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October 18, 2009
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Theatre KAPOW presents Alone: Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe
October 27, 2009
theatre KAPOW joins in the year-long celebration of writer Edgar Allan Poe’s 200th birthday with a free performance of Alone: Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe. The performance on October 27 at 7.30 pm at the Dana Center at Saint Anselm College is sponsored by the college English Department.
This stage-adaptation of works by Poe was written and newly revised by New Hampshire native Brian Kennedy, who stars in the title role. Alone: Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe includes such gothic classics as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of Usher, and The Cask of Amontillado, as well as the poems The Raven and Annabel Lee and more.
Poe is a major American literary figure, a prolific essayist, poet, critic, and short-story writer. His influence on our culture of letters is immense, even foundational. He invented the detective story, he helped to perfect the short-story genre in this country, and his works are seminal to modern horror and science fiction. “The dark intensity of his work, the strength of his literary voice, lends itself to dramatization - the vividness of his imagery is undeniable,” said Kennedy.
The free performance is Tuesday, October 27 at 7:30 pm at the Dana Center at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH.
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