About Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) transformed the American literary landscape with his innovations in the short story genre and his haunting lyrical poetry, and he is credited with inventing American gothic horror and detective fiction. He was first published in 1827 and then began a career as a magazine writer and editor and a sharp literary critic. In 1845 the publication of his most famous poem, “The Raven,” brought him national fame.
About the Wireless Theatre Company
The Wireless Theatre Company is an award-winning radio drama group based in London. Their talented team of actors, directors, and writers hail from some of England’s most prestigious theatrical institutions, including the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, the East 15 Acting School, and London’s West End theater district. Their original and innovative radio plays have included such notable English actors as Stephen Fry, Abi Titmuss, Brian Blessed, Prunella Scales, Timothy West, Jo Brand, and Nicholas Parsons. Their studio and live radio drama productions cover all genres, including mystery, comedy, drama, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and thrillers.
About Andrew Ward
Andrew Ward
is the author of several award-winning historical works, including River Run
Red: The Fort Pillow Massacre in the American Civil War; Our Bones Are
Scattered: The Cawnpore Massacres in the Indian Mutiny of 1857; and Dark Midnight
When I Rise: The Story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. A
former contributing editor and essayist at the Atlantic
Monthly, he is a commentator for NPR’s All Things Considered and a columnist for the Washington Post. Ward
has also written numerous articles for American Heritage and National Geographic, as
well as documentary screenplays for WGBH and the Hallmark Channel.
