Season One Finale! This story has been adapted into several international motion pictures (including one as recently as 2008), and was the musical subject of the world-famous progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project. It is widely applauded as among the first works in American fiction to criticize the poor treatment of the mentally ill in the 1800s. As one of Poe’s best-known satirical efforts, the original story is available unedited in audiobook form on a wide range of digital platforms around the world.
In 1903, The Theatre du Grand Guignol in Paris produced a gruesome black comedy adaptation of this famous and noteworthy Edgar Allan Poe story, which the author titled, The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether. The stage play was known in France as The System of Doctor Goudron and Professor Plume. We’ve translated this play from the original French, and adapted it specifically for audio drama (the original title is retained in this recording.)
We’ve called back some of our past season’s asylum characters in this one. Can you identify the episodes and any lines from those earlier programs?
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue
"The Bells," read by Helen Atkinson Wood
The Fall of the House of Usher, Part Two
The Fall of the House of Usher, Part One
Hop Frog
Never Bet the Devil Your Head, Part Two
Never Bet the Devil Your Head, Part One
Poe Theatre On The Air - Edgar Allan, Part Two
Poe Theatre On The Air - Edgar Allan, Part One
Poe Theatre On The Air - Eldorado
Poe Theatre On The Air - The Premature Burial
Poe Theatre on The Air - The Raven
Poe Theatre On The Air - A Descent into the Maelstrom
Poe Theatre on the Air - The Oval Portrait
Poe Theatre on The Air - The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
Poe Theatre on the Air - A Predicament
Poe Theatre on the Air - Berenice
Poe Theatre on the Air - The Cask of Amontillado
Poe Theatre on the Air - Morella
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