
Poe’s Existentialism by Gaslight
The Completely Fictional-Utterly True-Final Strange Tale of Edgar Allan Poe by Stephen Thorne, Trinity Repertory Company, Dowling Theater, 5/6/11-6/11/11, http://www.trinityrep.com/on_stage/current_season/ST.php.
Reviewed by Becca Kidwell
Something delightfully macabre is happening at Trinity Rep. Even Edgar Allan Poe is beside himself–literally. Stephen Thorne spins an atmospheric tale that combines true facts, speculation, and gothic fiction in his new play The Completely Fictional-Utterly True-Final Strange Tale of Edgar Allan Poe. Trinity Rep’s world premiere entices the senses, questions reality, questions meaning, and ushers in a new form of ghost story. Read more “The Completely Fictional-Utterly True-Final Strange Tale of Edgar Allan Poe: Once Upon A Critic”