The Dracula you've never heard of: Canadian TV, zero budget, maximum atmosphere.
This 1973 Canadian TV movie adaptation of DRACULA played on CBC's Purple Playhouse program. Norman Welsh plays the vampire count that resembles Stoker's original vision for the character.
Acting
Norman Welsh's theatrical, old-school Count—think community theater Lugosi.
Production
Purple Playhouse budget constraints create accidental surrealism.
Director
Jack Nixon-Browne
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Purple Playhouse was CBC's attempt at 'prestige' literary adaptations, often with Canadian actors performing classic roles on shoestring budgets.
Blair Brown would later star in 'The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd' and 'Orange Is the New Black'—this was early TV work.
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