Whitby Abbey celebrates Dracula's birthday with a bat screening
Whitby Abbey celebrates Dracula's birthday with a bat screening
Image source, English Heritage
Images of bats s are projected onto Whitby Abbey as part of events to mark the 125th anniversary of the publication of Dracula.
Whitby and its ruined abbey are key locations from Bram Stoker's 1897 novel.
< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">English Heritage, which runs the abbey, said a Dracula-themed theater act will be played in the ruins each evening.
The organization said the screening also acknowledges that the ruins of the abbey are home to a colony of bats, a protected species.
In the Dracula novel, Whitby Abbey was where Count Dracula lands and it is referenced in the protagonist's journal from the novel Mina Harker.
A large dog climbs the 199 steps that lead to the abbey after the navi re carrying the Count's coffin.
Images of bats s are projected onto Whitby Abbey as part of events to mark the 125th anniversary of the publication of Dracula.
Whitby and its ruined abbey are key locations from Bram Stoker's 1897 novel.
< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">English Heritage, which runs the abbey, said a Dracula-themed theater act will be played in the ruins each evening.
The organization said the screening also acknowledges that the ruins of the abbey are home to a colony of bats, a protected species.
In the Dracula novel, Whitby Abbey was where Count Dracula lands and it is referenced in the protagonist's journal from the novel Mina Harker.
A large dog climbs the 199 steps that lead to the abbey after the navi re carrying the Count's coffin.
Image source, English Heritage
