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Renfield's Page

I felt that Dracula's renegade lackey needed a page of his own.

Dedicated to R. M. Renfield, aetat 59.

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"A kitten, a nice little, sleek, playful kitten, that I can play with, and teach, and feed - and feed - and feed!"

New! Who is Renfield?

Actors Who Have Portrayed Renfield:
Alexander Granach (as "Knock")
Bernard Jukes
Dwight Frye
Pablo Alvarez Rubio
Klaus Kinski
Jack Shepherd
Tony Haygarth
Arte Johnson
Roland Topor
Tom Waits
Peter MacNicol
Brent Neale

Word of the Day:
Zo*oph*a*gous (adj.) Feeding on animals.

Something New ... A Quote (and a Book!) I Think Renfield Would Like ...
"When the plantations are cut down, why should this delicacy [tree grubs] be wasted? If foolishly rejected at the tables of the rich, these larvae should be a joy to the woodman's family, and a reward for the toil of the breadwinner ... Even the strong-stomached and hungry sailor will rap his sea-biscuit on the table to shake out the worms before eating it. Let him shake out the worms, by all means, but let him collect them, fry in lard, and spread the dainty upon his biscuit."
--from Why Not Eat Insects? (1885) by Vincent Holt

spiderRenfield's Favorite Sites:

Dwight Frye at the Internet Movie Database and at Cine Fantastico (in Spanish)
Cicada Mania discusses the freaky little loud bugs that some people think are good eatin' ...
NPR's cicada recipes, including "El Chirper Tacos" and "Cicada Rhubarb Pie"
Iowa State University's Tasty Insect Recipes
Alice Cooper's Ballad of Dwight "Fry"
killerplants Presents Renfield's Garden
Dictionary of Victorian London
Wikipedia's Renfield Definition (yes, apparently there's a card game called Renfield)
SciFi.com
Great Ideas in Personality
Vertebrate Flight Exhibit
Woodlouse Recipes
The Dapper Rat
Voice of the Shuttle - Victorian
Find A Grave
The Old Farmer's Almanac
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet

The Quotable Renfield:

stained glassthe soul"I don't want to talk to you: you don't count now; the Master is at hand."

"The ancients did well when they typified the soul as a butterfly!"

"I am here to do Your bidding, Master."

"I don't take any stock in cats. I have more to think of now, and I can wait; I can wait."

"All over! all over! He has deserted me. No hope for me now unless I do it for myself!"

"Yes! The flies like it, too, and I like the flies; therefore I like it."

"Rats, larry rats, moe rats!" curly

"You're not the girl the doctor wanted to marry, are you? You can't be, you know, for she's dead."

"Since I myself have been an inmate of a lunatic asylum, I cannot but notice that the sophistic tendencies of some of its inmates lean towards the errors of non causae and ignoratio elenchi."

"Goodbye, my dear. I pray God I may never see your sweet face again. May He bless you and keep you!"

"Lord Godalming, I had the honour of seconding your father at the Windham ... Mr Morris, you should be proud of your great state ... What shall any man say of his pleasure at meeting Van Helsing?"

"I take witness that I am as sane as at least the majority of men who are in full possession of their liberties. And I am sure that you, Dr Seward, will deem it a moral duty to deal with me as one to be considered as under exceptional circumstances."

drip ... "The blood is the life! the blood is the life!" Drip ...

"If I am refused, the responsibility does not rest with me."

"You will, I trust, Dr Seward, do me the justice to bear in mind, later on, that I did what I could to convince you tonight."

"I don't want an elephant's soul, or, any soul at all!"

"When Mrs Harker came to see me this afternoon she wasn't the same; it was like tea after the teapot had been watered."

"There was a red cloud before me, and a noise like thunder, and the mist seemed to steal away under the door."

crawlin'

I'll try to venture in here and update when I get the chance. As you all know, there's a lot to be said about Renfield ...

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