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Young nun Béatrice leaves her convent with Lorenzo, but he is unfaithful and abandons her. Disguised as a dancer, she believes she has caused a man’s death and returns in remorse; the Virgin, who took her place in the convent, forgives her and restores her to the sisterhood.
Shipwrecked pirate Gualtiero arrives near the castle of Ernesto, who married Gualtiero’s former beloved Imogene under threat to her father. Imogene shelters the strangers but hides her recognition of Gualtiero. The former lovers meet and declare that they still love each other, while Ernesto discovers them and challenges Gualtiero. Ernesto dies in their fight, and Gualtiero gives himself up to the knights; Imogene descends into madness as he is sentenced to death.
Lord Ruthven, believed dead, returns disguised as the Earl of Marsden and is arranged to marry Lady Margaret, whom he intends to kill for her blood. After Ruthven also targets Effie, Margaret's father and Robert confront him; the vampire is destroyed at sunrise. Planché recasts the vampire as an elegant aristocrat and uses a stage trapdoor for his entrances and exits.
Young nun Béatrice leaves her convent with Lorenzo, but he is unfaithful and abandons her. Disguised as a dancer, she believes she has caused a man’s death and returns in remorse; the Virgin, who took her place in the convent, forgives her and restores her to the sisterhood.
Shipwrecked pirate Gualtiero arrives near the castle of Ernesto, who married Gualtiero’s former beloved Imogene under threat to her father. Imogene shelters the strangers but hides her recognition of Gualtiero. The former lovers meet and declare that they still love each other, while Ernesto discovers them and challenges Gualtiero. Ernesto dies in their fight, and Gualtiero gives himself up to the knights; Imogene descends into madness as he is sentenced to death.
Lord Ruthven, believed dead, returns disguised as the Earl of Marsden and is arranged to marry Lady Margaret, whom he intends to kill for her blood. After Ruthven also targets Effie, Margaret's father and Robert confront him; the vampire is destroyed at sunrise. Planché recasts the vampire as an elegant aristocrat and uses a stage trapdoor for his entrances and exits.