Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology
by Charles Aidman, Edgar Lee Masters, Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn

Name: Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology
Brand: Charles Aidman
SKU: 9780573615702
Rating: 3.87 (200 reviews)

Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology Cover

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

Ensemble CastAmerican

What readers are saying

Readers have mixed feelings about the adaptation of Spoon River Anthology. While many appreciate its poetic nature and character richness, some criticize the emotional depth and direction of the play. The storytelling through epitaphs is often highlighted as a unique approach, yet not all find it fully compelling on stage.

Unique storytelling through epitaphsRich character vignettesPoetic and poignant momentsLacks emotional through lineFeels like a monologue book

Synopsis

Charles Aidman, conceived from Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology Dramatic Platform Readings w/incidental music, songs Characters: 3 male, 2 female Bare Stage.

Via musical interludes, we are introduced in a cemetery to the ghosts of those who were inhabitants of this town, and whose secrets have gone with them to the grave.

There are 60 odd characterizations and vignettes in this constantly interesting entertainment offering an amazingly varied array of roles and impersonations, from young lovers and preachers and teachers to the funny chronicle of the poor mixed up Jew who ends up in the wrong cemetery.

Both the solid and humorous sides of life are portrayed, with fetching ballads, and the free verse form of Masters.

"A dramatic presentation reduced to its simplest terms.... moving and beautiful....

An evening of astonishingly stirring emotional satisfaction."

-N.Y.

Post "A glowing theatre experience.... A brooding and loving American folk poem brought to life on a stage."-N.Y.

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Press Reviews

"A dramatic presentation reduced to its simplest terms [...] moving and beautiful [...] An evening of astonishingly stirring emotional satisfaction."
— New York Post

"A glowing theatre experience [...] A brooding and loving American folk poem brought to life on a stage."
— The New York Times

Available Editions

Format	Publisher	Year	Pages	ISBN-13	Price
[electronic Resource] /	—	—	214	9780585010588	—
Audio	—	2002	—	9781572702790	—
Audio Cassette	—	2002	—	9781572702783	—
Board Book	—	1963	297	9780025817401	—
eBook	—	2004	—	9781595474087	—
Electronic Resource	—	2008	—	9781440635298	—
Electronic Resource	—	2008	—	9781436213882	—
Electronic Resource	—	2008	—	9781436213912	—
Hardcover	—	2005	248	9781414236827	—
Hardcover	—	2018	124	9781515427483	—
Hardcover	—	2018	128	9781387941650	—
Hardcover	—	2000	—	9781567230758	—
Paperback	Samuel French	1994	58	9780573615702	Buy
Paperback	—	2006	112	9781406946130	—
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