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September 13, 2009
The Edgar Allan Poe
Digital Collection
This digital archive was launched to accompany the 2009 Poe Bicentennial
exhibition, “From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan
Poe,” a joint venture of the Ransom Center and the Small
Special Collections Library, University of Virginia. The digital
collection incorporates images of all Poe manuscripts and letters at the
Ransom Center with a selection of related archival materials, two books
by Poe annotated by the author, sheet music based on his poems, and
portraits from the Ransom Center collections. Poe’s manuscripts and
letters are linked to transcriptions on the website of the Poe Society
of Baltimore.
Most of the items in the exhibition from the Harry Ransom Center
collections once belonged to William H. Koester (1888-1964).
November
Nights: A Midnight Dreary
News Release (PDF)
World Premiere by Scott Dixon |
October 29 through
November 15
The Commonweal Theatre Company will produce the world premiere of A
Midnight Dreary by resident artist Scott Dixon from October 31 -
November 15. The play is this season‘s November Nights selection -- part
of Commonweal‘s New Play Development Program.
The title of the play comes from the opening line of Poe‘s famous poem,
The Raven, and the story follows the author through a feverish dream
mixing scenes from his life and works. But is he simply lost in a
labyrinth of his own making, or being given a last chance to set things
right?
"It fits the basic rule for all our productions - it‘s a good story told
in a very unusual style," said Commonweal‘s Artistic Director Hal Cropp.
This telling of Poe‘s life centers around the ghosts that 'haunt' us as
we move through our daily lives, and ultimately what it is about our
lives that will echo on after we‘ve gone. And the questions are raised
in a manner that infuses the story with the beauty of Poe‘s poetry and
the titillation that accompanies his most famous stories.
September 1, 2009
Celebrating Edgar Allan Poe's 200th birthday in 2009.
Irvington Lodge (Indianapolis, IN)
Cabaret Poe is a full scale, "broadway style" musical featuring the
works of Edgar Allan Poe with brand new dramatization and original
music. The production blends the classic macabre fashion of Poe with
humor and fright while conjuring up most of the American literary
master's most famous stories and poems. Some of the pieces re-imagined
for the musical are The Fall of the House of Usher, The Pit and the
Pendulum, The Masque of Red Death, The Black Cat, Annabelle Lee and of
course The Raven.
Cabaret Poe will open October 2nd at the Irvington Lodge and will
continue it's fall run every weekend until Nov. 1st, making it a perfect
addition to the already jam-packed Halloween season in the neighborhood
of historic Irvington.
A NEW RAVIN' OF THE MONTH
(JULY
2009)
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