Read by Jeffrey Combs

Jeffrey Combs gives an electrifying performance in "Nevermore, An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe". Recorded before a live audience in Boston, Poe, with all of his passions, foibles, aspirations, and demons, comes vividly to life in this bravura, one-person play. Playwright Dennis Paoli expertly weaves Poe's actual words, from letters and essays, with select poems and tales, and let's Poe tell his own story. With Combs' full-blooded performance, Poe is brought to exciting life - - imagine that you are in the audience listening to Poe give one of his famous lectures in 1848, and on display is Poe's humor, sadness, genius, ego, and indomitable spirit! Director Stuart Gordon guides the proceedings with a gentle touch, revealing the humanity, the triumph and the tragedy, of America's great poet and teller-of-tales, Edgar Allan Poe. Playwright Dennis Paoli expertly weaves Poe's actual words, from letters and essays, with select poems and tales, and let's Poe tell his own story. With Combs' full-blooded performance, Poe is brought to exciting life - - imagine that you are in the audience listening to Poe give one of his famous lectures in 1848, and on display is Poe's humor, sadness, genius, ego, and indomitable spirit! Director Stuart Gordon guides the proceedings with a gentle touch, revealing the humanity, the triumph and the tragedy, of America's great poet and teller-of-tales, Edgar Allan Poe. Dennis Paoli has written for film, TV, and the stage. Feature films include "Re-Animator" (1985), "From Beyond" (1986), "Dagon" (2001). Screenplays include "The Dentist" (1996), and the Masters of Horror episode "The Black Cat" (2007) for Showtime. As a playwright, works include "Bleacher Bums", "Re-Animator The Musical", and "Nevermore, An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe". Mr. Paoli was a teacher and administrator at Hunter College of the City University of New York, until his retirement, having taught Gothic and Irish Literature, and 20th century drama. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. His most famous works include the poems "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee". Poe's most well-known tales include "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat"

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