

Telltale Heart, The
Edgar Allan Poe
Part of volume, Three Viewings .
THE STORY: TELL-TALE is the story of Emil, the mild-mannered undertaker whose unspoken passion for a local real-estate woman who comes to all his funerals leads him to commit crimes and plot a way to confess his true feelings before time—and bodies—run out.
"Hatcher's three brief, intermissionless playlets have the merits and liabilities of that style of American short-story writing which started with O. Henry and, from the careful set-up to the ironic payoff, has never really ended."
— New York Post
| Character |
|---|
| EMIL A middle-aged man in a conservative suit |
| MAC A woman in her 30s or 40s dressing in black and waring many sparkling rings |
| VIRGINIA A woman in her late 50s or 60s with a cigarette and a lighter |
Tell-Tale is a comedy play written by Jeffrey Hatcher and published by Dramatists Play Service .
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