History Theatre / DraculaEntreLamourEtLaMort

* AdaptationalNationality: This adaptation has Dracula as a Wallachian character, whereas he is Transylvanian in the book. This is due to the misconception that Dracula isthe historical Vlad III Dracula ''was'' Wallachian. Meanwhile, it is strongly implied that the members of the FiveManBand are Canadian French, while most of them are British in the book.

* AdaptationalNationality: This adaptation has Dracula as a Wallachian character, whereas he is Transylvanian in the book. Justified, as the historical Vlad III Dracula ''was'' Wallachian. Meanwhile, it is strongly implied that the members of the FiveManBand are Canadian French, while most of them are British in the book.

* EnthrallingSiren: Dracula's three concubines, who conveniently call themselves the sirens of Vetala[[note]]"Vetala" being a type of vampiric being from folklore.[[/note]]. Renfield calls them the "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Army of Darkness]]".

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Fully played out in ''Nous Sommes Ce Que Nous Sommes'', in which Count Vallachia [[InvokedTrope invokes]] it by [[DiscussedTrope discussing]] NotSoDifferent. Later, [[spoiler: vampires are implied to be AlwaysChaoticEvil because they are human, only BeneathTheMask]].

* NotSoDifferent: The ''Nous Sommes Ce Que Nous Sommes'' song ends with Count Vallachia telling Jonathan and Renfield that ''we'' are creatures of darkness. Since the Count is Dracula, he was actually making the statement for both humans and vampires, but only Renfield (who noticed the Count's GlamourFailure) and the audience know it.

* AdaptationalNationality: This adaptation has Dracula as a Wallachian character, whereas he is Transylvanian in the book. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as the historical Vlad III Dracula ''was'' Wallachian. Meanwhile, it is strongly implied that the members of the FiveManBand are Canadian French, while most of them are British in the book.

** Dracula also has an AGodIAm moment in ''Cruelle et Tendre'', which is set ''before'' he becomes a vampire.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The one thing Dracula wanted was to reunite with Elhemina.

* AddledAddict: Renfield. He may have kept his job and possibly hidden his addiction from the FiveManBand, but Dracula knew it from the start and [[ExploitedTrope exploited]] it. [[spoiler: He does an overdose in ''Enfin Plus Rien'', and Dracula kills him to shorten the pain.]]

* DespairSpeech: Van Helsing sings his despair at the (first) death of Lucy in ''Pourquoi?''. Dracula does it on three occasions: the first in his solo ''Entre l'Amour et la Mort'' after becoming a vampire, the second in ''Qui Sera la Prochaine?'' the night of Lucy's burial, and the third in his second solo ''Je Suis'' after [[spoiler: killing Renfield]].

* EnthrallingSiren: Dracula's three concubines, who conveniently call themselves the sirens of Vetala[[note]]"Vetala" being a type of vampiric being from folklore.[[/note]]. Renfield calls them the "Army of Darkness".

* IAmWhatIAm: Dramatically [[InvertedTrope inverted]] in ''Je Suis'', which is about Dracula's unhappiness with his existence and how he's HisOwnWorstEnemy.
* IGaveMyWord: Dracula does this twice. After becoming a vampire, he swears to retrieve Elhemina at all costs. The next promise is made after Lucy rises from her grave, but just before Van Helsing stakes her. Dracula swears to never kill any more human [[ExactWords that isn't already sentenced]], and to stop his rampage of crimes.
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Deconstructed. Dracula initially seems to believe it in Act I, but his failure to avoid Lucy's death [[spoiler: coupled with Renfield's overdose]] pretty much convinces him that he was wrong.

* MeaningfulEcho: "Lubov Moya" is this in ''Qui Sera la Prochaine?'', the final song of Act I. To make it all the more obvious, the song features a recording of Elhemina's last words. ''Règne'', the last song of Act II, also takes some of the expressions from ''Entre l'Amour et la Mort'', but gives them a much lighter meaning.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Vampires create other of their kinds by biting a victim on the neck in a way that produces a savage growling sound. They drink blood, but the reason for it is not explained. They apparently begin with a shadow, but may [[CastsNoShadow lose it]] later on. They can MindControl human beings, can disappear in the darkness at night, have a supernatural sixth sense allowing them to track a reincarnated loved one and can cause that loved one to feel their presence and remember a past life. Sunlight or a stake through the heart is fatal to them, and the recitation of holy Christian texts painfully cripples them, making staking easier. They also host within them a demon, but the true cause of their AlwaysChaoticEvil tendencies is apparently [[spoiler: [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters their humanity]]]].

** CastsNoShadow: After becoming vampire, Dracula is shown to have a very visible shadow. In ''L'Amour Aux Deux Visages'', it's implied his shadow left him.
* HeroicBSOD: Van Helsing after finding Lucy's body, expressed with the song ''Pourquoi?''.

''Dracula, Entre l'Amour et la Mort'' is a musical retelling of Dracula's story, created by Bruno Pelletier (who plays as the eponymous Dracula) and first aired in 2006. The story begins with Vlad the Impaler marrying the [[LoveAtFirstSight love of his life]], the vampire Elhemina, who sires him before being fatally staked by a mob.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Jonathan has seen Lucy rise from the grave and being staked by Van Helsing, but later, when the Doctor mentions the historical Dracula as the culprit in Act II, Jonathan dismisses it as a legend.
* ArcWords: "Loubov Moya" [[note]][[BilingualBonus "I love you"]][[/note]], which are also Elhemina's dying words.

* EnthrallingSiren: The three sisters, or as Renfield calls them, the "Army of darkness", are defined by this. They even call themselves the sirens of Vetala[[note]]"Vetala" being a type of vampiric being[[/note]].

* TheUndead: A vampire biting an human to the neck curses the human to vampirism after her death. The only way to break the curse is to kill the vampire again, thus allowing it to pass to the afterlife, [[spoiler: become a psychopomp]], or reincarnate.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Dracula comes to realize it, [[spoiler: after indirectly causing the death of Lucy and killing Renfield.]]

!! Dracula, Entre l'Amour et la Mort contains examples of:

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Jonathan has seen Lucy rise from the grave and being staked by Van Helsing, but when the later mentions the historical Dracula as the culprit in Act II, Jonathan dismisses it as a legend.

* CrapsackWorld: Humanity is depicted as AlwaysChaoticEvil, and this trope is the main reason for Dracula's StartOfDarkness and the FiveManBand's CallToAdventure. Dracula is also partially responsible for causing this trope to happen in the present day.

** Dracula, in particular, is the host of {{Satan}}, [[spoiler: and he can resist sacred texts and staking]].

Flash-forward to 2050, when a [[FiveManBand group of five people]] come in Vallachia to investigate a serie of events that might be related, including the disappearance of many citizens, purported sights of dead people returning from the grave, and [[ThePlague the outbreak bite-transmissible viral disease]]. The investigators are [[AllLovingHero Mina Murray]] (Andrée Watters), [[IntrepidReporter Jonathan Harker]] (Sylvain Cossette), [[AddledAddict Renfield]] (Daniel Boucher), [[TokenReligiousTeammate Doctor Van Helsing]] (Pierre Flynn) and the later's daughter, [[WideEyedIdealist Lucy]] (Gabrielle Destroismaisons).

* BadassBoast: Doctor Van Helsing and Dracula during "L'Affrontement", the later of which outright goes into BlasphemousBoast territory.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: Doctor Van Helsing does not talk much until Lucy's death. He later stakes her in the chest and swears to avenge her.
* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding]]: Dracula [[spoiler: [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy confesses his unconditional love for Mina]] before [[SpurnedIntoSuicide killing himself]].]]

* HolyBurnsEvil: In "L'Affrontement", Van Helsing weakens Dracula's power [[OminousLatinChanting by reciting latin Christian texts]]. [[spoiler: Dracula fights it off and kills him anyway.]]

* OneManArmy: Dracula is one, if his BadassBoast in "L'Affrontement" is any indication.
* OneSceneTwoMonologues: In "Mystérieux Personnage", Dracula and Mina sing unrelated lyrics, giving the last line of the song a double meaning.

* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: [[spoiler: Dracula]] attempts this on [[spoiler: Renfield]]. [[spoiler: He only makes things worse, and ultimately does a MercyKilling to shorten his death by overdose]].
* TitleDrop: Dracula's first solo, "Entre l'Amour et la Mort", gives its name to the piece.

''Dracula, Entre l'Amour et la Mort'' is a musical retelling of Dracula's story, created by Bruno Pelletier (who plays as the eponymous Dracula). The story begins with Vlad the Impaler marrying the [[LoveAtFirstSight love of his life]], the vampire Elhemina, who sires him before being fatally staked by a mob.

Despite similar names, the show has little to do with Theatre/DraculaALoveStrongerThanDeath besides being adapted from the same franchise.

Flash-forward to 2050, when a [[FiveManBand group of five people]] come in Vallachia to investigate a serie of events that might be related, including the disappearance of many citizens, purported sights of dead people returning from the grave, and [[ThePlague a virus that is transmissible with a bite]]. The investigators are [[AllLovingHero Mina Murray]] (Andrée Watters), [[IntrepidReporter Jonathan Harker]] (Sylvain Cossette), [[AddledAddict Renfield]] (Daniel Boucher), [[TokenReligiousTeammate Doctor Van Helsing]] (Pierre Flynn) and the later's daughter, [[WideEyedIdealist Lucy]] (Gabrielle Destroismaisons).