIABLE, CAN EVER BE
ADMIRABLE, AS FASCINATING
AGREEABLE AS ME.
AS SHE/HE.
Scene dissolves into...

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ACT ONE
Scene Five
Outside Chagal's Inn.
The inn’s front from the outside. SARAH and ALFRED are standing at the respective
windows of their rooms, each with a candle in their hand.
Snow is falling. A huge shadow covers the inn. It is the shadow of COUNT VON
KROLOCK who is standing DS.
COUNT VON KROLOCK
I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU

SINCE YOU’VE BEEN BORN
I WATCH YOU SECRETLY
BUT NOT FOR LONG
AND SINCE I
KNOW ALL YOUR DREAMS
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU NEED
AND WHEN I CALL YOU
YOU MUST GO WHERE I LEAD
YOUR DREAMS ARE SO HUNGRY
IT’S TIME NOW TO FEED
GOD IS DEAD, BUT WE’RE CONDEMNED TO LIVE ON

YEARNING FOR LIGHT, BUT AFRAID OF THE SUN
WE CAN’T FIND
SATISFACTION
BUT WE CAN’T STOP TO TRY
WE ONLY BELIEVE IN
THE THINGS WE DENY
TIRED OF LIVING
UNABLE TO DIE
SO I BLESS YOU WITH MY CURSE

AND ENCOURAGE YOUR ENDEAVOR
YOU’LL BE BETTER WHEN YOU’RE WORSE
YOU MUST DIE TO LIVE FOREVER
I WILL SHOW YOU THE DEPTHS OF THE NIGHT
WE CAN NEVER GO WRONG TOGETHER
I WILL TAKE YOU TO THE END OF THE LINE
MY LOVE IS LIKE A SHADOW ON YOU...
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SARAH
(very softly, as in a trance)
EVERY NOW AND THEN I HEAR A VOICE...
COUNT VON KROLOCK
AND SINCE I
KNOW ALL YOUR DREAMS
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU NEED
AND WHEN I CALL YOU
YOU MUST GO WHERE I LEAD
YOUR DREAMS ARE SO HUNGRY
IT’S TIME NOW TO FEED
As COUNT VON KROLOCK disappears, we hear the VOICES OF THE VAMPIRES.
VAMPIRES

WE CAN’T FIND
SATISFACTION
WE ONLY BELIEVE IN
THE THINGS WE DENY
TIRED OF LIVING
UNABLE TO DIE
ALFRED and SARAH do not sense the danger. THEY look up to the stars and blow out
their candles simultaneously. Blackout.
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ACT ONE
Scene Six
Open space in front of Chagal´s Inn.
A late winter morning. The sun is so warm that CHAGAL, REBECCA and MAGDA have
come out to do their chores in the fresh air. CHAGAL is sawing wood, REBECCA plucks
a goose, and MAGDA peels and cuts turnips.
REBECCA
EVERYTHING’S FAIR
IN THE LIGHT OF THE WINTER SUN.
MAGDA
OUT IN THE AIR

EVEN WORKING CAN FEEL LIKE FUN.
CHAGAL
SAWING THE WOOD

AFTER BREAKFAST IS SMASHING.
REBECCA
PLUCKING A GOOSE
OUT-OF-DOORS IS REFRESHING.
MAGDA, CHAGAL, REBECCA
EVERYTHING’S FINE
IN THE COLD OF A FROSTY DAY.
LIFE IS BENIGN
WE ARE FAVORED IN EVERY WAY.
MAGDA
(pointing the knife towards CHAGAL)
O HOW EXCITING
THE FLASH OF A KNIFE IS!
ISN’T IT AWESOME
HOW WONDERFUL LIFE IS?!
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KOUKOL, the hunchback, enters. When CHAGAL, REBECCA and MAGDA see HIM,
they immediately stop singing. THEY are visibly scared of KOUKOL. REBECCA and
MAGDA retreat into the house. Obsequiously, HE tries to find out what KOUKOL wants.
Music continues instrumentally.
CHAGAL
Good morning, Mr. Koukol. What can I do for you on this wonderful morning?
KOUKOL
Kh....khh....ah...ndles....orghh.
CHAGAL
Candles? Well, that’s a problem. We’re short of candles ourselves. It’s been a
long winter.
At the window on the upper floor, SARAH appears. CHAGAL does not know SHE is
watching.
KOUKOL
(angrily)
Ho...Hu....Uhreeee....oguhh...hoooh.
CHAGAL
Alright, alright, Koukol. Calm down. I’ll see what’s left. Wait here!
CHAGAL goes into the inn.
KOUKOL gestures to SARAH to be prepared at night. ABRONSIUS peeps out of the inn
and observes KOUKOL. KOUKOL does not see ABRONSIUS.
KOUKOL
Rroughugh....yooo...tooo...nite....down...here....you.... tooo...the castle...tonight.
CHAGAL comes back carrying a huge bundle of candles. HE gives the candles to
KOUKOL.
CHAGAL
Here you are, Koukol. Two dozen, non-dripping. Give my regards to his
Excellency... And please remind him of the outstanding bills...
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KOUKOL
Uhroougha....oguhh...hoooh.
As KOUKOL moves backwards and exits with a grunt, REBECCA and MAGDA return,
followed by Professor ABRONSIUS.
ABRONSIUS
AN INTERESTING VISITOR.
YOU SHOULD HAVE INTRODUCED ME.
ALFRED enters.
CHAGAL
SOME HUNCHBACK.
ABRONSIUS
I HAVE WATCHED YOU WELL.

YOUR DEFERENCE AMUSED ME.
LOGIC, LOGIC
IT’S ALL EXPLAINED BY LOGIC.
ALFRED sees SARAH up in the window. HE waves. CHAGAL gestures to HER to

disappear, which SHE does.
Professor ABRONSIUS addresses REBECCA, MAGDA and CHAGAL, as each of THEM

resumes working, and ALFRED tries his best to get a glimpse of SARAH.
ABRONSIUS
WHO WAS THAT? AND WHY WERE YOU ALL SCARED?

WHERE’S HE FROM? WHY ARE YOU SO DESPAIRED?
No reply. ABRONSIUS scrutinizes each one of THEM, one after the other.
AND, BY THE WAY,

WHAT WENT ON LAST NIGHT?
WHY WAS I KNOCKED DOWN
IN AN ACT OF SPITE?
No reply.
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YOU DO NOT ANSWER, BUT YOU CAN’T FOOL ME.

WHAT I SEE BEARS OUT MY THEORY.
REBECCA, trying to appear innocent, whistles the “morning tune”.
ABRONSIUS
DON’T YOU EVER TRY TO CHEAT ME,

AS I GATHER INFORMATION.
MY PERCEPTION IS UNERRING.
I RELY ON OBSERVATION,
A MAN OF SCIENCE,
A MAN DEFYING DEFIANCE.
YOU ARE TRYING TO MISLEAD ME

SABOTAGING MY DEDUCTION.
BUT MY JUDGEMENT IS UNFAILING.
NO ONE STOPS BY MERE OBSTRUCTION
AND DEFIANCE
A MAN OF SCIENCE.
I WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH AND MORE.

MY EFFORTS ARE UNTIRING.
I OPEN EVERY SECRET DOOR.
I NEVER STOP INQUIRING
HOW AND WHAT AND WHERE AND WHEN AND WHY.

EVERYTHING’S BLISS,
AND WHAT’S NOT
YOU CAN’T REARRANGE.
HAPPINESS IS
TO ACCEPT
WHAT WE CANNOT CHANGE.
EVERYTHING’S SUNNY
AND EVERYTHING’S ROSY,
UNLESS SOME DUMMY
SHOWS UP WHO IS NOSY.
ABRONSIUS
WHEN I’M DENIED AN ANSWER,

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OR WHEN ANYTHING IS HIDDEN,

I AM BOUND TO GET SUSPICIOUS
TO FIND OUT WHAT IS FORBIDDEN.
FOR ALREADY AS A LITTLE BOY
I WAS SUSPICION-RIDDEN,
AND I USED TO OPEN EVERY TOY,
I TOOK APART THE CLOCK AND THE CUCKOO.
I NEVER FELL FOR SANTA CLAUS.

I WAS TOO BRIGHT TO REVEL THEN
IN FANTASIES AND FAIRYTALES
I NEVER FEARED THE DEVIL.
AND I DROVE MY TEACHERS MAD, BECAUSE
THEY NEVER REACHED MY LEVEL,
AS I SCRUTINIZED AND CRITICIZED,
CONFRONTING THEM WITH EVERYTHING I KNEW.
ABRONSIUS (Ctd.)
I DO BELIEVE IN REASON
I AM LEARNED AND ENLIGHTENED.
I WILL NEVER STOP RESEARCHING.
EVERY DARKNESS MUST BE BRIGHTENED.
BUT I NEVER GET EMOTIONAL,
AND I AM NEVER FRIGHTENED,
FOR THERE’S NOTHING INEXPLICABLE
AND ANYTHING NOT PROVEN ISN’T TRUE.

I RELY ON OBSERVATION,
THERE IS NO WAY TO MISLEAD ME
SABOTAGING MY DEDUCTION.
MEN OF SCIENCE ARE UNERRING.
AND THEY’RE FIGHTING FOR THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE.
6.05A
MAGDA, CHAGAL, REBECCA, ALFRED
DON’T YOU EVER TRY TO CHEAT HIM,

AS HE GATHERS INFORMATION.
HIS PERCEPTION IS UNERRING.
HE RELIES ON OBSERVATION,
THERE IS NO WAY TO MISLEAD HIM
SABOTAGING HIS DEDUCTION.
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MEN OF SCIENCE ARE UNERRING.

THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE.
CHAGAL and REBECCA take off ABRONSIUS’ singing and MAGDA makes a mock
coloratura out of it.
6.05a
CHAGAL, REBECCA, MAGDA ABRONSIUS
FOR THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE A MAN OF SCIENCE

FOR THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE DEFYING DEFIANCE
FOR THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR
FOR THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE.
FOR THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE FOR THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE!
FOR THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE!
FOR THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE!
FOR THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE
ABRONSIUS
WHEN I SEE A GOOSE THAT’S PLUCKED

I KNOW IT’S OVEN BOUND.
WHEN I SEE AN AXE THAT’S RAISED
I KNOW IT WILL COME DOWN.
WHEN I SEE A KNIFE
I KNOW THERE’S SOME HASSLE.
WHEN I SEE A HUNCHBACK
I KNOW THERE’S A CASTLE.
ABRONSIUS
(to ALFRED)
I BET THE NOBEL PRIZE I’LL GET,

THAT HUNCHBACK IS HIS SERVANT.
YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE AND FOLLOWED HIM.
WE MUST EXPLORE THE TURF AND
LOGIC, LOGIC,
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WILL LEAD US TO THE ANSWERS
CHAGAL, ALFRED, REBECCA, MAGDA ABRONSIUS
FOR THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE DON’T YOU EVER TRY TO CHEAT ME,
FOR THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE AS I GATHER INFORMATION.
FOR THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE MY PERCEPTION IS UNERRING,
FOR THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE EXPLORING EVERYTHING
I DO NOT KNOW.
FOR THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE I TRUST IN SCIENCE,

FOR THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE DEFYING DEFIANCE.
FOR THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE I AM FIGHTING FOR
CHAGAL, ALFRED, REBECCA, MAGDA ABRONSIUS


ALLE
FOR WEAL AND WOE!
Time passes, the sun sets. Scene Change.

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ACT ONE
Scene Seven
Landing on the upper floor of Chagal's Inn.
ALFRED, in shirt-sleeves, is in the bathroom, pouring hot water into the tub.
ABRONSIUS is in his bed, sleeping. SARAH sneaks into the guest room and peeps
through the bathroom door which is half open.
In the bathroom, ALFRED looks up and discovers HE is being watched.
SARAH
Excuse me!
ALFRED
(verlegen)
Good evening.
SARAH
You want to take a bath. Am I disturbing you?
ALFRED
Not at all...
SARAH
It's just... I'm so terribly bored... you can't imagine how horrible it is to be locked
up all the time.
ALFRED
You mean... your father locks you up in your room?
SARAH
Incredible, isn't it. And yet I'm already almost eighteen! I'm not a child anymore.
ALFRED
Yes.
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SARAH
Papa... I don't know what' wrong with him. My room is full of garlic. And he does
not want me to do it... You know what I mean.
Out of SARAH’s housecoat a sponge falls on the floor. Before HE can pick it up SHE
has got it. SHE caresses it, and is thrilled.
ALFRED
A sponge!
SARAH
It’s so soft.... I adore it.
ALFRED
It’s a beautiful sponge.
SARAH
(offering HIM the sponge)
Take it. I have two.
ALFRED
(taking it)
Thank you. Thanks a lot. What may I give you in return?
SARAH
You know what I need. I've got to have it. Besides... it is good for your health.
Once a day is the very least. Don't you agree?
ALFRED
You mean...?
SARAH
Just a quick one before going to sleep. It is so wonderfully relaxing.
ALFRED
But your Papa...
SARAH
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He wouldn't know.
ALFRED
Well, I'd like to...
SARAH
Good. Then I'll get undressed now... Pay attention that no one comes in.
To ALFRED’s surprise, SARAH pushes HIM out of the bathroom and closes the door.
Lights change. SARAH gets undressed and joyfully steps into the tub filled with foam.
ALFRED knows he ought not to peep through the keyhole, but HE is tempted.
SARAH (Cont.)
UH-UH-UH...
ALFRED
GOD, I HOPE AND I PRAY

THAT I DO FIND A WAY
TO MAKE THIS WOMAN MINE
AT LEAST ONE FINE DAY
AT LEAST ONE FINE DAY
Music changes dramatically as, suddenly, snow falls on SARAH and we see COUNT
VON KROLOCK on the inn’s roof, looking down on SARAH. SARAH is stiff with fear
and stops singing.
COUNT VON KROLOCK
GOOD EVENING, SARAH,

PLEASED TO MEET YOU AT LAST
I AM YOUR LORD
YOU MUST NOT BE AGHAST
CONGRATULATIONS
I’VE GOT THE PLEASURE
TO TELL YOU, MY DEAR
YOU ARE INVITED
TO THE BALL OF THE YEAR
YOU’LL BE EXCITED
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TO BE A WOMAN AT LAST
SARAH is clearly fascinated by VON KROLOCK.
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO STAY HERE

TO BE A HOUSEWIFE SOME FINE DAY
BUT WILL IT EVER BE ENOUGH?
YOU KNOW THAT IT’LL NEVER BE ENOUGH!
YOU CAN WORK AND PRAY HERE ‘TILL
YOU’RE GRUMPY, OLD AND GRAY
YOU KNOW THAT IT’LL NEVER BE ENOUGH!
IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE

YOUR YEARNING GO AWAY
IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO LIGHT
YOUR WEARY EYES
IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO PUT
SOME FLURRY IN YOUR STODGY DAY
COUNT VON KROLOCK (Ctd.)
EVERYTHING THAT THEY TAUGHT YOU

WAS NOTHING BUT LIES
EVERYTHING THAT THEY BOUGHT YOU
WAS NOTHING BUT BRIBES
BUT I KNOW YOU ASK FOR MORE
After all, ALFRED dares peep through the keyhole.
IT’S ‘BOUT TIME YOU GET A PIECE OF THE NIGHT

COME ALONG AND TAKE YOUR SHARE
GIVE UP SEARCHING EVERYWHERE
CASTLES IN THE AIR
I INVITE YOU TO THE BALL OF YOUR LIFE
ALFRED
(yelling hysterically)
Professor! He’s there. He’s in there! I’ve seen him. In the bathroom. With her!
ABRONSIUS pushes the door, and it opens. SARAH shrieks. Music stops. The COUNT
has disappeared.
ABRONSIUS
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(to ALFRED)
What the matter with you? Are you fantasizing?
ALFRED
He was here.I swear I’ve seen him.
CHAGAL and REBECCA come running, alarmed. THEY sense immediately what
happened.
CHAGAL
What happened? Was he---?
REBECCA
Oiih, oiih! Did he---
CHAGAL
Didn’t I tell you over and over again not to leave your room!?
SARAH
(defiant)
I needed a bath.
CHAGAL takes SARAH to her room. REBECCA follows. ABRONSIUS inspects the room
and discovers the open scuttle.
ABRONSIUS
The smell of decay! Didn’t I say it? We had a visitor here. Now we’re going to get
him. I knew it all the time. He hasn’t harmed her yet. Tries to seduce her, because
the blood of volunteers tastes better, I guess.
In her room, CHAGAL lays SARAH over his knee and spanks HER.
CHAGAL
Why can’t you listen! Do you want to drive me crazy? Oh! I will teach you...
SARAH
Ow! No! Oww!!

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REBECCA
What are you doing, Yoine?
CHAGAL stops spanking SARAH.
CHAGAL
Will you be a good girl now?
SARAH
Yes, daddy. Certainly, daddy. I promise. Never ever again will I take a bath!!
CHAGAL leaves SARAH in her room, slamming the door behind him. HE exits with
REBECCA. ALFRED and ABRONSIUS are listening at the bathroom door.
Lights go down. Snow starts falling, as time passes.

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ACT ONE
Scene Eight
Open space in front of Chagal´s Inn.
Later that night, KOUKOL prowls around the inn. HE carries a bundle under his arm
and holds a lantern in his other hand. Moving the lantern up, down and around he gives
a signal to SARAH who is seen behind her window on the second floor. KOUKOL leaves
the bundle and exits, as SHE comes down from her room to pick it up.
SARAH is just about to open the bundle when ALFRED slips out of the inn.
The music turns very Puccini-like and romantic. Yearningly ALFRED looks up to
Sarah's window, not noticing that SHE is standing right behind him.
ALFRED
HOW AM I TO SLEEP?
ALL THE TIME I THINK OF YOU.
THERE IS SO MUCH ON MY MIND
THAT YOU MUST KNOW.
IF YOU’RE NOT ASLEEP,
GAZE UPON ME FROM YOUR WINDOW,
WAITING IN THE MOONLIGHT,
LOOKING UP FROM DOWN BELOW.
SARAH approaches ALFRED from behind. HE turns arounde and looks at her, not
believing his eyes.
SARAH
QUIET! NO!
DON’T SERENADE!
FATHER MUST NOT KNOW
THAT I HAVE ESCAPED.
ALFRED
CAN IT REALLY BE...
SARAH
IT IS KIND OF LATE.
ALFRED
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...ONLY YOU AND ME.
SARAH
I HAD TO GET OUT.
ALFRED
...I'M GLAD YOU MADE IT!
SARAH
DON'T TELL NOBODY.
ALFRED
YOU KNEW I'VE WAITED.
SARAH
I'M LIBERATED.
OUT ON THE FAR SIDE,

WHERE EVERYTHING’S
A MYSTERY
LIFE IS A FAR CRY
FROM BOREDOM
AND BANALITY.
ALFRED
THERE’S NO WALL WE CAN NOT SURMOUNT.

THERE’S NO BORDER WE CAN’T CROSS OVER .
COME TO ME
AND I’LL BE
BOUND TO TOUCH THE SKY
FLYING HIGH

BEYOND THE WILDEST
FANTASY,
WHERE LIFE IS
WHAT IT'S MEANT TO BE...
SARAH & ALFRED

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...YOU AND I
WILL BE FREE.
SARAH
IT’S SO CHARMING
AND SWEET
WHAT YOU DO.
CALL ON ME
IN THIS NIGHT FULL OF GLORY.
YOU ARE NICE
BUT I CAN’T
STAY WITH YOU.
SOMEONE ELSE
HAS INVITED ME.
SORRY.
ALFRED
WHERE DO YOU GO?
SARAH
THAT’S A SECRET OF MINE.
ALFRED
NOT THROUGH THE WOODS!
SARAH
NEVER MIND, I’LL BE FINE.
ALFRED
IT IS COLD THERE AND DARK.
SARAH
WELL, I COULDN’T CARE LESS.
ALFRED
YOU’LL GET LOST THERE AND BE KILLED BY FROST.
SARAH
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DON’T WORRY, I WON’T GET LOST.
ALFRED
BUT THE WOLVES OUT THERE ARE MERCILESS.
SARAH
BETTER THAN BEING BORED TO DEATH.

A MYSTERY.
LIFE IS A FAR CRY
FROM BOREDOM
AND BANALITY.
ALFRED
THERE’S NO WALL WE CAN NOT SURMOUNT.

THERE’S NO BORDER WE CAN’T CROSS OVER .
STAY WITH ME
AND I’LL BE
SARAH & ALFRED
BOUND TO TOUCH THE SKY

FLYING HIGH
BORNE BY DREAMS
THAT CAN'T DIE.

BEYOND THE WILDEST
FANTASY,
WHERE LIFE IS
WHAT IT'S MEANT TO BE
YOU AND I
WILL BE FREE.
SARAH
OH, IT COMES TO ME -
I FORGOT MY SPONGE.
ALFRED
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YOUR SPONGE?
SARAH
BE A SWEETHEART,
GO AND GET IT WHILE I WAIT.
ALFRED
DO YOU REALLY MEAN...
SARAH
MY SPONGE. YOU MUST GET IT.
ALFRED
TELL ME WHERE IT IS.
SARAH
IN THE BATHROOM.
ALFRED
I’LL BE RIGHT BACK...
ALFRED exits into the inn. SARAH takes the bundle and opens it. Music changes.
Inside the bundle there are red boots. SARAH unwraps and raises them in awe.
SARAH
JUST AS IF IT WERE MADE FOR ME!

MY FAVORITE COLOR: RED!
OF BOOTS LIKE THAT
I’VE ALWAYS DREAMED.
SHE takes off her worn out shoes and slips into the red boots.
SARAH (Ctd.)
WHAT THE HECK!

WHY SHOULDN’T I WEAR THEM?
I’M OLD ENOUGH
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AND I
MISSED MUCH TOO MUCH ALREADY.
Dreaming, SHE closes her eyes, as SHE opens up her arms as if to dance. At the same
time the vision of her dreams materializes somewhere else on the stage.
SARAH (Fs.)
TOMORROW I’LL BE A GOOD GIRL AGAIN

TODAY I’M WEAK
TOMORROW I NEED SLEEP
TODAY I’M AWAKE
NOW I DO WHAT I WANT
NOW I WANT WHAT I FEEL
AND I FEEL THE HUNGER FOR HAPPINESS
AND THE THIRST FOR LIFE
I WANT MUSIC
I WANT TO DANCE FLOATING ON AIR
LIMITLESSLY FREE
LIKE AN ANGEL FLYING THROUGH CLOUDS
WEIGHTLESSLY LIGHT
LIKE THE LIGHT ROCKING ON THE WATER
From a distance, Count VON KROLOCK watches SARAH’s seduction.
SARAH & KROLOCK
DO WHAT REASON DOES NOT PERMIT’

AND DON’T ASK IF YOU’LL REGRET IT TOMORROW
SARAH
TEMPTATION WANTS ME TO BELONG TOTALLY TO HER

(TEMPTATION)
AND IF SHE SHOULD DESTROY ME
I CAN’T HELP IT, YOU CAN’T FIGHT HER ANYWAY
FOR
WHAT SETS ME FREE

MUST BE STRONGER THAN I AM
IT CARRIES ME FAR AWAY
BECAUSE IT IS STRONGER THAN I AM
I FOLLOW WHERE IT LEADS
WHO KNOWS WHERE
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As SARAH is dancing with the VAMPIRES of her dream and is lured deeper and deeper
into the Count’s maze, we see through the walls into the inn. MAGDA, sewing, fights her
own tempting dreams...
MAGDA
WHEN MUSIC CONFUSES THE HEART

AND YEARNING STARTS DANCING
WHEN THE SOUL LOSES IT’S WAY
THEN ONLY A PRAYER CAN HELP
... REBECCA, sleepless, sits in her bed...
REBECCA & MAGDA
GOD, PRESERVE US FROM THE HORROR

THE TERROR OF WHICH SEDUCES US
DON’T LET US LOOK INTO DEPTHS
THE ABYSS OF WHICH REACHES OUT FOR US
REBECCA & MAGDA & CHORUS
GOD, FREE US FROM THE URGE

TO DO THE FORDIDDEN
LET OUR YEARNING FOR DESTRUCTION
REST ON THE DEEPEST BOTTOM OF OUR SOULS
... as SARAH watches her own dream...
SARAH & MAGDA & REBECCA & CHORUS
GOD, FORGIVE US OUR LUSTING

FOR THE EVIL AND THE NIGHT
DON’T LET US LOSE OUR HEADS
WHEN THE ANIMAL WITHIN US WAKES UP
..and ALFREDsearches for the sponge...
ALFRED & MAGDA & REBECCA & SARAH & CHORUS
GOD, PROTECT US FROM THE ADDICTION

TO ASK FOR MORE THAN WHAT AVAILS US
AND BLOCK US EVERY WAY OUT
WHEN WE’RE OVERWHELMED BY DESIRE
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ALL
GOD, LOCK UP OUR WISHES

MAKE US BLIND FOR TEMPTATION
GIVE US THE POWER NOT TO BE WEAK
MAKE US STRONGER THAN WE ARE
Looking out the window, ALFRED watches SARAH being carried away by her dream. In
the next moment he runs out of the inn. SARAH has disappeared.
ALFRED
(panicking)
Sarah! Sarah!!
CHAGAL dashes out of the inn, REBECCA follows.
CHAGAL
What happened? Where is she?
ALFRED
I...I don’t know.
In the snow, CHAGAL sees the shoes Sarah left behind. HE holds them up, showing
them to REBECCA.
CHAGAL
LOOK, HER SHOES!

THE DAMAGE’S DONE.
HE’S MADE OFF WITH HER,
SNATCHED OUR ONLY ONE.
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CHAGAL hands the shoes over to REBECCA.
REBECCA
OIIH! MY CHILD, MY CHILD!
CHAGAL
I WILL GET HER BACK.
ALFRED
WHERE TO DID SHE GO?
CHAGAL
HE MUST KEEP HIS HANDS OFF MY DAUGHTER!
REBECCA
HE'LL KILL US ALL!

DON'T GO TO THE CASTLE!
CHAGAL
I’M GOING TO SAVE HER!
CHAGAL starts to run off.
REBECCA
What are you doing?

Yoine, be careful!
CHAGAL returns and grabs the wreath of garlic from around REBECCA’s neck to bite
into a garlic onion. Then HE exits.
ALFRED also takes a garlic onion, but HE detests garlic too much to eat it. Blackout.
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ACT ONE
Scene Nine
Inn’s Lounge.
The next afternoon. The GUESTS, peasants and woodcutters, are both frightened and
upset. MAGDA waits on table.
GUESTS
GARLIC, GARLIC
THAT’S THE NOURISHMENT WE CRAVE.
GARLIC, GARLIC,
FOR THE TIMES ARE DARK AND GRAVE.
TRANSYLVANIA IS SCARY,
AND ONE CANNOT BE TOO WARY.
BUT WITH GARLIC WE ARE SAFE.
WITH GARLIC WE ARE SAFE.
WITH GARLIC WE
WITH GARLIC WE
WITH GARLIC WE ARE SAFE.
Professor ABRONSIUS and ALFRED come down the stairway. Obviously, THEY want
to go out. ALFRED carries the Professor’s bag. Professor ABRONSIUS sees the worried
faces of the GUESTS. HE stops and shakes his head.
GUESTS
WOOSHA-BOOSHA-
MUGHU- BOGHA
ABRONSIUS
What kind of mood is this!
GUESTS
HUSH-BUSH- OU-BOU
WOOSHA- BENUGH-NAYAH.
ALFRED
They are depressed. So am I.
GUESTS
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VOODOO-MOO-SHU
ABRONSIUS
It is stupid to be depressed.
GUESTS
GAH-UGH
GOULA, MUGH
ABRONSIUS
It does not change a thing.
GUESTS
WOOSHA-WODKA-MUSHKAYA
ABRONSIUS
(shouting at the GUESTS)
Hell’s bells! Stop being depressed!
GUEST
WHAT?
ABRONSIUS
GUEST
YOU GOT TO HAVE GUTS,
OR ELSE YOU GO NUTS. WHAT
YOU MUST IS HE
TAKE UP THE FIGHT TALKING ABOUT?
AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT WHAT
YOU GOT TO HAVE GRIT DOES HE KNOW
OR ELSE YOU’LL GET HIT OF OUR WOES?
SO GET UP,
SAVE YOUR BUTTS, PUTZ!
AND SHOW EVERYONE
YOU’VE GOT GUTS.
Knocks on the door. GUESTS are stiff with fear. Another knock. MAGDA and
REBECCA come out of the kitchen. Professor ABRONSIUS tells ALFRED to open the
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door which HE,very reluctantly, does. WOODCHOPPERS carry the frozen body of
CHAGAL into the lounge.
Music continues in the background.
REBECCA
Ooiih! Oooiiih!....
ALFRED
(to MAGDA)
Quick, quick, hot water!
THEY put the corpse on a table in the middle of the room. The PROFESSOR bends over
CHAGALS body and discovers various wounds like little holes.
ABRONSIUS
Hot water won´t help. He´s dead.
REBECCA
Ooiih! Oooiiih!....
ABRONSIUS
(to ALFRED)
Look! Here...Bites! Nice little holes. You see that? They have drained him in the
twinkling of an eye.
WOODCHOPPERS
THEY´RE MIGHTY FIERCE THIS WINTER

NOONE´S EVER SAFE OUT THERE
THEY STRIKE AND BITE
AT DAY AND NIGHT
THESE WOLVES ARE EVERYWHERE
ABRONSIUS
NO, A WOLF´S BITE LOOKS MUCH DIFFERENT

THAT IS SOMETHING YOU KNOW WELL
AND IF YOU DON´T SEE
REALITY
YOU´RE BOUND TO GO TO HELL...
THEN YOU’RE BOUND TO GO TO HELL!
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(with a sharp look at the GUESTS)

I JUST LEAN ON OBSERVATION,
A MAN OF SCIENCE,
A MAN DEFYING DEFIANCE.
THIS BODY PROVES MY THEORY

AND IT BEARS OUT MY DEDUCTION.
THEY HAVEN’T LEFT A DROP OF BLOOD
THEY HAVE DRAINED HIM OUT BY SUCTION.
THIS I SAY AS
A MAN OF SCIENCE.
The GUESTS start to leave. ALFRED tries to hold THEM back. ABRONSIUS is very
surprised about his assistant’s sudden eagerness.
ALFRED
PLEASE, IF YOU DON’T WANT TO STAY

LEAVE US SOME INFORMATION
WHERE WE CAN FIND THE GIRL...
ABRONSIUS
WHAT A DASTARDLY EVASION!
ALFRED

HOW AND WHAT AND WHERE AND WHEN AND WHY...
The last GUEST leaves and closes the door with a bang. Professor ABRONSIUS
comments on the desertion with a loathful grunt. Then, looking at CHAGAL´s stiff body,
HE indicates that ALFRED should bring the bag. REBECCA sends MAGDA to her
room.
ABRONSIUS
THOUGH THIS MAN SEEMS COLD AND PERISHED,

I AM FORCED TO THE CONCLUSION
HE opens the bag.

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HE’S THE KIND OF DEAD WHO’S LIVING

THIRSTING FOR A BLOOD TRANSFUSION
Producing a pointed stake and a hammer from the bag.
UNLESS WE PIERCE HIM...
Demonstrating.
.... IT'S CRUCIAL NOW THAT WE PIERCE HIM.
Music continues in the background.

ALFRED, MAGDA and REBECCA stare at the pointed stake in the Professor´s hand.
REBECCA
Ooiih! Oooiiih!....
ABRONSIUS
(to REBECCA)
Alas, Madame Chagal! Your husband´s body is destroyed, but we can save his
soul!
REBECCA
With this?
ABRONSIUS
ACORDING TO VAN HELSING´S WORKS

AND TO MY OWN RESEARCHES
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO CLEAN
A SOUL FROM CERTAIN SMIRCHES.
THERE’S NO
SALVATION
WITHOUT
PENETRATION!
REBECCA
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Penetration! Of what?....
ABRONSIUS
(demonstrating what he intends to do with his fist)
The heart. We stick it in - like this, in one go. Whuck!!

6.04
REBECCA
(attacking ABRONSIUS)
YOU WANT TO STICK

THIS IN YOINE´S HEART?
YOU FILTHY SWINE!
ARE YOU MAD, OLD FART?!
SHE takes the pointed stake out of Professor ABRONSIUS´s hand and threatens to stab
HIM.
6.03
REBECCA (Ctd.)
(more yelled than sung)
GET OFF! OUT! GET LOST, YOU CRACKED CUCKOO!
Professor ABRONSIUS and ALFRED flee to their room upstairs.
REBECCA (Ctd.)
(more yelled than sung)
I’M GOING TO STICK THIS JUNK

RIGHT INTO YOU!!
(calming down, to the corpse)
I WON'T LET THEM PIERCE YOUR HEART, DON'T WORRY.

THOUGH YOU'VE BROKEN HEARTS LIKE NO ONE CAN.
I'LL PROTECT YOU THOUGH MY EYES ARE BLURRY.
REST IN PEACE FOREVER, RESTLESS MAN.
SHE puts a sheet over the body and lights a candle.
------
SLEEP, MY LITTLE DARLING.
------
DREAM, MY TENDER STARLING.
SHE exits with a sigh.

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Lights go down. For some time, CHAGAL is left alone. The inn is closed and silent. The
night falls, as Chagals body thaws.
MAGDA sneaks down the stairs with a crucifix in her hand. SHE tiptoes to the table,
draws the sheet away and bends over the corpse.
MAGDA
ISN’T IT FUNNY?
ISN’T IT ODD?
HE IS SO COLD NOW,
AND USED TO BE SO HOT.
DEATH IS SUCH AN ODD THING.
YESTERDAY HE WAS
ALL BLOOD AND FLESH.
NOW HE IS ONLY
SOME KIND OF TRASH.
WHEN HE LIVED
YOU COULDN’T TRUST HIM.
HIS BEHAVIOR
WAS DISGUSTING.
BUT AS A CORPSE,
HE’S CALM AND COY
LIKE A SLEEPING LITTLE BOY.
WHEN HE CAME NEAR ME,

I USED TO BE CLUTCHED.
NOW I CAN TOUCH HIM
WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED.
CHAGAL chuckles. SHE turns her head to find out if somebody is around. CHAGAL
moves, but SHE does not take notice.

9.02
WHEN HE LIVED,
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I COULDN’T STAND HIM,

FOR HIS MANNERS
WERE OFFENDING.
BUT AS A CORPSE,
HE’S SOFT AND SET
LIKE A FINE ARISTOCRAT.
9.01
ISN’T IT FUNNY?
ISN’T IT DROLL.
HE USED TO USE ME.
NOW I’M IN CON...
UH...EEEH!
Music changes dramatically as CHAGAL rises. Frightened, MAGDA takes the crucifix
and holds it up to keep HIM off.
CHAGAL
(chuckling)
Ayem...That trick won’t work with me....Oyyy! Have you got the wrong vampire!
CHAGEL chases MAGDA. SHE flees into the auditorium, CHAGAL follows HER. When
SHE is back on the stage, HE finally gets HER and bites her in her neck.
Having stilled his blood thirst, HE leaves HER alone and gives off a cry of lust. Then
HE looks at MAGDA again. To his surprise, SHE is dead. HE panics. HE carries HER
to the table where HE lays HER down.
HE hears Professor ABRONSIUS and ALFRED come down the stairs. After having
covered MAGDA with the sheet, HE hides under the table.
By then, Professor ABRONSIUS and ALFRED have entered. A jittery ALFRED opens
the doctor’s bag, out of which Professor ABRONSIUS takes a hammer and a sharply
pointed stake. HE hands the hammer over to ALFRED.
ABRONSIUS
(zu ALFRED)
Once again...when do you hit it?
ALFRED
At three...
ABRONSIUS
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Fine. And where is the heart?
ALFRED
Between the sixth and seventh...
ABRONSIUS
... rib.
Professor ABRONSIUS approaches what HE thinks is CHAGAL´s covered corpse. HE

counts the rib and is surprised to feel something soft. No doubt, it is a bosom. HE draws
the sheet from MAGDA's face and discovers the little holes of the vampire bite in
MAGDA´s neck.
ABRONSIUS
Now look at that! Bitten! I was right. That was Chagal! We should have pierced
his heart immediately.
CHAGAL all of a sudden jumps up and starts to run away. The PROFESSOR and
ALFRED chase HIM. ALFRED inadvertently trips CHAGAL up. HE falls on the floor.
ABRONSIUS and ALFRED bend over CHAGAL who, lying on his back, is helpless as a
bug. ABRONSIUS places the stake on CHAGAL's breast.
ABRONSIUS
(to ALFRED)
One, two, three.
ALFRED is petrified.
ABRONSIUS (Ctd)
Three! Three!!!
CHAGAL uses the delay to plead with the PROFESSOR for pardon.
CHAGAL
NO, SIR, PLEASE DON’T STAKE ME!

PLEASE DO NOT UNMAKE ME!
IT’S BARABARIAN.
AND I PROMISE
FROM NOW ON I’LL
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BE A VEGETARIAN!
ALFRED
WELL, MAY I SUGGEST...

CHAGAL
PREVENT THIS SLAUGHTER!
ALFRED
...MAYBE WE SHOULD ASK HIM WHERE SHE IS.
ABRONSIUS
WHO? WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
ALFRED
WHERE IS YOUR DAUGHTER?
CHAGAL
(eagerly entering the deal)
FOLLOW ME! I’LL SHOW YOU WHERE SHE IS!
ALFRED
WE SHOULD ACCEPT. TO WIN THE STRIFE

WE MUST BE COMPROMISING.
THIS IS A CHANCE TO SAVE HER LIFE
BEFORE THE SUN IS RISING
ABRONSIUS backs off. CHAGAL gets up. ABRONSIUS and ALFRED grab their coats
and the bag.
Blackout.
Transition.
Behind a gauze we see the shadow of CHAGAL, followed by the shadows of Professor
ABRONSIUS and ALFRED. CHAGAL running very fast, and all of a sudden HE has
disappeared. ABRONSIUS and ALFRED look around. THEY discover the castle.
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ACT ONE
Scene Ten
In Front Of The Castle.
The moonlit, snow covered place in front of Count von Krolock's castle. We see a huge
Gothic portal and a labyrinth of stairs, projections, rails, balconies and pillars.
Monstrous stone gargoyles protrude out of the façade.
From the back of the auditoriu we hear mysterious voices, as ABRONSIUS and
ALFRED enter.
VAMPIRES
TURN AROUND!
LOOKS AS IF TONIGHT
IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN
AFTER ALL.
TURN AROUND!
WHAT A PLEASANT SIGHT
TWO LIVING CREATURES ARE TRAPPED
AND MUST FALL.
TURN AROUND!
WE’RE GOING TO
WITNESS ANOTHER
DISGUSTING
AND LASCIVIOUS CRIME.
TURN AROUND!
WHAT A RELIEF
AT LAST WE’RE GIVEN
SOMETHING TO KILL
OUR TIME.
ABRONSIUS and ALFRED are about to crawl under the castle's gate, as it magically
opens and Count VON KROLOCK enters.
VON KROLOCK
BLESS THE NIGHT

THAT LED YOU TO MY DOOR
I WELCOME YOU INDEED
WHAT A SIGHT
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SOME PLEASANT VISITORS

ARE JUST THE TREAT I NEED...
ABRONSIUS and ALFRED step back.
MY LIFE IS A SECRET
MY WORLD IS A MAZE
I AM COUNT VON KROLOCK
THE LORD OF THIS PLACE
VON KROLOCK (Ctd.)
BLESS THE NIGHT

IT’S MUCH TOO PRECIOUS
TO BE SPENT ASLEEP AND BLIND
IT’S THE LIGHT
THAT KILLS OUR DREAMS
AND OUR HOPES
THE NIGHT IS KIND
I INVITE
YOU TO ENJOY MY DARK
AND LEAVE THE DAY BEHIND
MY REALM IS GLOOMY AND UNEXPLORED

I THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE
ON YOUR OWN ACCORD
SO STAY FOR GOOD
I PROMISE YOU’LL NOT BE BORED
WHO KNOWS WHAT I´VE HEARD AND SEEN

AND WHAT I´M DAMMED TO DO
WHO KNOWS WHAT I´VE DONE AND BEEN
AND WHAT I´M GOING THROUGH
STAY WITH ME AND SPEND WITH ME

A THOUSAND NIGHTS AT MY FIREPLACE
I´LL HAVE SOMEONE I CAN TALK TO
AND MY SON WILL HAVE A COMPANION...
Professor ABRONSIUS, trying to appear unsuspicious, mimics a traveler interested in

architecture. Music continues under the following dialogue.
ABRONSIUS
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Excuse us, Sir. We just happened to pass here and admire your beautiful abode.
Late 13th century, unless I’m completely wrong.
VON KROLOCK
Oh, I see. An expert’s eye. With whom do I have the pleasure?
ABRONSIUS
Excuse me. I forgot to introduce myself.
HE presents his visiting card to VON KROLOCK.
Professor Abronsius of Königsberg.
VON KROLOCK
The Professor Abronsius?
ABRONSIUS
You’ve heard of me?
VON KROLOCK
OF COURSE! I´VE READ YOUR BOOK ON BATS.

IT´S BRILLIANT. I ADORE IT.
ABRONSIUS
I DARE SAY IN ALL MODESTY

THOUGH MY COLLEAGUES IGNORE IT
LOGIC, LOGIC
OWES MUCH TO MY RESEARCHES.
VON KROLOCK
YOU MUST INSCRIBE THE BOOK FOR ME.

I´M FULL OF ADMIRATION.
ABRONSIUS
I´M FLATTERED, `CAUSE I SEE YOU ARE

A MAN OF EDUCATION.
VON KROLOCK
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AND WHO IS THAT YOUNG MAN

WHO´S TREMBLING WITH SCARE?
ABRONSIUS
ALFRED, MY ASSISTANT.
VON KROLOCK
WELL, ALFRED, LOOK THERE! -
Musical cue. HERBERT appears in the open gate.
AND MEET MY SON HERBERT.

HE LONGS FOR A FRIEND.
I´M SURE YOU WILL TAKE TO HIM.
HERBERT is obviously fascinated by ALFRED.
HERBERT
YOU MUST STAY FOREVER.

MY LONELINESS WILL END.
HERBERT leads the reluctant ALFRED into the inner court of the castle. ABRONSIUS
and Count VON KROLOCK follow.
VON KROLOCK
Gentlemen... come in and feel at home.
Koukol!
KOUKOL, carrying a candlestick,comes out of the gastle's gate and runs to VON
KROLOCK, who caresses HIM like a good dog.
Koukol will show you to your room.
ABRONSIUS
Pardon, your Excellency. I forgot that it is very late. You must be tired.
VON KROLOCK
I am a night bird. I am not much good at daytime.

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With a bow, ABRONSIUS says good-bye to the count and crosses the threshold. VON
KROLOCK and HERBERT disappear. ALFRED is about to follow the Professor, as
VON KROLOCK calls HIM back.
VON KROLOCK
Alfred! Don't you miss something?
ALFRED half-turns back. VON KROLOCK steps out of the dark, presenting something
to HIM.
ALFRED
My sponge!
HE approaches VON KROLOCK who seems to proffer the sponge. However, when
ALFRED wants to take it, KROLOCK teasingly hides it behind his back.
VON KROLOCK
BLESS THE YOUTH

WHO DARES TO LEAVE THE ROADS
WHERE OLD PROFESSORS GO
THERE’S A TRUTH
BEYOND THE BOOKS OF SCIENCE
ONLY YOUNG HEARTS KNOW
YOU MUST LOSE
YOUR CHILDISH FEAR
IT’S ABOUT TIME YOU START TO GROW
A YOUNG MAN LIKE YOU, SO SMART AND BRIGHT

MUST NEVER FOLLOW A FOOL WHO’S LOST HIS SIGHT
FOR WHAT DOES HE KNOW OF LIFE
AND THE TRUTH OF THE NIGHT
VON KROLOCK (Ctd.)
I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR

AND I CAN GIVE IT TO YOU
I’LL LEAD YOU TO THE SECRET DOOR
AND MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE...
VON KROLOCK gives ALFRED the sponge.
ALFRED
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THIS IS NOT JUST SOME SPONGE

IT'S A GIFT...
VON KROLOCK
WELL, I SEE.
ALFRED
IT REMINDS ME...
VON KROLOCK
THE ONE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR

IS VERY NEAR.
ALFRED
OH, REALLY?
VON KROLOCK
WELL, TRUST ME
AND WORRY NO MORE
I AM THE MAGICIAN
THAT YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR
STAY WITH ME AND YOU’LL KNOW LIFE

I’LL TEACH YOU AND YOU’LL LEARN TO BEAR IT
READ MY MIND AND LEARN FROM US
DON’T FIGHT DARKNESS, JUST LEARN TO SHARE IT
STAY WITH ME AND YOU’LL KNOW LOVE

I’LL HEAL YOU OF YOUR WRONG AMBITIONS
LEAVE YOUR BORING LIFE BEHIND
AND BELIEVE IN YOUR WILDEST VISIONS
AND YOU WILL LOVE FOREVER

YOU WILL LIVE FOREVER MORE
FOREVER MORE
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VON KROLOCK dismisses ALFRED with a nod. HE exits through the portal. VON
KROLOCK follows. Before HE closes the door behind him, HE turns around. In his eyes
glows the sparkle of triumph.
With a heavy rumble the door closes.
Blackout.
END OF ACT ONE

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ACT TWO
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ACT TWO
Scene One
Hall of the Castle.
The hall of Count von Krolock's castle on the same evening. SARAH, dressed up for the
ball, has left her room. Reluctantly, SHE walks down the hall.
The ancestral portraits on the walls watch her. On the other side of the hall, Count VON
KROLOCK appears.
SARAH moves like in a trance.
ANCESTORS
ISN’T SHE PRETTY?

ISN’T SHE DEAR?
DAUNTLESSLY CURIOUS,
AND FOOLISHLY SINCERE.
SEE HER
SKIN IS LIKE VELVET
HER LIPS ARE SO RED
SHE'S SO ALIVE NOW
BUT SOON SHE WILL BE DEAD
BLOODLESS!
Whisperingly, the painted ANCESTORS call out to SARAH...
TURN AROUND!
SARAH
EVERY NOW AND THEN

I GET A LITTLE BIT LONELY
BUT I DON’T KNOW WHAT I MISS.
ANCESTORS
TURN AROUND!
SARAH
EVERY NOW AND THEN

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I GET A LITTLE BIT ANXIOUS AND WONDER

WHAT IT IS
I DESIRE.
ANCESTORS
TURN AROUND!
SARAH
EVERY NOW AND THEN

I GET A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS THAT THE TIME OF WAITING
WILL NEVER END.
ANCESTORS
TURN AROUND!
SHE does not see VON KROLOCK who watches HER from the top of the stairs.
SARAH
EVERY NOW AND THEN

I FEEL A LITTLE BIT TERRIFIED AND DRAWN BY SOMETHING
I CAN’T WITHSTAND.
KROLOCK & ANCESTORS
TURN AROUND BRIGHT EYES.
SARAH
EVERY NOW AND THEN I HEAR A VOICE.
KROLOCK & ANCESTORS
TURN AROUND BRIGHT EYES!
SARAH
EVERY NOW AND THEN I HEAR...
ANCESTORS
TURN AROUND!
SARAH
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EVERY NOW AND THEN

I GET A LITTLE BIT RESTLESS
AND I DREAM OF SOMETHING WILD.
ANCESTORS
TURN AROUND!
SARAH
EVERY NOW AND THEN

I GET A LITTLE BIT HELPLESS
AND I’M LONGING LIKE A CHILD
TO BE LOVED.
ANCESTORS
TURN AROUND!
SARAH
EVERY NOW AND THEN

I GET A LITTLE BIT CURIOUS
WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE A WOMAN AND FREE.
ANCESTORS
TURN AROUND!
SARAH
EVERY NOW AND THEN

I GET A LITTLE BIT TERRIFIED
OF ALL THE HAZARDS WAITING FOR ME.
KROLOCK
SARAH
EVERY NOW AND THEN I HEAR A VOICE.
KROLOCK & ANCESTORS

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SARAH
EVERY NOW AND THEN I HEAR A VOICE!
SHE turns around and sees VON KROLOCK slowing coming down the stairs.
KROLOCK
TURN AROUND, THIS IS THE NIGHT.

NOW I NEED YOU MORE THAN EVER.
AND IF YOU’LL ONLY HOLD ME TIGHT
WE’LL BE HOLDING ON FOREVER.
AND WE’LL ONLY BE MAKING IT RIGHT,
‘CAUSE WE’LL NEVER BE WRONG TOGETHER.
WE CAN TAKE IT TO THE END OF THE LINE.
MY LOVE IS LIKE A SHADOW ON YOU
ALL OF THE TIME.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO
AND I’M ALWAYS IN THE DARK.
SARAH
I’M FEELING LIKE A POWDER KEG

EXPECTING THE SPARK.
KROLOCK
I REALLY NEED YOU TONIGHT.

FOREVER’S GONNA START TONIGHT.
SARAH
ONCE UPON A TIME

I DREAMED OF FALLING IN LOVE.
NOW I’M SCARED OF FALLING APART.
THERE’S NOTHING I CAN DO -
A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART.
ONCE I THOUGHT THAT LOVE IS CHEERFUL AND BRIGHT,
BUT NOW I KNOW IT’S BAFFLING AND DARK.
THERE’S NOTHING I CAN DO -
ANCESTORS
TURN AROUND!
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SARAH
EVERY NOW AND THEN

I THINK I’D BETTER RUN AWAY FROM YOU
BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE.
ANCESTORS
TURN AROUND!
SARAH
BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN

I KNOW I MUST GO WHERE YOU LEAD ME.
I GO WITH YOU THROUGH THE GATES
TO HELL
ANCESTORS
TURN AROUND!
SARAH
EVERY NOW AND THEN I KNOW

THERE’S NO ONE IN THE UNIVERSE
AS MAGICAL AND WONDROUS AS YOU.
ANCESTORS
TURN AROUND!
SARAH
EVERY NOW AND THEN I KNOW

THERE’S NOTHING ANY BETTER
AND THERE’S NOTHING I JUST WOULDN’T DO.
KROLOCK & ANCESTORS
SARAH
EVERY TIME I HEAR YOUR TEMPTING VOICE.
KROLOCK & ANCESTORS

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SARAH
I’M ALL YOURS, I REALLY HAVE NO CHOICE.
SARAH & KROLOCK
AND I NEED YOU NOW TONIGHT.

NOW I NEED YOU MORE THAN EVER.
AND IF YOU’LL ONLY HOLD ME TIGHT
WE’LL BE HOLDING ON FOREVER.
AND WE’LL ONLY BE MAKING IT RIGHT,
‘CAUSE WE’LL NEVER BE WRONG TOGETHER.
WE CAN TAKE IT TO THE END OF THE LINE
MY / YOUR LOVE IS LIKE
A SHADOW ON ME / YOU
ALL OF THE TIME.
KROLOCK
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO

AND I’M ALWAYS IN THE DARK.
SARAH
I’M FEELING LIKE A POWDER KEG

AWAITING THE SPARK.
SARAH & KROLOCK
I REALLY NEED YOU TONIGHT

SARAH
ONCE UPON A TIME I DREAMED

OF FALLING IN LOVE.
NOW I’M SCARED OF FALLING APART.
SARAH & KROLOCK
THERE’S NOTHING I / YOU CAN DO -

ONCE I /YOU THOUGHT THAT LOVE

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IS CHEERFUL AND BRIGHT\,

BUT NOW I / YOU KNOW
IT’S BAFFLING AND DARK.
SARAH falls into his arms. VON KROLOCK, though obviously tempted to bite her neck,
softly pushes her back.
VON KROLOCK
I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU

EIGHTEEN YEARS NOW.
WE MUST NOT LOSE OUR HEADS
WE ARE UNDER A VOW.
AND EVERY
HOUR OF WAITING
STILL ENHANCES OUR LUST.
TIME HASN’T COME YET,
BUT THE MOMENT IS NEAR.
I’LL MEET YOU LATER
AT THE BALL OF THE YEAR
VON KROLOCK exits, descending down to the crypt. SARAH looks at him yearningly.
Lights go down. Scene Change.
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ACT TWO
Scene Two
A Nightmare.
On the dimly lit stage we see a huge four-poster bed. Professor ABRONSIUS sleeps on
one side of it, peacefully snoring. ALFRED, on the other side, is tossing and turning.
Out of nowhere, a MYSTERIOUS VOICE is heard.
MYSTERIOUS VOICE
(Off-Stage)
COME WITH ME, AND BLESS THE NIGHT!

LET THE DARKNESS BE YOUR SALVATION.
CURSE THE DAY! ESCAPE THE LIGHT!
BREAK THE CHAINS OF IMAGINATION!
COME WITH ME, AND SEIZE THE NIGHT.

NOW’S THE TIME FOR SOME INSPIRATION.
LEAVE THE DAY, AND FIGHT THE FRIGHT.
NO TABOOS, ONLY NEW SENSATIONS!
ALFRED has a nightmare. It comes alive, as from all sides, one by one, the VAMPIRES
enter.
VAMPIRES
IN THE SHADOWS OF THE CASTLE,

A HERO’S WAITING FOR THE CALL,
AND ALL THE DEVILS ARE WAKING UP,
AND ALL THE ANGELS START TO FALL.

WE’RE DYING FOR A THRILL.
WE’RE GOING OUT OVER THE EDGE,
WE’RE MOVING IN FOR THE KILL.
YOU’VE GOT TO CURSE THE DAY.

IT’S NOTHING BUT A MERCILESS LIGHT.
SO OPEN UP YOUR ARMS
AND THEN YOU GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES.
YOU SUCK IN ALL THE DARKNESS,
AND YOU’RE READY NOW TO SEIZE,
SEIZE THE NIGHT.
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VAMPIRES GROUP 1
SEIZE THE NIGHT!
VAMPIRES GROUP 2
DIES IRAE, KYRIE. LIBERA ME, DOMINE!

DIES IRAE, KYRIE. REQUIEM DA, DOMINE!
EXULTATE KYRIE! PIE AGNE, DOMINE!
DIES IRAE, KYRIE. SANCTUS, SANCTUS EXULTATE!
VAMPIRES GROUP 1
(simultaneously)
BLESS THE NIGHT,

BEFORE IT HAS A CHANCE TO PASS.
SEIZE THE NIGHT!
DO WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE IT LAST.
BLESS THE NIGHT,
SEIZE THE NIGHT!
SEIZE THE NIGHT! GET DOWN!
The following Nightmare Dance Sequence shows the initiation of Sarah’s DOUBLE by a
male DANCER who acts as an acolyte of the Count. Eventually, ALFRED is drawn into
his own nightmare. HE tries to interfere, but to no avail.
VAMPIRES

A HERO’S WAITING FOR THE CALL,
AND ALL THE DEVILS ARE WAKING UP,
AND ALL THE ANGELS START TO FALL.

WE’RE DYING FOR A THRILL.
WE’RE GOING OUT OVER THE EDGE,
___________________________________________________________________________________
WE’RE MOVING IN FOR THE KILL.
YOU’VE GOT TO CURSE THE DAY.

IT’S NOTHING BUT A MERCILESS LIGHT.
SO OPEN UP YOUR ARMS
AND THEN YOU GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES.
YOU SUCK IN ALL THE DARKNESS,
AND YOU’RE READY NOW TO SEIZE,
SEIZE THE NIGHT.
VAMPIRES GROUP 1
SEIZE THE NIGHT!
ALFRED stumbles back to his bed and faints.
VAMPIRES GROUP 2
CARPE NOCTEM, LAMIA! DECET DIEM EXSECRARI.

SANGUIM SUGA, BELUA! DEBET PRAVUM EXSEQUARI.
INQUIEM PERPETUUM DONA NOBIS, SATANAS.
BESTIA DIABOLI, DONA NOBIS DAMNATIONEM.
INQUIEM PERPETUUM DONA NOBIS, SATANAS.
BESTIA DIABOLI, DONA NOBIS DAMNATIONEM.
VAMPIRES GROUP 1
(simultaneously)
BLESS THE NIGHT,

SEIZE THE NIGHT!
BLESS THE NIGHT,
SEIZE THE NIGHT!
VAMPIRES GROUP 3
(simultaneously)
CARPE NOCTEM! CARPE NOCTEM!

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We hear the creak of an opening door. The music ends abruptly and the VAMPIRES
disappear. Dissolve into...
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ACT TWO
Scene Three
A Bedroom in the Castle.
The hunchback, KOUKOL, pushing a breakfast cart, shuffles into the bedroom. As HE
opens a huge curtain, the morning light pours in.
ALFRED wakes up. Still hazy from his nightmare, HE sits up without noticing
KOUKOL. Professor ABRONSIUS is still fast asleep.
ALFRED
THANK GOD, THAT NIGHTMARE’S OVER NOW.

IT FRIGHTENED ME SEVERELY.
HOW DUMB! I KNOW WE’LL OVERCOME,
THOUGH I DON’T SEE YET CLEARLY

HE SAID HE KNEW
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
SHE'S IN THIS CASTLE
BEHIND SOME DOOR.
EVERYTHING’S RIGHT
IN THE LIGHT OF A PERFECT DAY.
EVERYTHING’S BRIGHT
WHEN THE NEXT NIGHT IS FAR AWAY.
EVERYWHERE NOW
OPPORTUNITY BECKONS.
THIS IS THE TIME
TO MAKE GOLD AND KILL DRAGONS.
ALFRED closes his eyes again to dream of Sarah.
ALFRED
THIS WILL BE MY LUCKY DAY

SHE IS CLOSE AND I KNOW I'LL FIND HER
I WILL SAVE HER, COME WHAT MAY.
SET HER FREE FROM THE CHAINS THAT BIND HER.
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Openening his eyes, ALFRED sees the breakfast cart. HE imagines that SARAH is in the
room.
WHO BROUGHT IN THIS BREAKFAST TRAY!

COULD IT BE... SOMEONE'S HERE... O SARAH
YES, IT'S YOU, I FEEL YOU'RE NEAR....
Turning around and opening his eyes, HE sees KOUKOL right in front of HIM.
KOUKOL
Ouhrgh.
ALFRED
(aghast)
Huh!
KOUKOL looks at ALFRED with disdain and exits.
The PROFESSOR wakes up. HE wears a night cap and a nightgown. HE stretches and
scratches himself; HE obviously slept very well.
ABRONSIUS
THERE’S NOTHING LIKE A HEALTHY SLEEP.

AND THEN A HEARTY BREAKFAST.
IN NO TIME I’LL BE WELL PREPARED
TO GO BACK ON THE TRACK LEST
LOGIC, LOGIC
SHOULD QUESTION MY COMPLIANCE.
ABRONSIUS sips his coffee. ALFRED collects the Professor's clothes.
ALFRED
The one I'm looking for is very near, he said. She must be in the castle!
ABRONSIUS
Quite brazen, that fellow.
ALFRED
Who?
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ABRONSIUS
The count. He takes me for a fool.
ALFRED
The count?
ABRONSIUS
He almost revealed his incognito...
HE SAID: “I’M A NIGHTBIRD.

I’M NOT GOOD AT ALL
DURING THE DAYTIME.” -
(a beat)
WE MUST FIND HIS PALL!
ALFRED
His what?
ABRONSIUS
His catafalque. In which he rests during daytime.
ALFRED
You mean... in his grave?
ABRONSIUS
Not in a grave, boy. A count reposes in a crypt. Every castle has one. Let’s go and
find it.
ALFRED
Right now?
ABRONSIUS
Why not. This is a perfect day to visit a crypt.
THEY get ready for the excursion.
ABRONSIUS
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EVERYTHING’S RIGHT
IN THE LIGHT OF A PERFECT DAY.
ALFRED
EVERYTHING’S BRIGHT
WHEN THE NEXT NIGHT IS FAR AWAY.
BOTH
EVERYWHERE NOW
OPPORTUNITY BECKONS.
THIS IS THE TIME
TO MAKE GOLD AND KILL DRAGONS.
ABRONSIUS starts to get dressed. ALFRED whistles the melody.

Blackout.
Music continues instrumentally during scene change.
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ACT TWO
Scene Four
The Castle's Crypt.
Walking through dark coridors and over descending stairways, ABRONSIUS and
ALFRED approach the crypt.
ABRONSIUS
ON A DAY LIKE TODAY
ALFRED
A DAY LIKE TODAY
ABRONSIUS
NEWTON PROVED A THEORY.

ON A DAY LIKE TODAY
ALFRED
A DAY LIKE TODAY
ABRONSIUS
MOZART WROTE A SYMPHONY
ALFRED
ON A DAY LIKE TODAY
ABRONSIUS
A DAY LIKE TODAY

BRUTUS BROKE A TYRANNY.
ALFRED
AND IKARUS TOOK

HIS WINGS AND WENT FLYING.
ABRONSIUS
GALILEO FOUND OUT PTOLEMEUS WAS LYING.

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ALFRED
IF THIS CELLAR WOULD BE BRIGHTER

MY HEART WOULD BE LIGHTER
AND I'D BE A MAN WITHOUT
ANY DOUBT.
IF MY I WOULD FEEL A SHIVER
MY KNEES WOULD NOT QUIVER
AND I WOULDN'T HOLD MY BREATH
ALFRED (Fs)
I'D BE FINE
BUT RIGHT NOW I'AM SCARED TO DEATH.
ABRONSIUS
RIGHT THERE UNDER ME

I THINK I CAN SEE
THE OBJECTS I AM SEARCHING FOR
OUR MISSION WAS BLESSED

THE GOALS OF OUR QUEST
BENEATH US ON THE LOWER FLOOR
ALFRED
HOW DO WE PROCEED?
ABRONSIUS
WE NOW MUST INDEED
ABRONSIUS & ALFRED
GET READY FOR THE FINAL CHORE.
ALFRED
WE'D BETTER FIRST WEIGH IT.

WE SHOULD DELAY IT!
ABRONSIUS
THIS IS THE HOUR.

THIS IS THE PLACE!
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Music segues into a spooky underscore. We see the silhouettes of the catafalques in the
twilight of the crypt.
ABRONSIUS
Excellent. Now we will climb down here.
ALFRED
Down here?
ABRONSIUS
Straight away. You go first. Give me the bag! Go ahead!
ALFRED
Down here?
ABRONSIUS (OFF)
Down here.
ALFRED climbs down to the crypt. HE slips and lands on the floor.
ABRONSIUS lets his bag slide down. It bangs on the floor.
ABRONSIUS
Quiet! Do you want the hunchback to hear us?
Attention. I jump.
ABRONSIUS is about to jump down. ALFRED tries to stop him.
ALFRED
No! No!!!
ABRONSIUS does jump, but his suspenders get hooked up at the railing.
ABRONSIUS
Uh! I'm stuck! Mhm...uuh! You have to help me, boy.

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ALFRED tries to drag ABRONSIUS down - pulling his leg. HE ends up with the
Professor's shoe in his hands. Music underscores the panting and gasping..
ABRONSIUS (Ctd.)
Uh... It doesn't work that way! You will have to operate on your own.
ALFRED
(in Panik)
On my own?
ABRONSIUS
Of course. There's nothing to it. All you have to do is pierce their hearts.
ALFRED
Me? No, Professor! Please... anything, but not that!
ABRONSIUS
Don't be a sissy! Open the coffins!
ALFRED
The coffins?!
ABRONSIUS
For the sake of Chagal's daughter! Push off the lid!
ALFRED opens one of the coffins, but with his face turned away.
ABRONSIUS (Fs.)
Who is it?
ALFRED dares look into the coffin.
ALFRED
His Excellency.
ABRONSIUS
Good. Now the other one.
ALFRED pushes the lid of the other cartafalque.

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ABRONSIUS
Who is it?
ALFRED
The Son.
ABRONSIUS
Now the bag. Pick the hammer and a stake. First the count... You put the stake...
ALFRED
(mechanisch)
..between the sixth and trhe seventh...
ABRONSIUS
...rib. Correct. Hurry up!
With his eyes closed, ALFRED holds the stake upside down in his trembling hand.
Not that way, jackass! The other way round. Now strike. One...two... three.
ABRONSIUS
Good gracious! I said three! Three!!!
ALFRED holds the stake in his hand, raises the hammer - but does not strike. The
hammers falls out of his hand.
ALFRED
I... can't do it.
ABRONSIUS
That's mutiny! Aren't you ashamed of yourself?
ALFRED
Well, I am... But nevertheless... I can't do it.
ABRONSIUS
Good heavens above! You're a hopeless failure. It's no use. Come up again.
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Relieved, ALFRED puts the stakes back into the bag. HE climbs up to the railing and
frees ABRONSIUS, as HE keeps grudging.
ABRONSIUS
Deplorable. Nowadays, these young ones don't have any guts. They're all the same.
Lily-livered, yellow-bellied. Not ready to get a grip on themselves when the going
gets tough.
You're a shameful disgrace. Come on! Push me out of here, boy.
Hurry up. Are you dreaming again or what? Do you think it's fun to hang here.
Well, in theory you are quite capable, my boy, but you're terribly poor at practice.
You've still got to learn a lot before you will be able to follow in my footsteps.
And now, about turn. Forward march!
Let's try and find another way...
BOTH exit.
A moment of silence. Then, the lid of a simple coffin, standing on the floor of the crypt,
starts to move. When it eventually opens, CHAGAL crawls out. HE stretches and yawns.
With his flat hand, HE bumps at the wooden coffin
CHAGAL
Knock - knock - knock - knock)
TIME TO WAKE UP, SNOOZY
Poch - poch - poch - poch (Schläge gegen den Sarg)
MAGDA emerges from the coffin, still half asleep.
MAGDA
WHAT'S THE RACKET, BOOZY?
CHAGAL
Have you forgotten the ball? You must get ready.
MAGDA
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Are you cray? It’s hardly noon time. Look at the light coming through that
window.
CHAGAL
Eehuh. Then let’s sleep together once more.
Lecherously, CHAGAL licks his tongue and giggles.
MAGDA
You ought to be ashamed, Chagal.
CHAGAL
What do you mean.

MAGDA
Bite my neck, suck my blood.
CHAGAL
Eeeh. Big deal!

(sings)
EVERYBODY’S EVERYBODY’S SUCKER.

EVERYBODY’S EVERYBODY’S FOE.
I’M A SUCKER FOR A PRETTY BODY.
YOU’RE A SUCKER FOR A LITTLE DOUGH.
EVERDAY IN THIS OLE WORLD’S A HARD DAY.

YOU MUST BLEED UNLESS YOU’RE DRAWING BLOOD.
IT’S A FACT OF LIFE YOU LEARN THE HARD WAY:
YOU GET COWED UNLESS YOU KICK A BUTT.
IF YOU DON’T WANT TO LOSE THE STRIFE

YOU’D BEST LEARN TO BE TRICKY.
AS BLOOD IS OUR JUICE OF LIFE
WE’D BETTER NOT BE PICKY.
NOW THAT I HAVE SUCKED YOU
YOU’LL ENJOY A SUCK, TOO
YOU ARE READY.
I AM READY.
WE ARE READY.
DON'T BLAME DADDY.
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MAGDA
ISN’T IT FUNNY?
ISN’T IT NICE?
I DID NOT TRUST YOU,
NOW I TAKE YOUR ADVICE.
BLOOD IS SUCH AN ODD THING.
BLOOD IS SUCH AN ODD THING.
HOW I LOATHED
YOUR CONSTANT LUSTING.
YOUR BEHAVIOR
SEEMED DISGUSTING.
NOW I AM LONGING
FOR YOUR KISS
AND YOUR LEWDNESS IS A BLISS.
OH-UH!
As CHAGAL and MAGDA are about to hug each other, KOUKOL enters.
CHAGAL
I SUCK. SO WHAT?
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG
WITH IT AS LONG
AS YOU DON'T DROOL.
THE LUST FOR BLOOD
OR LOVE OR MONEY
KNOWS NO RULE.
IF YOU DON'T BITE THE HAND
THAT FEEDS YOU
YOU'RE A FOOL.
KOUKOL chases CHAGAL and MAGDA back into their coffin. HE covers it with the
lid. From inside the coffin, we still hear CHAGAL and MAGDA sing.
MAGDA & CHAGAL
(muffled)
WE WOULD BE GOOD,
BUT OUR WEAKER SELF
CAN NOT BE OVERCOME.
WE WOULD BE MODEST
WE WOULD HAVE SCRUPLES
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BUT THEY'RE MUCH TOO

CUMBERSOME.
WE DO WHAT
EVERYBODY ELSE DOES.
EVERYONE
SUCKS EVERYONE.
KOUKOL kicks against the coffin. The singing stops. HE pushes the coffin from the
stage as the lights lights come down.
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ACT TWO
Scene Five
The Library.
Later that day. Professor ABRONSIUS and ALFRED have discovered the castle’s
library. ABRONSIUS is in seventh heaven.
ABRONSIUS
O WHAT TREASURES!
COUNTLESS READING PLEASURES!
ALFRED
We've got to find Sarah before sunset.
ABRONSIUS
ARISTOTLE AND EMPEDOKLES,

AENEAS, ARISTIDES,
AND NIKOMACHOS, DIOGENES,
ANTIOCHOS, MAIMONIDES.
GLORIOUS SAGES
LIVING BETWEEN ALL THESE PAGES.
ALFRED
Somewhere here she waits for us...
ABRONSIUS
MARC AURELIUS AND AUGUSTINE

AND TACITUS AND PLATO
PEREGRINUS AND AQUINUS
CAESAR, CICERO AND CATO
JUST THE BROWSING
IS SO EXCITEMENT AROUSING
ALFRED
He keeps her a prisoner...
ABRONSIUS
___________________________________________________________________________________
SPINOZA AND COPERNICUS

THE HUMANISTS AND TEACHERS.
PARACELSUS, LEIBNIZ, CRUSIUS,
THE OCCULTISTS AND PREACHERS.
HUME AND LOCKE AND HOBBES AND MENDELSSOHN,
THE WARNERS AND BESEECHERS
AND DESCARTES, MONTAIGNE AND HAMILTON
AND ALL THE OTHER SCIENTISTS OF FAME.
ALFRED
We're running out of time...

6.05A
ABRONSIUS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, HUMBOLDT, ECKEHART

MOLIERE AND MACCHIAVELLI
AND ERASMUS, SCHELLING, KIERKEGARD
HANS SACHS AND MARY SHELLEY
LA FONTAINE, TAGORE, PLINIUS
DA GAMA, BOTTECELLI
HERDER, MARLOWE, POE AND LIVIUS
TO MISS A SINGLE LINE WOULD BE A SHAME
ALFRED
That's her!
Somewhere in the castle, we hear SARAH sing. But Professor ABRONSIUS has already
disappeared.
SARAH'S VOICE
UH-UH-UH...
ALFRED listens. Then HE follows the voice..
Scene Change.
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ACT TWO
Scene Six
Bathroom in the castle.
ALFRED enters a bathroom, fit for a princess. The first thing HE sees of Sarah is, laid
out on a chair, a magnificent dress.
SARAH'S VOICE
UH-UH-UH...
ALFRED looks around. SARAH stops to sing.
ALFRED
Sarah? Sarah??
We hear the sound of splashing water from behind a curtain. Then again...
SARAH'S VOICE
UH-UH-UH...
ALFRED opens the curtain. Behind it, SARAH is sitting in an old fashioned bath tub.
The situation is similar to when ALFRED saw her for the first time.
ALFRED
Sarah!
SARAH
(almost disappointed)
Uh...it's you.
ALFRED
THANK GOD! YOU'RE ALIVE.

EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT.
DON'T YOU FEAR A THING
I CAME TO SET YOU FREE.
SARAH
YOU'RE QUITE IMPOLITE.

___________________________________________________________________________________
AFTER ALL I AM A LADY!

DON'T YOU SEE I'M BATHING?
YOU SHOULD NOT BURST
IN ON ME!
ALFRED
SARAH, TELL ME HOW YOU'VE BEEN?

HAVE I COME TOO LATE?
DID HE MAR YOUR SKIN?
SARAH
THERE'S A DANCE TONIGHT.
ALFRED
SARAH, WE MUST FLEE.
SARAH
GUESS, WHO'LL DANCE WITH ME?
ALFRED
HURRY UP!
SARAH
YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT.
ALFRED
YOU ARE IN DANGER.
SARAH
THE COUNT OF THIS CASTLE!
ALFRED
SARAH, GET READY!

8.05
SARAH
HOW DO YOU
LIKE MY DRESS
FOR THE BALL?
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THE COUNT SPOILS ME.

HE'S SUCH
A NICE FELLOW.
NOW, IMAGINE
WHEN PAPA
WILL CALL.
HOW HE'LL
MARVEL
'BOUT HIS
CINDERELLA
ALFRED
WE'VE GOT TO GO!
SARAH
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THE CHANCE?
ALFRED
TIME'S RUNNING UP!
SARAH
I WILL GIVE YOU A DANCE.
ALFRED
SARAH, PLEASE, COME WITH ME!
SARAH
WELL, TOMORROW, MAYBE.
ALFRED
YOU CAN'T STAY! HE WILL TAKE YOUR LIFE.
SARAH
HE WANTS ME TO BECOME HIS WIFE.
ALFRED
NEVER EVER TRUST THAT COUNT.

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SARAH
CLOSE THE CURTAIN. TURN AROUND.
Reluctantly, ALFRED draws the curtain and comes D.S.
Lights change...
ALFRED
THERE ARE GHOSTS IN THE AIR

A THOUSAND EYES IN THE DARKNESS
BUT I'LL STAY
WITH SARAH
DEMONS LURK EVERYWHERE
BUT HOWEVER MUCH THEY SCARE ME
I WILL NOT BE DETERRED
ALFRED (Ctd.)
I’LL BE TOUGH, I’LL BE SLY

THERE IS NOTHING I WOULD NOT DO OR BE
FOR SARAH
I WILL STEAL, I WILL LIE
THERE’S NOTHING I WON’T TRY
TO FREE AND SAVE HER
THERE’S A PLACE I CALL HOME

HOW I LONG TO GO BACK, BUT I MUST FIGHT
FOR SARAH
THROUGH THIS NIGHTMARE I ROAM
FRIGHTENED, WORRIED AND LONELY
BUT I MUST NOT GIVE UP
I WILL STRIVE, I WILL FIGHT

THERE IS NOTHING I WOULD NOT DO OR BE
FOR SARAH
I’LL HOLD OUT THROUGH THE NIGHT
I’LL DO ANYTHING IT TAKES
TO FREE AND SAVE HER
I’LL BE BRAVE, I’LL BE TOUGH

THERE IS NOTHING I WOULD NOT BE FOR YOU
DEAR SARAH
I’LL BE SUAVE, I’LL BE ROUGH
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HOLD ON, DEAR SARAH,

I WON’T LET YOU DOWN -
I WILL FIGHT ALL MY FEARS

THERE IS NOTHING I WOULD NOT DO FOR YOU
DEAR SARAH
I'LL SHED BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS
I'LL GIVE EVERYTHING I AM
BECAUSE I LOVE YOU,
SARAH...
Music ends. ALFRED looks behind the curtain. The tub is empty, Sarah is gone.
ALFRED returns to the library.
Scene change.
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ACT TWO
Scene Seven
The Mirror Library.
As ALFRED returns, the library looks as if mirrored. ABRONSIUS, absolutely thrilled

by the books he has discovered, hardly sees ALFRED.
ALFRED
I WILL FIGHT ALL MY FEARS

THERE IS NOTHING I WOULD NOT DO FOR YOU
FOR SARAH
I'LL SHED BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS
I'LL GIVE EVERYTHING I AM
BECAUSE I LOVE HER...
ABRONSIUS
DISQUISITIONS, DISSERTATIONS,
PAMPHLETS, VERITIES AND LIBELS.
COMPOSITIONS, COMPILATIONS,
FABLES, BLASPHEMIES AND BIBLES.
GENEALOGIES AND DIARIES,
EULOGIES, NARRATIONS
AND INSTRUCTIONS AND INQUIRIES
AND THESISES ON EVERY KIND OF VIEW
ALFRED
I have found her, Professor.
ABRONSIUS
HOMER, AESOP, SENECA

DA VINCI AND CERVANTES
THE CHARLATANS AND GENIUSES
PROS AND DILETTANTES
ON CHINA, RUSSIA AND JAPAN,
ON HINDUS AND ASHANTIS
HISTORIC AND UTOPIAN
A BOOK ON EVERYTHING WE THINK OR DO
ALFRED
___________________________________________________________________________________
But she does not want to be saved.
ABRONSIUS
BOOKS ON DREAMS AND MATHEMATICS,

PROVOCATIONS AND ASSERTIONS,
REVOLUTION AND DOGMATICS
POPES AND SEXUAL PERVERSIONS
BOOKS ON APATHY, ATHLETICS
DENUNCIATIONS AND REVERSIONS
WITHOUT BOOKS THERE IS NO PROGRESS
BOOKS ARE FOSTERING THE COMMON WEAL AND WOE.
ABRONSIUS
Will you remember that, boy?
ALFRED
How will we proceed now, Professor?
ABRONSIUS
There not a question in this world that is not answered by a book.
ALFRED
By a book?! By which book?
ABRONSIUS
(im Abgehen)
Well, you start with...
ARISTOTLE AND EMPEDOKLES,

AENEAS, ARISTIDES,
AND NIKOMACHOS, DIOGENES,
ANTIOCHOS, MAIMONIDES.
MARC AURELIUS AND AUGUSTINE
AND TACITUS AND PLATO
PEREGRINUS AND AQUINUS
CAESAR, CICERO AND CATO...
As Professor ABRONSIUS disappears behind a bookshelf, ALFRED haphazardly takes a

book.
ALFRED
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(reading the title)
“How to win the one you love”. Mhm.
HE opens the book at random and is immediately riveted, as HE starts to read...

ALFRED
(singing)
“WHEN LOVE IS INSIDE YOU

YOU NEVER MUST BE SCARED
JUST LET YOUR HEART GUIDE YOU
AND YOU’LL BE WELL PREPARED
FOR THE ONE YOU ADORE
JUST CANNOT IGNORE
THE LIGHT IN YOUR EYES
IT WILL BETRAY
THAT
LOVE IS INSIDE YOU
AND DREAMS OF PARADISE”
- “DON’T BE TOO SHY TO

LET YOUR ROMANCE BEGIN
WHEN PASSIONS IGNITE YOU
YOU MUST NOT LOCK THEM IN
SHOW THE ONE YOU ADMIRE
YOU ARE ON FIRE
AND CHASE AWAY
ANY KIND OF DOUBT
WHEN
LOVE IS INSIDE YOU
YOU’VE GOT TO LET IT OUT”
(reading, enraptured)
“Sometimes a kiss makes up for a thousand words...”
ALFRED stops reading. HE hears a voice that sounds like Sarah singing.
3.01
SARAH'S VOICE
UH-UH-UH...
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ALFRED
She calls me back!
ALFRED exits, taking the book along. Music continues instrumentally, as set changes
into....
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ACT TWO
Scene Eight
The Mirror Bathroom.
Following the voice, ALFRED, the book in his hand, returns to the bathroom. It looks
similar to the one he visited before. However, what before was left is now right, as if
reflected in a mirror.
3.01
SARAH'S VOICE
UH-UH-UH...
ALFRED looks around. HE is puzzled by the different look of the room. But then, sure
enough, HE hears the sound of splashing water from behind the curtain.
3.01
SARAH'S VOICE
UH-UH-UH...
ALFRED opens the curtain. This time, the tub is empty. HERBERT is sitting on its edge,
moving his hand casually through the water.
ALFRED
Oh...excuse me...
HE turns around to exit.

HERBERT
Wait! I want to talk to you. You’re marvelous, says father. So I think it’s about
time we get to know each other...
ALFRED
But... I must...
Very softly, HERBERT starts to sing.
HERBERT
YOU MUST NOT BE FRIGHTENED

DEAR FRIEND, I’M ON YOUR SIDE
YOU’RE PALE. CAN IT BE YOU ARE ILL?
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ALFRED
I’M NOT ILL, I’M NOT PALE
HERBERT
YES, YOU ARE. YOU LOOK FEEBLE AND FRAIL.
YOU MUST HAVE SOME REST NOW

EASE OFF, I’M ON YOUR SIDE
YOU SHAKE. CAN IT BE YOU ARE SCARED?
ALFRED
I’M NOT SCARED, I DON’T SHAKE.
HERBERT
YES, YOU DO. I’M CONCERNED FOR YOUR SAKE.
ALFRED
(trying to change the subject)
ISN'T THERE
SOME KIND OF BALL HERE TONIGHT?
HERBERT
YOU
ARE SUCH A RAVISHING SIGHT
ALFRED
I’M NOT
HERBERT
BEAUTIFUL LASHES!
ALFRED
WHAT LASHES?
HERBERT
WELL, YOURS OF COURSE

THEY LOOK LIKE
WONDERFUL THREADS OF GOLD
___________________________________________________________________________________
HERBERT rises and opens his arms to dance with ALFRED. The waltz is now fully
orchestrated. ALFRED tries to evade HERBERT without provoking him. As THEY
dance, we see only Alfred's reflection in the mirror behind THEM.
ALFRED still holds the book in his hands.
HERBERT (Ctd.)
RIGHT
THERE’LL BE A GLORIOUS BALL
TONIGHT
MUSIC AND WINE AND
CANDLELIGHT
AND WE’LL BE DANCING
ROMANCING
MY WILDEST DREAMS WILL COME TRUE
WHEN I AM CLOSE TO YOU
Now HERBERT sings the main melody.
HERBERT
(still dancing)
WHAT IS IT
YOU’RE READING?
ALFRED
A BOOK - -
HERBERT
- -OF POEMS, GEE!

YOUR POOR HEART IS BLEEDING
YOU ARE IN LOVE...I SEE
This time, the tender melody of the chorus becomes kind of aggressive and threatening.
The tempo accelerates. As THEY dance past the mirror, ALFRED, realizing that
HERBERT is not reflected in the glass, panics.
HERBERT (Ctd.)
FUNNY, I’M IN LOVE TOO

IN LOVE WITH...GUESS WHO
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YES, ALFRED, WITH YOU

WHEN
LOVE IS INSIDE YOU
YOU’VE GOT TO SET IT FREE
WHEN
LOVE IS INSIDE YOU
YOU’VE GOT TO LET IT...
HERBERT finally gets hold of ALFRED’s shoulder. HE opens his vampire mouth to bite
ALFRED’s neck.
ALFRED saves himself by pushing the book into HERBERT's mouth.
Chase Theme. ALFRED runs into the auditorium, as HERBERT tries to free his teeth
from the book.
ALFRED
Professor! Professor!!
Looking backwards, ALFRED returns to the stage. Not seeing HERBERT, HE thinks
HE's got rid of HIM. HERBERT, however, expects HIM on stage. THEY have a browl.
HERBERT is about to bite ALFRED, when Professor ABRONSIUS enters. HE looks
disapprovingly at the two young men on the floor. Then HE takes his umbrella and beats
on both of THEM.
ABRONSIUS
Will you stop it?!...What sort of a way is that to behave!... You ought to be
ashamed, both of you... Blast it! Apart! Get lost!
HERBERT escapes. ALFRED rises.
ABRONSIUS (Ctd.)
Did you provoke him, or what?
ALFRED
Not at all. He got excited all on his own. If you wouldn't have...
ABRONSIUS
Come.
ALFRED
Where are we going?

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ABRONSIUS
Up to the towers. Let's see if the moon's out yet.
BOTH exit. Scene change.

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ACT TWO
Scene Nine
The Tower.
ALFRED and Professor ABRONSIUS walk over the castle's battlements overlooking an
old graveyard.
ALFRED
Alibori's theory is correct. The one concerning the reflections.
ABRONSIUS
It’s not Alibori’s theory. It’s mine. Alibori has stolen it.
ALFRED
We both were in front of the mirror. I looked into it, and there I was alone. Yet he
was by my side. But no reflection, nothing, not even his clothes.
ABRONSIUS
I wished he had danced with me.
Look... There is Orion... There is nothing more beautiful than the starry skies
above us and the world of logic within us.
ALFRED
Are you certain we can overcome them?
ABRONSIUS
Dead certain.
THEY are stunned to hear Count VON KROLOCK's voice right behind them. HE is
standing on a projection.
VON KROLOCK
(zu ABRONSIUS)
HEY, HO, HEY! YES, DEAD CERTAIN, PROFESSOR!

JUST ONE BITE AND YOU WILL SUCCUMB.
CURIOSITY'S DEADLY, PROFESSOR.
WHAT YOU STUDY YOU MUST BECOME.
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ABRONSIUS
You underestimate the power of science, von Krolock. I shall put you in alcohol
and store you in my collection of rare objects.
VON KROLOCK
Huhuhu!
ABRONSIUS
Never again shall you strike terror into peoples hearts other than in gothic novels.
VON KROLOCK has disappeared. His voice wanders from one corner of the theater to
the other.
KROLOCK'S VOICE
(to ALFRED)
I'M ON YOUR SIDE, I PROMISED YOU, ALFRED.

EVERYTHING NOW WILL TURN OUT FINE.
ABRONSIUS
ALFRED FIGHTS YOU!
KROLOCK'S VOICE
YOU'RE MISTAKEN, PROFESSOR.

YOU HAVE LOST HIM. HIS SOUL IS MINE.
The bridge carrying ALFRED and ABRONSIUS is going up.
ABRONSIUS
(to ALFRED)
Look! Down there.
ALFRED
Good gracious!
ABRONSIUS
Quite interesting...
ALFRED and ABRONSIUS can't be seen anymore.

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In the meantime, the focus is on the graveyard. The atmosphere is getting very scary, as
lights change and a gravestone starts to move.
One by one, the VAMPIRES crawl out of their graves. THEY revitalize their dead limbs
and begin to dance.
VAMPIRES
ETERNITY
IS PERPETUAL BOREDOM.
A CIRCLE OF CIRCLES,
AN ENDLESS ENCORE.
NO OUTLOOK, NO FATE,
JUST RECURRING RECURRENCE
NOTHING FRESH OR UNTOUCHED,
JUST THE SAME
LAME
ETERNITY.
NOTHING NEW
IN THE GAME
JUST THE SAME
PAIN IN THE ASS
ETERNITY.
ETERNITY
IS A HORRIBLE NUISANCE
WE'RE TREADING THE TREADMILL
THAT EVER MOVES ON.
NO FUTURE, NO PAST
JUST RECURRING RECURRENCE.
NO SALVATION, NO GOAL
IN THE ASSHOLE
OF ETERNITY
CRAWLING OUT
OF THE PIT
WE ALL FART
AND WE SHIT
ON ETERNITY
OPEN THE GATES

TO THE ABYSS OF HORROR!
LET'S TEACH THE HUMANS
WHO'S RULING THE WORLD.
LET’S TETHER THEIR SOULS
___________________________________________________________________________________
WITH REVULSION AND TERROR

LET THEM FEEL THE POWER
AND THE GLORY
GLORY OF HELL!
OPEN THE GATES
TO THE ABYSS OF HORROR!
LET'S TEACH THE HUMANS
WHO'S RULING THE WORLD.
LET’S TETHER THEIR SOULS
WITH REVULSION AND TERROR
LET THEM FEEL THE POWER
AND THE GLORY
THE GLORY OF HELL FIRE
HELL FIRE
HELL FIRE
HELL FIRE
HELL FIRE
The VAMPIRES eventually leave the stage and exit through the audience.
Count VON KROLOCK enters. HE wanders across the graveyard.
VON KROLOCK
WELL, ALRIGHT.
NO STARS TONIGHT.
THE MOON MUST HIDE,
CAN’T BEAR TO SEE MY FACE.
SO MANY MOONS HAVE PASSED,
SO MANY SUNS GONE DOWN.
TOO MUCH BLOOD UNDER THE BRIDGE.
TOO MANY WORLDS TURNED
UPSIDE DOWN.
THE WHEAT WAS GOLDEN

AND THE FIELDS WERE GREEN
IN THAT SUMMER SIXTEENHUNDREDSEVENTEEN.
THE FIRST TIME I EVER DREW BLOOD.
SHE WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
AND INNOCENT CHILD.
SHE NEVER KNEW

MY SOUL WAS CURSED FOR GOOD.
I FOUGHT TO OVERCOME MY THIRST,
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I THOUGHT I COULD.
BUT WHEN I KISSED HER LIPS, IT CAME OVER ME.
THE BEAST IN ME RAN WILD.
AS ALWAYS WHEN I TRIED

TO GET IT ALL,
I KILLED THAT WHICH I YEARNED.
I WANT TO BE A FLAME
AND TURN TO ASHES
BUT I HAVE NEVER BURNED.
I WANT TO FLY UP HIGH AND HIGHER

BUT I SINK DEEP AND DEEPER INSTEAD
I WANT TO BE AN ANGEL
OR THE DEVIL HIMSELF
BUT I AM NOTHING BUT
A CREATURE LONGING
FOR THE THINGS
I NEVER CAN HAVE.
FOR THE SAKE OF SATISFACTION

I WOULD SUFFER ALL TORMENTS.
BUT OUR LONGINGS ARE DELUSIVE.
THE HUNGER NEVER ENDS.
WHEN THE WORLD HAS DRAWN ITS FINAL BREATH

AND EXTINGUISHED ALL THE LIGHT
THERE’LL BE NOTHING LEFT
BUT A LIFELESS WASTELAND
AND AN ENDLESS APPETITE.
NOTHING LEFT BUT A SOUNDLESS HEARTBEAT
AND A RUTHLESS APPETITE.
THE PREACHER’S DAUGHTER

LET ME IN HER ROOM
IN SEVENTEENTHIRTYTWO.
TO LOVE ME WAS HER DOOM.
WITH HER OWN BLOOD
I WROTE A POEM OF LOVE
UPON HER IVORY SKIN.
AND THE BASHFUL PAGE OF NAPOLEON THE GREAT

IN EIGHTEENHUNDREDTHIRTEEN
___________________________________________________________________________________
HE STOOD AT THE GATE

WHEN I RECALL HIS CANDOR
I CAN’T HELP THINKING
TO KILL HIM WAS A SIN
EACH TIME I GRAB FOR LIFE

IT SLIPS AWAY
MY VIGOR IS A SHAM
I WANT TO GRASP THE WORLD
WITH ALL ITS MYSTERIES
BUT I DON’T KNOW WHO I AM
I LONG TO FLY IN TOTAL FREEDOM

AND YET MY CHAINS KEEP DRAGGING ME DOWN
I WANT TO BE A FELON
OR AN ABSOLUTE SAINT
BUT I AM NOTHING BUT
A CREATURE
FULL OF LIES AND DOUBTS
I MUST DESTROY
WHATEVER I LOVE.
THE SPLIT GOES THROUGH MY VERY SOUL

IT’S A WOUND THAT NEVER MENDS
NO ESCAPE AND NO REDEMPTION
THE HUNGER NEVER ENDS
THERE ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN SCIENCE

AND THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN ART
THERE ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE
IN POWER AND WEALTH
OR IN LOVE AND MATTERS OF THE HEART.
THERE ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE
IN VARIOUS GODS,
IN NATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE,
IN HELL AND IN HEAVEN,
IN SINS AND IN VIRTUES,
IN THE CHOICE OF WRONG AND RIGHT.
BUT I KNOW
THERE’S NO OTHER GOD,
BUT THE EVER INESCAPABLE
IMMORAL, INDESTRUCTIBLE
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AND ALL CONSUMING

APPETITE.
Addressing the audience.
THERE’S A PREDICTION I WILL NOW MAKE.

I’M SURE I WILL BE RIGHT.
WHEN THE NEXT MILLENIUM FINALLY COMES
THE GOD MOST WORSHIPPED IN THIS WORLD
WILL BE THE GOD OF APPETITE.
As VON KROLOCK exits, ALFRED and ABRONSIUS become visable. THEY have
witnessed the count's emotional outburst.
ALFRED
They do have feelings! Just like us.
ABRONSIUS
Feelings? Rubbish. Get moving! We have work to do!
BOTH exit. Lights go down. Scene Change.

___________________________________________________________________________________
ACT TWO
Scene Ten
The Hall.
The illuminated hall of the castle is still empty. Professor ABRONSIUS and ALFRED
enter. THEY hear the VAMPIRES approach and hide behind a curtain. The VAMPIRES
enter in a kind of procession.
Professor ABRONSIUS and ALFRED knock down two VAMPIRES who pass the curtain
and pull THEM into their hiding-place.
On the top of the stairway, count VON KROLOCK appears, followed by his son
HERBERT. HE addresses the assembly of VAMPIRES.
VON KROLOCK
WELCOME, BRETHREN,
ONCE AGAIN WE ARE HERE
IN THIS VERY ROOM
WHERE WE GATHERED LAST YEAR
WOEFULLY
‘ROUND THAT GAUNT PEASANT
WHOSE GORE JUST MADE US MOPE
THEN I DID TELL YOU
YOU MUST NOT GIVE UP HOPE
NEXT YEAR I PROMISE
YOU SHALL REVEL AND CHEER
WHEN YOU LIVE FOREVER

YOU’VE GOT TO FEED YOUR HUNGRY HEART
VAMPIRES
YOU KNOW THAT IT’LL NEVER BE ENOUGH
VON KROLOCK
EVERY END IN NEVERLAND

IS JUST ANOTHER START
VAMPIRES
___________________________________________________________________________________
YOU KNOW THAT IT’LL NEVER BE ENOUGH
ALFRED and Professor ABRONSIUS come out of their hiding-place, dressed up now as
the two 18th century VAMPIRES they knocked down, wearing their powdered wigs and
costumes THEY mingle with the other VAMPIRES.
VAMPIRES (Ctd.)
IT’S NOT ENOUGH,

GOD KNOWS WE’RE NEVER SATISFIED
WE’LL OWN THE WORLD
WE’RE NEVER GONNA DIE
IT’S NOT ENOUGH,
WE’LL NEVER EVER LOSE OUR APPETITE
VON KROLOCK
THINGS GET BETTER AND BETTER

AS TIME PASSES BY
I HAVE TOLD YOU I’LL GET HER
IT WASN’T A LIE
LOOK, I’VE GOT A NICE SURPRISE
MEET MY PRETTY LITTLE BELLE OF THE NIGHT

WHO'S BEEN WAITING FOR HER CALL.
SHE DESERVES TO GET IT ALL.
ON OUR MIDNIGHT BALL,
SHE'S SURE TO HAVE THE TIME OF HER LIFE!
VON KROLOCK presents SARAH in her new dress and red boots.
Professor ABRONSIUS must hold back ALFRED. The VAMPIRES approach SARAH, but
VON KROLOCK stops THEM short.
VAMPIRES
OH, UH -
VON KROLOCK
DON’T TOUCH HER! SHE'S ALL MINE.

NEVER MIND. YOU TOO WILL HAVE A GOOD FEED.
YOU'LL GET ALL THE BLOOD YOU NEED.
TWO MORE MORTALS
WHO WILL SATISFY YOUR LUST AND YOUR GREED
___________________________________________________________________________________
ALFRED is scared to death. ABRONSIUS seems not impressed at all.
VAMPIRES

WE CAN’T FIND
SATISFACTION
WE ONLY BELIEVE IN
THE THINGS WE DENY
TIRED OF LIVING
UNABLE TO DIE
VON KROLOCK approaches SARAH. The VAMPIRES watch open-mouthed.
Then the moment has come. COUNT VON KROLOCK opens his mouth and bites
SARAH’s neck. SHE wails at first, but then SHE obviously enjoys it.
VAMPIRES
OH, WHAT A WONDERFUL BITE!

KROLOCK
ONCE UPON A TIME YOU DREAMED

OF FALLING IN LOVE
NOW YOUR EVEN FALLING APART
SARAH & KROLOCK
THERE’S NOTHING I / YOU CAN DO

A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART
A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART
SARAH
ONCE I THOUGHT THAT LOVE

IS CHEERFUL AND BRIGHT,
BUT NOW I KNOW
IT’S BAFFLING AND DARK.
SARAH & KROLOCK

___________________________________________________________________________________

VON KROLOCK and SARAH start dancing a minuet. The VAMPIRES, ALFRED and
Professor ABRONSIUS join in.
The meanders of the dance bring our heroes dancing together from time to time. In the
few moments when ALFRED is close to SARAH, HE talks to HER.
ALFRED
(to SARAH)
It's me! Don't be scared. We shall save you!
ABRONSIUS
(to ALFRED)
He has bitten her. But she's still alive.
ABRONSIUS
(to SARAH)
A good blood transfusion, kid, and two or three days rest will make you bright and
lively again.
ALFRED
(to SARAH)
We'll go to Venice together. The palaces, the sea, the gondolas...
ABRONSIUS
(zu ALFRED)
I'm going to count to three. Then we'll take her between us and run to the door.
For the first time, the VAMPIRES all face the huge mirror of the hall. As THEY realize
that only ABRONSIUS, ALFRED and SARAH are reflected, THEY stop to dance. Music
ends in the middle of a bar.
ABRONSIUS
One, two, three! Three!!!
Trying to move on innocently, ALFRED and Professor ABRONSIUS lead SARAH to the
door. After a moment of bafflement, the VAMPIRES try to catch THEM.
___________________________________________________________________________________
VON KROLOCK
Sharpen your teeth! Get their blood!!
Chase Theme. ALFRED takes a candelabre, ABRONSIUS holds another candelabre

horizontally in front of it. This way, the candelabres form a cross. With a great wail, the
VAMPIRES move backwards. THEY throw away parts of their clothes. This way,
ALFRED, Professor ABRONSIUS and SARAH can make an escape.
VON KROLOCK
Koukol! Take the thing away! In the name of the fire and the blood: Get them!
KOUKOL chases the fugitives who have run into the auditorium.
Scene Change.
___________________________________________________________________________________
ACT TWO
Scene Eleven
Somewhere in the Transylvanian wilderness.
ALFRED, SARAH and ABRONSIUS are running through the snowy landscape.
KOUKOL follows. We see THEM cross the stage twice. When ALFRED, SARAH and
ABRONSIUS enter the third time, ABRONSIUS staps and changes direction. THEY exit
before KOUKOL enters.
KOUKOL does not know where to go. WOLVES' eyes appear in the darkness. In no
time, KOUKOL is surrounded by wolves. The chase theme ends with a last, blood
chilling scream.
Scene Change.
When the music starts again, the mood is very romantic. A starry night with a full moon
in the black sky. Professor ABRONSIUS trudges through the snow to sit down DS
eventually. Behind HIM, there are ALFRED and SARAH walking through the snow-
covered landscape, two lovers in a winterland. A touch of Puccini.
ALFRED
8.01
WE’VE SURVIVED THE DREAD.
NOW I’LL KEEP YOU IN MY ARMS
‘TILL THE MORNING SUNSHINE
MELTS OUR FEARS AWAY.
GOOD LOVE CAN’T GO BAD.

THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN HARM US.
HAVING BATTLED THROUGH A NIGHTMARE
WE WILL WIN THE DAY.
8.02
SARAH
I’LL BE YOURS
AND YOU’LL BE MINE,
NEVER OUT OF LOVE,
NEVER OUT OF LINE.
SARAH
WHAT A LUCKY START!
ALFRED
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WHAT A HAPPY END!
SARAH
WE WILL NEVER PART.
ALFRED
BEYOND THE FOREST AND OVER THE HOLLOW,

I KNOW A PLACE,
SO PEACEFUL AND JOYOUS.
SARAH
LEAD ME, I’LL FOLLOW.
SARAH & ALFRED
OUT ON THE FAR SIDE

IN HARMONY,
LIFE IS A FAR CRY
FROM DIRE STRAITS
AND AGONY.
ALFRED
EVERY DAY WILL BE A BOUQUET.
SARAH
EVERY KISS WILL BE A BOWL FULL OF CHERRIES.
ALFRED & SARAH
YOU AND I
WILL FLY HIGH,
NEVER TURNING ‘ROUND,
HEAVEN BOUND.
ALFRED turns to SARAH to kiss HER. Looking over his shoulder into the audience,
SHE opens her mouth and reveals vampire teeth.
ALFRED & SARAH

___________________________________________________________________________________
BEYOND THE WILDEST

FANTASY,
OUT ON THE FAR...
SARAH bites ALFRED's neck, as the music soars (Reprise of chorus). A drop of blood
falls on ALFRED’s hand.
ALFRED
What is that?
SARAH
Blood, darling. Lick it up.
HE does so.
ALFRED
Not bad at all.
The focus is now on Professor ABRONSIUS.
ABRONSIUS
NOW WE ARE SAFE

WE HAVE MADE IT AFTER ALL
I’VE BEEN SMARTER
THAN THE FIENDS OF THE NIGHT
THE DOPES AT KÖNIGSBERG
SHALL EAT THEIR HEARTS OUT
FOR THEY MUST ADMIT
THAT I HAVE BEEN RIGHT
HE never stops to scribble into his notebook.
ABRONSIUS(Ctd.)
ONCE AND FOR ALL

I HAVE PROVEN BEYOND DOUBT
THAT THESE CREATURES
ARE REAL AND ALIVE
THEY BELIEVE
IN THE POWER OF BLOOD
THEY’VE GOT A BITE
CUTTING THE SKIN LIKE A KNIFE.
___________________________________________________________________________________
As Professor ABRONSIUS is busy preparing his new thesis which will certainly win him
the Nobel Prize, HE forgets the world around HIM. HE does not realize that the
ENSEMBLE appears US, first one by one, then in groups. THEY, ALFRED and SARAH
all join in the Finale Song, softly first, then louder.
ABRONSIUS
BUT WE’VE GOT REASON AND SENSE

THEY CANNOT HURT US
SINCE WE’RE OUT OF THE DARK
FROM WHENCE THEY CAME
ABRONSIUS & ENSEMBLE
WE’RE VERY SURE OF OUR GOALS

AND KNOW WHICH PATH WE MUST TAKE
AFTER ALL WE ARE WIDE AWAKE
THE HUMAN RACE
IS IN MOTION
THE WORLD WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
GROUP 1 (GIRLS)
GO BREAK A HEART
OR YOUR HEART WILL BE BROKEN
GROUP 2 (BOYS)
GO BETRAY YOUR FRIEND

OR ELSE GET BETRAYED
GROUP 3 (MEN)
GRAB YOUR CHANCE

BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
GROUP 4 (WOMEN)
IF YOU’RE FRIGHTFUL
YOU MUST NOT BE AFRAID
GROUP 2 & 3 (MEN & BOYS)
BETTER TO BATTER
THAN TO BE BEATEN
GO USE YOUR ELBOWS
___________________________________________________________________________________
OR GET JOSTLED YOURSELF
GROUP 1 & 4 (WOMEN & GIRLS)
BETTER TO EAT
THAN TO FIND YOU’VE BEEN EATEN
NO ONE CARES FOR YOU
SO CARE FOR YOURSELF
By now, the VAMPIRES are everywhere in the theater, on stage and in the auditorium.
ALL
NOW OUR LIFE IN THE DARKNESS IS OVER

WE’LL BE DANCING IN THE RINGS OF THE SUN
WE ARE SURE OF OUR GOALS
WE DON’T LIVE, WE DON’T DIE
BUT WE ARE WIDE AWAKE
WE ARE IN MOTION (MOTION)

AND SOON THE WORLD WILL BE WON
(AND SOON THE WORLD WILL BE WON, UH)
SO ALL OF YOU
OUT THERE
ALL
WATCH OUT!
HOW WE’RE GONNA ADVANCE
WATCH OUT!
WE’VE GOT THE WORLD IN OUR HANDS
WATCH OUT!
YOU’RE GONNA SEE THE VAMPIRES DANCE
LET THE REVELS BEGIN

LET THE FIRE BE STARTED
THIS WORLD IS FOR THE RECKLESS
AND THE STONYHEARTED
LET THE DEVILS COME IN

THIS WORLD IS FOR THE FECKLESS
AND THE PHONY-HEARTED
___________________________________________________________________________________


(simultaneously)

AND THE STONY-HEARTED

THIS WORLD IS FOR THE FECKLESS
ALL
WE ARE TIRED OF THE DARKNESS

NOW WE WANT TO HAVE FUN
SO, COME ON FREAKS AND FRIENDS
OUR EVERLASTING DANCE
HAS BEGUN

YOU`RE GONNA SEE THE VAMPIRES DANCE
The VAMPIRES leave the auditorium and return to the stage.
DANCE-SECTION
ALL
NOW OUR LIFE IN THE DARKNESS IS OVER

WE´LL BE DANCING IN THE RINGS OF THE SUN
WE ARE SURE OF OUR GOALS
___________________________________________________________________________________
WE DON’T LIVE, WE DON’T DIE

BUT WE ARE WIDE AWAKE
WE ARE IN MOTION (MOTION)
AND SOON THE WORLD WILL BE WON
(BEFORE YOU KNOW IT’S BEGUN, UH)
SO ALL OF YOU
OUT THERE
WATCH OUT!
HOW WE’RE GONNA ADVANCE
WATCH OUT!
WATCH OUT!

THE WORLD IS FOR THE RECKLESS

THE WORLD IS FOR THE FECKLESS


(simultaneously)

THE WORLD IS FOR THE RECKLESS
___________________________________________________________________________________
GROUP 2 & 3 (MEN & BOYS)(Ctd.)

THE WORLD IS FOR THE FECKLESS
ALL
WE ARE TIRED OF THE DARKNESS

NOW WE WANT TO HAVE FUN
SO, COME ON, YOU FREAKS AND FRIENDS
OUR EVERLASTING DANCE
HAS BEGUN

ALL
COME ON YOU FREAKS AND FRIENDS

OUR EVERLASTING DANCE HAS BEGUN
22.06


(simultaneously)
WE DRINK YOUR BLOOD AND THEN WE EAT YOUR SOUL

NOTHING´S GONNA STOP US
___________________________________________________________________________________
LET THE BAD TIMES ROLL

WE DRINK YOUR BLOOD AND THEN WE EAT YOUR SOUL
NOTHING´S GONNA STOP US
LET THE BAD TIMES ROLL
ALL

A cockcrow is heard. A wolf howls. Black-out.
THE END

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Dance of the Vampires

Based on the film

Book & Lyrics by Michael Kunze

ALFRED A young man

This draft is strictly confidential.

SCENES AND MAIN MUSICAL NUMBERS

1. Castle Hall Total Eclipse Of The Heart

Dance of the Vampires (Finale)

Somewhere in the Transylvanian wilderness.

A soothing thought enters his mind.

Another thought frightens him.

If only he isn’t gone.

The paper will write: “Scientist killed in Transylvania”. His collegues at

And no one will mention me. No one will miss Alfred.

Again HE calls out.

IT IS ME, DEAR PROFESSOR-

From a distance we hear fiddle music, and voices singing...

CHAGAL & GUESTS

Lounge of Chagal´s Inn.

CHAGAL & GUESTS

IS THERE MORE A MAN CAN ASK FOR?

WHEN A HARD DAY’S WORK IS DONE?

YES, A HEAVY CHUCK

WITH BONES TO SUCK

BARAN, DRAGAN & MORON

AND A SCENT THAT TURNS YOU ON

AND A SCENT THAT TURNS YOU ON!

CHAGAL & GUESTS

BRING US ONE MORE BOWL NOW

YOUNG LOVERS ARE TOO ARDENT

WITH SOME GARLIC IN HIS BOWELS

IS THERE MORE A MAN CAN ASK FOR?

THANKS TO GARLIC WE HAVE FUN.

ESCOFFIER WOULD SCOFF AND COUGH

ESCOFFIER WOULD SLAG IT OFF

EVEN IF THE MEAL´S PERNICIOUS

THOUGH THE SUBSEQUENT INFECTION

REBECCA, CHAGAL, MAGDA

IF YOU PUT SOME GARLIC IN!

YOU MUST PUT SOME GARLIC IN!

WHAT DO THEY WANT?

CHAGAL interrupts the PEASANTS.

WELCOME AT THIS FIRST CLASS HOTEL.

MAGDA, ANOTHER CHAIR!

... YOU’LL FIND OUR RATES ARE FAIR.

QUICK, MAGDA, BRING HOT WATER!

PUT SOME VODKA ON HIS NOSE!

...ON HIS TOES!

GARLIC, GARLIC, GARLIC!

HEY, MAGDA, WHERE’S THE WATER?

What do you think of these little bulbous growths, boy?

Little? They are big!

Not those, jerk! These.

Are you all right, Professor?

It’s garlic. Garlic!!

ALFRED sees the garlic.

You think, this is...?