Poe Performances 2009 - Poe International: The International Edgar A Poe Society

Midnightdreary · Senior Member

RE: Poe Performances 2009

Date: Dec 30, 2008

Hear! Hear! Yes, I wholly agree...they should list murder as a possible cause of death.

monday love · Veteran Member

Looking forward to this!

I liked this in Poe's little bio on the website:

He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.

This needs to be said more often. Poe was not some sob-sister poet maudit. He earned his living through writing, and, as both writer and editor, he was often extremely successful. The positive needs to be pointed up more.

I was a little disappointed, however, when, in that same bio, they listed the possible causes of Poe's death and did not include 'murder.' This easily tops the list of possible causes.

Midnightdreary · Senior Member

http://broadwayworld.com/article/Celebrate_Poes_Bicentennial_With_Radiotheater_Starting_125_20081218

Radiotheater NYC presents performances of SEVENTEEN different Poe works throughout 2009. The web site doesn't say much about the adaptations, but the schedule will be one per month, including "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "Morella," "Berenice" (yay!), "The Premature Burial," "William Wilson" - and even two poems, "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee."

This sounds pretty exciting - I hope they do a good job with it, especially those poems (how do they become full-length plays?).

Feel free to comment on their selections too. And if anyone gets to see one, let us know how it was!