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)

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