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Locations Featured in Children of the Night
There are 3 major locations in Children of the Night. Eastern Europe, in the vicinity of the Porumbar Kalnas (Blackthorne Castle). This is the home of Count Grimlocke. The outskirts of London, in the environs of Applewood Estate. This is 1960’s period London, mind you. The beachside town of Ocracoke, North Carolina, at Scuppernong Manor.…
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Synopsis of Sleepy Hollow: The Hex of the Headless Horseman
Washington Irving‘s Legend of Sleepy Hollow has been told and retold in many different ways. It was first written as one of many short stories in a collection: The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. From there, it transformed time and time again. There was an opera, a short-lived Broadway musical, comics, radio shows, TV…
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Where is Transylvania?
What’s Transylvania really like? Can you tell me how to get… how to get to Transylvania?
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Lindsey Humphries: director, actor, & designer.
Lindsey Humphries is a Dallas based director, actor, and designer. She has served on several theatrical nonprofit boards, including McKinney Repertory Theatre where she is the current Secretary. Below is the creative CV for Lindsey Humphries. Lindsey’s directing credits include: • Much Ado Out West by Wade Bradford July 2022, McKinney Repertory Theatre • 12…
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World Dracula Day 2022
125 years ago today, Dracula was published. This year marks the Quasquicentennial for the birth of a whole genre of horror stories. Prior to Dracula, most vampire stories were of the credulous “non-fictional” type – that is, they were told because they were believed to be true. There were a few fictional vampires prior to…
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Origins of Children of the Night in Judaism
by Joel Frapart The idea for Children of the Night first came to me in college when I was taking a class called “The History of Anti-Semitism”. I took this class because, as a Jew, I truly felt like I hadn’t suffered enough in my short life, and thus wanted to learn more about how…
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Acting & Writing Bio for George Morris CV
CV & resume for George Morris – a Texas based writer, playwright, actor, appraiser, collector, brewer, activist, dreamer, numismatist, geek, traveler, Cornucopianist,, Dallas, DFW, Texan, SEO guru, stubborn, dedicated, messy, crank, gainfully unemployed
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The Prohibitioners play Synopsis
Prohibition is a rich & well chronicled period. We decided to cheapen & pun up the lore with a comical treatment of the bootlegging era. The Prohibitioners is an over-the-top 3-act play set in the 1930’s timeperiod. It tells the tale of brave, but out-of-touch G-Men, who attempt to break up the mob and circumvent…
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The Weird Sisters Trope
The Weird Sisters Trope by Joel Frapart Why does Grimlocke have three daughters? Why did Dracula have three brides? Why does Macbeth receive his prophecy from three witches? It isn’t entirely clear, but the trope of the three supernatural women is one of the oldest recurring themes in the history of literature. One of the…
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Cast List for Children of the Night
Who’s who in the vampire dramedy Children of the Night?