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《惊情四百年》英文剧本  Castle Dracula
                      Harker's Bedchamber JONATHAN HARKER'S JOURNAL, 3Oth May, Castle Dracula:  I think
strange things which I dare not confess to my own soul.  The
Count, the way he looked at Mina's picture fills me with dread
as if I have a part to play in a story that is not known to me.         Harker shaves while looking into a small mirror
              Harker cuts himself with the razor
                        Enter Dracula HARKER:  I didn't hear you come in. DRACULA:  Take care how you cut yourself.  It is more dangerous
than you think.                   Dracula breaks the mirror DRACULA:  A foul bauble of man's vanity.  Perhaps you should
grow a beard.     Dracula takes the razor, turns and licks off the blood DRACULA:  The letters I requested...have you finished them?               Harker hands Dracula three letters DRACULA:  Good.                     Dracula shaves Harker DRACULA:  Should you leave these rooms, you will not by any
chance go to sleep in any other part of the castle.  It is old
and has many bad memories.  Be warned. HARKER:  I'm sure I understand.           Dracula sees a crucifix around Harker's neck
                He snarls and pushes Harker away DRACULA:  Do not put your faith in such trinkets of deceit!  We
are in Transylvania, and Transylvania is not England.  Our ways
are not your ways.  And, to you, there shall be many strange
things. HARKER:  I've seen many strange things already...bloody wolves
chasing me through some blue inferno!   Harker peers out the window to see wolves in the courtyard
                          Wolf howl DRACULA:  Listen to them, the children of the night.  What sweet
music they make. HARKER:  Music?  Those animals?                           Exit Dracula
                    Exit Dracula's shadow
                Harker peers outside the window
  to see Dracula crawling, like a reptile, up the castle wall JONATHAN HARKER'S JOURNAL:  I did as Dracula instructed.  I
wrote three letters--to the firm, to my family, and to my
beloved Mina.  I said nothing of my fears as he will read them,
no doubt.  I know now that I am a prisoner.                         LATER THAT NIGHT
                  Harker wanders the castle
                He finds an unused bedchamber VAMPIRESS:  Jonathan!  Jonathan, come to me!  Come!  Lay down,
lay back into my arms.  Lay back, Jonathan.                 Three vampiresses seduce Harker
                    They bite and suck him
                        Enter Dracula DRACULA (translation):  How dare you touch him!  He belongs to
me! VAMPIRESS (translation):  You yourself never loved! DRACULA (translation):  Yes, I too can love.  And I shall love
again. VAMPIRESS (translation):  Are we to have nothing tonight?           Dracula gives the vampiresses a human baby HARKER:  Noooooo! DRACULA:  (Laughs)                       SEVERAL DAYS LATER
                In the crypt of Castle Dracula
 
 
WEEKS LATER                         E N G L A N D                               KENT
                The Garden at Hillingham Estate
                      Mina reads a letter LETTER FROM JONATHAN HARKER TO MINA MURRAY:  Dearest Mina, all
is well here.  The Count has insisted I remain for a month to
tutor him in English custom.  I can say no more except I love
you.  Ever faithful, Jonathan.                           Enter Lucy LUCY:  I love him, I love him!  Oh, Mina.  It's so wonderful!
I've decided!  I love him, and I've said yes. MINA:  Finally!  Don't tell me.  The Texan with the big knife? LUCY:  Oh, no, to my dear number three--Lord Arthur Holmwood.
Lord and Lady Holmwood.  Would you want to be my maid of honor?
Say yes. MINA:  (No answer) LUCY:  Mina, what is it?  This is the most exciting day of my
life.  You don't seem to care. MINA:  It's just that I'm so terribly worried about Jonathan.
This letter I received is so cold.  It's so unnatural.  It's not
like him at all. LUCY:  Oh, Mina, don't worry.                   A rainstorm suddenly hits CAPTAIN'S LOG, THE DEMETER, 27th June:  We picked up 50 boxes of
experimental earth bound for London, England.  Set sail at noon
into a storm that seemed to come out of nowhere, carrying us out
to sea. CAPTAIN'S LOG, THE DEMETER, 3rd July:  Second mate is gone
missing.  Nearing Gibraltar.  Storm continues.  Crew uneasy,
believes someone or something is aboard the ship with us.                             LONDON
                Carfax District Lunatic Asylum
                  A storm rages over London
                  The patients are in a frenzy
              Dr. Seward in his office dictating RENFIELD (screaming):  The Master of all life is at hand!
Gather round!  I am here to do your bidding, Master!  I have
worshipped you long and far off!  Now that you are near, Master,
I am your slave!  I await your command! SEWARD:  The case of Renfield grows more interesting.  Yet there
is method in his madness, with his flies and spiders.  Had I the
secret of even one such brilliant mind, the key to the fantasy
of one lunatic.  (He injects himself with morphine)  Lucy!  Lucy!                   The Demeter approaches land
        A wolf jumps to shore and runs down the street                               KENT
 
 
　
　LATE THAT NIGHT
                      Hillingham Estate
      Lucy sleepwalks out her bedroom door into the garden
      Mina attempts to follows her into the garden maze MINA:  Lucy!  Lucy!  Lucy!  Lucy!  Lucy!   Mina finds Lucy lying on bench near the family burial vault
      being raped and bitten by Dracula in wolfman form
                      Dracula sees Mina DRACULA:  No!  Do not see me!                       Mina runs to Lucy MINA:  Lucy, Lucy! LUCY:  I couldn't control myself. MINA:  Lucy, you're dreaming.  You're walking in your sleep
again. LUCY (in extreme confusion and agitation):  My soul seemed to
leave my body.  There was this agonizing feeling and, when it
came back to me, I saw you shaking me. MINA:  You're all right, Lucy. LUCY:  I had to.  It sort of pulled me and lured me and I had no
control.  And those red eyes!  I still have the taste of his
blood on my mouth.                             LONDON
                            MORNING
                          Carfax Abbey
            Large crates are delivered to the Abbey
        Renfield peers out the window of Carfax Asylum RENFIELD:  Master, I am here to do your bidding.  Master, I am
here.  I have worshipped you! CONTRARY TO SOME BELIEFS, THE VAMPIRE, LIKE ANY OTHER NIGHT
CREATURE, CAN MOVE ABOUT BY DAY THOUGH IT IS NOT HIS NATURAL
TIME AND HIS POWERS ARE WEAK.       A young-looking Dracula rises from a box of earth               HEADLINES FROM VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS:
                      dated July 7, 1897                     The Pall Mall Gazette
                    WOLF ESCAPES FROM ZOO                           The Times
                  STRANGEST STORM ON RECORD                           The Standard
                        MYSTERY SCHOONER
                          Crew Missing                           EVENING 8 PM
                    In the streets of London
                Dracula walks along the sidewalk CRIER:  See the amazing cinematograph!  A wonder of modern
civilization!  An amazing sensation....                           Enter Mina
          Dracula sees Mina enter a pharmacist shop DRACULA:  See me.  See me now. NEWS HAWKER:  Escaped wolf from zoo still at large!  Paper, sir?
 (Dracula buys a paper)  Thank you, sir.                     Mina exits the pharmacy
                    Dracula bumps into Mina DRACULA:  My humblest apologies.  Forgive my ignorance.  I have
recently arrived from abroad and I do not know your city.  Is a
beautiful lady... MINA:  You may purchase a street atlas for six pence.  Good day.                         Mina turns away DRACULA:  I have offended you.  I am only looking for the
cinematograph.  I understand it is a wonder of the civilized
world. MINA:  If you seek culture, then visit a museum.  London is
filled with them.  Excuse me.                         Mina walks away
        She rounds a corner, and there stands Dracula DRACULA:  A woman so lovely and intelligent should not be walking the streets of London without her gentleman. MINA:  Do I know you, sir?  Are you acquainted with my husband?
Shall I call the police? DRACULA:  Husband?  I shall bother you no more.                       Dracula turns away MINA:  Sir, it is I who have been rude.  If you are looking... DRACULA:  Please, permit me to introduce myself.  I am Prince
Vlad of Szekely. MINA:  A prince, no less? DRACULA:  I am your servant. MINA:  Wilhelmina Murray. DRACULA:  I am honored, Madame Mina. MINA:  This way.                               KENT
                          MEANWHILE
                The Foyer at Hillingham Estate
                  The butler admits Dr. Seward SEWARD:  Hello.  Mr. Holmwood asked me to stop by to see Miss
Lucy. BUTLER:  Yes, sir.
                Butler leads Seward into parlour
        where Lucy is being fitted in her wedding gown BUTLER:  Dr. Seward, Miss Lucy. SEWARD:  Thank you. LUCY:  Oh, Jack.  Brilliant Jack.  Do you like it?  (She twirls
in the dress)  Did Arthur put you up to this or did you want me
alone just once before I'm married? SEWARD:  Miss Lucy, you are embarrassing me.  I am here as your
doctor.  Your fiance is very worried about you, and I assure you
a doctor's confidence is sacred.  I must have your complete
trust. LUCY:  Help me, Jack.  I don't know what's happening to me.  I'm
changing.  I can feel it.  I can hear everything.  I hear the
servants at the other end of the house whispering.  I hear mice
in the attic stomping like elephants.  But I'm having horrible
nightmares, Jack.  The eyes!  Oh, Jack. SEWARD:  I'm here, Lucy.  Nothing will harm you.               Seward injects Lucy with morphine LUCY:  Owww. SEWARD:  Let it work.  Lucy. LUCY:  Oh, Jack.  Kiss me.               Seward gives Lucy a peck on the lips
      Outside, Morris and Holmwood ride up on horseback MORRIS:  And may I say Miss Lucy is hotter than a June bride
riding bareback buck-naked in the middle of the... HOLMWOOD:  I would watch my colonial tongue, if I were you.                   They get off their horses
              Dr. Seward exits from the front door HOLMWOOD:  Hello again.  And how is our lovely patient today? SEWARD:  Well, frankly, Arthur, I'm confounded. MORRIS:  Oh, Jack, are you still brooding over Miss Lucy? SEWARD:  I can only conclude it must be something mental. HOLMWOOD:  How very drole.  Did you hear that, Quince?  Last
week he wants to marry her, and now he wants to have her
committed.  Let's go have a look at her, shall we?         Holmwood, Seward and Morris enter the parlour
                Lucy lies on the couch, wheezing SEWARD:  I'm at a loss, I admit.  I've taken the liberty of
cabling Abraham Van Helsing, a metaphysician philosopher. MORRIS:  Sounds like a goddam witchdoctor to me, Jack. SEWARD:  Van Helsing knows more about obscure diseases than any
man in the world.  He's my teacher and mentor. HOLMWOOD:  Do it, man.  Bring him here.  Spare no expense Exit Seward, Morris and Holmwood                             LONDON
                          MEANWHILE
                    The London Cinematograph
            Dracula and Mina watch a cinematomovie DRACULA:  Astounding!  There are no limits to science. MINA:  How can you call this science?  Do you think Madame
Currie would invite such comparisons?  Really!  I shouldn't have
come here.  I must go.                       Mina turns to leave
                  Dracula holds her by the arm DRACULA:  Do not fear me.   He steers her into a back room and makes her lie on a couch
                      He leans over her MINA:  Stop this!  Stop this! DRACULA:  (speaks in Romanian) MINA:  God, who are you?  I know you! DRACULA:  I have crossed oceans of time to find you.     Dracula's vampire teeth elongate but he resists biting
                        Enter white wolf
            Cinematograph patrons scatter in fear
                      Wolf snarls at Mina DRACULA:  (Calls to wolf in Romanian)  Come here, Mina.                         Mina pets wolf DRACULA:  He likes you.  There is much to be learned from beasts.                               KENT
                        LATER THAT NIGHT
              The Front Gate at Hillingham Estate
                  Dracula's carriage drives up
      Mina exits carriage and reluctantly enters the gates TELEGRAM FROM JACK SEWARD TO ABRAHAM VAN HELSING:  ...do not
lose an hour.  A dear friend near death.  A disease of the blood
unknown to all medical theory.  I am in desparate need.  Jack
Seward.                             LONDON
                          THE NEXT DAY
                A classroom at a Medical College
Dr. Abraham Van Helsing displays a vampire bat to medical
                            students HELSING:              the vampire bat must consume 10 times its
own weight in fresh blood each day or its own blood cells will
die.  Cute little vermin, Ja?  Blood and the diseases of the
blood such as syphillis will concern us here.  The very name
'venereal diseases', the 'diseases of Venus', imputes to them
divine origin.  They are involved in that sex problem about
which the ethics and ideals of Christian civilization are
concerned.  In fact, civilization and syphillization have
advanced together.                         Enter Assistant
              He hands an envelope to Van Helsing HELSING:  What is this? ASSISTANT:  It's from the telegraph, Professor.                 Van Helsing reads the telegram HELSING:  Hmm, thank you.  Gentlemen, thank you, that will be
all.
 
 MEANWHILE
                    T R A N S Y L V A N I A
                        Castle Dracula JONATHAN HARKER'S JOURNAL:  Dawn.  These may be the last words I
write in this journal.  Dracula has left me with these women,
these devils of the pit.  They drain my blood to keep me weak,
barely alive so I cannot escape.  I will try one last time today
to escape to the water.  There must be passageway to the river
and then away from this cursed land where the devil and his
children still walk with earthly feet.                         E N G L A N D                               KENT
                          THAT EVENING
                      Hillingham Estate
      Dracula arrives at the patio doors to Lucy's bedroom
            Van Helsing arrives at the front door FROM VAN HELSING'S NOTES:  For the record, I do attest that at
this point I Abraham Van Helsing became personally involved with
these strange events.                           In the foyer
            Van Helsing is greeted by Jack Seward SEWARD:  Professor Van Helsing, how good of you to come! HELSING:  I always come to my friends in need when they call me.
 So, Jack, tell me everything about your case. SEWARD:  She has all the usual physical anemic signs. HELSING:  Ja. SEWARD:  Her blood analyzes normal and yet it is not.  She
manifests continued blood loss but I cannot trace the cause. HELSING:  Blood loss? How? LUCY:  (Screams)           Van Helsing and Seward run to Lucy's bedroom
                    Exit Dracula's shadow HELSING:  My God, close the door.                 Seward closes the patio doors
                    Helsing examines Lucy HELSING:  My God, she's only a child.  (He notices bites on
neck)  Ja, my God.  There's no time to be lost.  There must be a
transfusion at once.  Take off your coat.  You remember how to
tie a tourniquet, don't you, or have you forgotten? SEWARD:  You've perfected a procedure? HELSING:  Perfected, no.  I've only experimented        .
Animals, goats, sheeps.  If hemolysis occurs in the blood or the
serum, her red blood cells will explode.  She will die.  Here,
take this tube.         Arthur Holmwood bursts through the bedroom door HOLMWOOD:  What in God's name is going on up here? SEWARD:  This is Professor Van Helsing, Art. HOLMWOOD:  Well, what the hell is he doing to Lucy.? SEWARD:  He's trying to save her life. HOLMWOOD:  Good God. HELSING:  You're the fiance?  Please, please, take off your
coat.  This young lady is very ill, she's dying, she wants
blood, and blood she must have.  Take off your coat. SEWARD:  Roll up your sleeve, Arthur. ARTHUR:  Oh, God. HELSING:  Roll it up! SEWARD:  This may hurt a little, Art.     Seward inserts a needle into a vein in Holmwood's arm HOLMWOOD:  OW!  Forgive me, sir.  My life is hers.  I would give
my last drop of blood to save her. HELSING:  Your last drop?  Thank you, you are very welcomed
here.  I do not ask as much as that--not yet. SEWARD:  Hold her hand.         Seward inserts needle into a vein in Lucy's arm                       LATER THAT EVENING
                        In the garden
              Enter Seward, Holmwood and Morris HOLMWOOD:  But Jack, that poor creature has had the blood of two
men put into her already. MORRIS:  Man alive, her whole body couldn't hold that much
blood.  What took it out?                       Enter Van Helsing HELSING:  That's a good question, Mr. Morris. SEWARD:  Those marks on her throat.  No disease, no trituration,
I'm sure the blood loss occurred there. HELSING:  Oh?  Where did the blood go?  You were once a careful
student, Jack.  Use your brain.  Where did the blood go, tell me. SEWARD:  The bed clothes would be covered in blood. HELSING:  Exactly.  You do not let your eyes see nor your ears
hear that which you cannot account for. SEWARD:  Something just went up there, sucked it out of her, and
flew away, I suppose? HELSING:  Ja, why not? ARTHUR:  That's brilliant.  That's absolutely brilliant.  Will
one of you learned doctors, or whatever you are, kindly tell me
what is going on with my Lucy? HELSING:  Jack, you are a scientist.  You do not think that
there are things in this universe which you cannot understand
and which are true--mesmerism, hypnotism... SEWARD (turning away):  You and Charcot have proved hypnotism! HELSING (his voice
fading):...telekinesis...materialization...astral bodies... SEWARD:  Professor? HOLMWOOD:  Where the hell did he go? HELSING:  See? SEWARD:  I feel like a blundering novice. HELSING:  Gentlemen, we're not fighting some disease here.
Those marks on your dear Miss Lucy's neck were made by something
unspeakable out there, dead but not dead.  It stalks us for some
dread purpose I do not yet comprehend.  To live, it feeds on
Lucy's precious blood.  It is a beast, a monster.                           AFTERNOON
                        Lucy's bedroom
                          Lucy sleeps
                    Mina watches over her MINA (to herself):  What is happening to Lucy and to me?  When I
was younger, my feelings were never troubled.  I wish I were
myself again, the sensible Mina I've always depended on.                             LONDON
                        EARLY EVENING
              At a private table in a restaurant
                Dracula pours a drink for Mina DRACULA:  Absinthe is the aphrodisiac of the soul.  The green
fury who lives in the absinthe wants your soul.  But you are
safe with me. MINA:  Tell me, Prince, tell me of your home. DRACULA:  The most beautiful place in all creation. MINA:  Yes, it must be.  A land beyond a great, vast forest
surrounded by majestic mountains, lush vineyards, and flowers of
such frailty and beauty as to be found nowhere else. DRACULA:  You describe my home as if you had seen it firsthand. MINA:  It's your voice, perhaps.  It's so familiar.  It's like
a...it's like a voice in a dream I cannot place, and it comforts
me when I am alone.  And what of the princess? DRACULA:  Princess? MINA:  There is always a princess with gowns flowing white.  Her
face...her face is the river.  The princess, she is the river
filled with tears and with sadness and with heartbreak. DRACULA:  There was a princess...Elisabeta.  She was the most
radiant woman in all the empires of the world.  Man's deceit
took her from her ancient prince.  She leapt to her death into the river that you spoke of.  In my mother's tongue, it is
called "Artzeche (or Arges?)", River Princess.                           MEANWHILE
                    T R A N S Y L V A N I A                         Castle Dracula
        Harker climbs out a window, moves along a ledge
                and plunges into the river below
    He follows the river upstream and comes upon a convent                       SEVERAL DAYS LATER
                        E N G L A N D                               KENT
                      Hillingham Estate
              In the garden, Mina reads a letter LETTER FROM SISTER AGATHA TO MINA MURRAY:  Dear Madam, your
fiance is safe and in the care of the good sisters of the
blessed sacrement.  Mr. Harker believes your life is in extreme
danger, and he desires with all urgency that you join him here
so that you may immediately be married.  Yours with all
blessings, Sister Agatha. MINA:  My sweet Prince.  Jonathan must never know of us.         Mina runs up the stairs to Lucy's bedroom door MINA:  Lucy!  Lucy!             Van Helsing and Seward intercept Mina HELSING:  Abraham Van Helsing. MINA:  Dr. Van Helsing. VAN HELSING:  You are Madam Mina, dear friend to our Lucy, Ja? MINA:  How is she, doctor? VAN HELSING:  She is still very weak.  She tells me of your
beloved Jonathan Harker and your worry for him.  Well, I too
worry for all young lovers.  (He holds her as if to dance)  La
de da da.  The darkness is not the Light, my child, and there
are Lights.  You are one of the Lights, dear Mina, the Light of
all Light.  Go now, see your friend.               Mina and Seward enter Lucy's room
                        Lucy lies in bed LUCY:  You look different, Mina, you look positively radiant.
You've heard from Jonathan, haven't you? MINA:  Yes.  He's safe, Lucy.  He's in a convent in Romania.
He's suffering from a violent brain fever.  The good sisters are
caring for them.  They wrote to me and they say he needs me but
I won't go.  I'm not going to leave you. LUCY:  Mina, you've got to go to him.  You've got to love him
and marry him right then and there.  And I want you to take
this, my sister.             Lucy takes off a ring from her finger
                      and hands it to Mina MINA:  No. LUCY:  It's my wedding gift to you. MINA:  No, Lucy, no. LUCY:  Don't worry aout spoiled little Lucy.  I'll be all right.
 Tell Jonathan oceans of love.                         Mina kisses Lucy
                      Enter Quincey Morris MORRIS:  How is she?             Mina places flowers on Lucy's bedtable LUCY (begins to writhe and pull at garlic cloves tied around her
neck):  Oh, oh.  This is why I can't breathe! HELSING (springs to Lucy's side):  Lucy, Lucy.  It's
medicinal...to help you sleep, Lucy.  It's for the bad dreams. LUCY:  It's garlic!  It's nothing but garlic. SEWARD:  Lucy, Quincey's here.  Quincey's here to see you.  (To
Mina)  Tell Franz to get some brandy. LUCY:  Oh, Quincey.
MORRIS:  Now, Miss Lucy, you just rest easy.  Arthur sent me to
take care of you.  He said if you don't get better right quick I
have to put you out of your misery like a lame horse. LUCY:  Quincey, you're such a beast.  Will you kiss me, Quincey?
 Kiss me.                   Morris bends to kiss Lucy
                    She bites at his neck
      Van Helsing pulls Morris away and holds Lucy down MORRIS:  You old coot! LUCY:  Get off me! VAN HELSING:  Lucy, listen to me.  Sleep, sleep now, sleep.
There, there.  (He looks at the fangs in her gums)  Ja.
Nosferatu.
LONDON
                            LATER
                      Van Helsing's study
            Van Helsing reads from the book Vampyre
HELSING:  "Here occurs the shocking and frightening history of
the wild berserker, Prince Dracula, how he impaled people and
roasted them, boiled their heads in a kettle, how he skinned
them alive and hacked them to pieces and then drank their
blood."  Ja, Dracul!  Her blood is the life.                           MEANWHILE
                      In the restaurant
                Dracula awaits Mina's arrival
                          Enter Waitor
                  He hands a note to Dracula NOTE FROM MINA TO PRINCE VLAD:  My dearest Prince, forgive me.
I have received word from my fiance in Romania.  I am en route
to join him.  We are to be married.  I will never see you again.
 Mina. DRACULA:  (Cries) ----------------------------------------------------------------
            On a boat crossing the English Channel
              Mina throws mementos into the ocean MINA (to herself):  It's odd but I feel almost that my strange
friend is with me.  He speaks to me in my thoughts.  With him, I
felt more alive than ever I had.  And now, without him, soon to
be a bride, I feel confused and lost.  Perhaps, though I try to
be good, I am bad.  Perhaps I am a bad, inconstant woman.
----------------------------------------------------------------                             LONDON
                          MEANWHILE
                      In the restaurant DRACULA (crying):  Winds!  Winds!                       Van Helsing's Study
                  Winds blow out the candles HELSING:  It is the cause.  It is the cause, my soul.  It is
Dracula, the undead, the foe I have pursued all my life.               Helsing rushes to Hillingham Estate HELSING:  Dracula!  Jack, hurry, I have much to tell you.             Quincey Morris comes out the front door HELSING:  Guard her well, Mr. Morris.  Do not fail here tonight.
 We are giving the forces beyond all human experience an
enormous power.  So guard her well, otherwise your precious Lucy
will become a bitch of the devil, a whore of darkness. MORRIS:  Well you're a sick old buzzard! HELSING:  Hear me out, young man.  Lucy is not a random victim
attacked by mere accident, do you understand?  No, she is the
willing recruit, a breathless follower, a wanton follower, I
dare say, a devoted disciple and the devil's concubine, do you