A Trio of Poe...Readers Theatre
By Paul Caywood
A Trio of Poe...Readers Theatre is a one-act play that needs 10 performers (4 women, 6 men). Licensed by Eldridge Publishing.
- Type
- one-act play
- Cast size
- 10 performers
- Roles
- 4 women, 6 men
- Cast notes
- 6 m, 4 w
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- reader theatre
- Licensor
- Eldridge Publishing
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Synopsis
Edgar Allan Poe is called an American literary genius and here are three of his short stories dramatized for Reader's Theatre. “The Masque of the Red Death" is a fantastic tale of how, after half the people of his country have died, Prince Prospero gathers knights and ladies to his castle and locks the doors to avoid the devastating “red death” disease. In "The Cask of Amontillado" we find that if a man seeks revenge, there are many ways to do it. In "Lionizing" Poe mocks authors who get recogni
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