Category: Theater

One could hardly expect someone like Flora Lawson to resist the urge to adapt Le Fanu’s Carmilla into a stage play. Given the dearth of vampiress roles, Mrs. Lawson frequently has to adapt in order to play the type of role she obviously relishes. I must say, this work — perhaps because of the lack…

August 19, 1898, The Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly I fear I review this piece with some small measure of shame, as this work is not what one might call high-minded. On the other hand, the acting was quite good! Flora Lawson, wife of acclaimed violinist Abraham Lawson, performs as the titular “vampiress.” Mrs. Lawson plays the…