Edgar Allan Poe / Terrance Mann Rene Auberjonois David Mmargulies Fionnula Flanagan Harris Yulin Isaiah Sheffer Stephen Lang
Poe! is a deliciously gripping sampling of the mad imagination of 19th century gothic master of horror and suspense murder and mayhem Edgar Allan Poe. The creepy breathtaking and soulful classic tales include: ?The Masque of the Red Death? the terrifying and ironic story of a nobleman who attempts to seal himself and his friends away from a terrible plague raging outside performed by Fionnula Flanagan (Transamerica); ?The Pit and the Pendulum? a hair-raising first-person account of a man in a torture chamber during the Spanish Inquisition performed to a fare-thee-well by Stephen Lang (Avatar); ?The Black Cat? in which a man?s dead pet comes back to haunt him performed by Tony winner Rene Auberjonois (Boston Legal). Plus there are dreamy mesmerizing and haunting readings of Poe?s wonderfully-atmospheric best-loved poems ?The Bells? ?The Raven? and ?Annabel Lee.?
