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FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
ISBN: 978-1-60003-082-6
Type: One Act
Genres: Drama, Classics
Themes: Classic Adaptations, Death, Literature
Duration: 60 minutes
Speaking Cast: 2 females, 2 males, 4 either (8 total cast)
SYNOPSIS: Heeding the plea of his old friend, Roderick Usher, William Benson travels to the haunted House of Usher, where the very stones are alive with voices of trapped ancestors desperate for release. There, things are not quite as they seem. Roderick's sister, the beautiful Madeleine, seems to die, and Roderick is seized by the paranoid dread of what seems to be an imagined event but one that actually shows itself at the heart-pounding climax of the play. Benson gets caught up and barely survives as the macabre Usher fate finally comes to pass. An adaptation that will delight modern actors and audiences as it remains faithful to the language, atmosphere and psychological insight of the Poe classic tale of terror.
The Jester's Court Players Ridgway, CO Bas Bleu Theatre Fort Collins, CO University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI Glenrock High School Glenrock, WY Seneca High School Theater Seneca, SC Seneca Senior High School Seneca, SC theater department Murrieta, CA Frisco High School Frisco, TX Beulah High School Drama Beulah, ND Winthrop High School Winthrop, MA South Broward High School Hollywood, FL Two Saucy Wenches theater Group Edmond, OK creek wood high school charlotte, TN Clear Spring High School Clear Spring, MD Stratford Central Secondary School Stratford, ON, Canada Piedra Vista School Farmington, NM
This adaptation will delight modern actors, directors and audiences as it remains faithful to the language, atmosphere and psychological insight of the Poe classic. For high schools, it is an ideal accompaniment to the study of Edgar Allan Poe and to the reading of one of his best known stories.
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