Nathaniel Drablow (12 August 1882 – 29 Oct 1889) is a character from the Woman in Black. He was the son of the Woman in Black. He was riding in a horse trap with his aunt, his nanny and Keckwick's father when it got stuck in mud. Nathaniel, his nanny and Keckwick's father got trapped under the mud and drowned. They died in 1889.
Nathaniel in a family photo.
| Nathaniel Drablow | |
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Age |
7 |
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Played by |
Ashley Foster |
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Gender |
Male |
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Cause of death |
Fell into mud and drowned while out for a ride in a horse trap. |
Difference from the novel[]
In the novel Nathaniel grew very attached to Jennet, when she came to live with him and her sister Alice and Alice’s husband. He also found out that she was his real mother. Jennet planned to take him and run away together. After he drowned in the marshes along with his nanny his body was recovered and buried at the graveyard near Eel Marsh House. His ghost never is seen in the novel, except sometimes people hear his screams, along with horse trap drowning in the marshes.
Gallery[]
A muddy Nathaniel.
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Nathaniel falling into the mud.