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'The Horrific Case Of Mr Valdemar' by Edgar Allen Poe - adapted Richard Layton - additional information.


'The Horrific Case Of Mr Valdemar' by Edgar Allen Poe - adapted Richard Layton
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Period and Geography
Location: a non-specific location. Time Period: Now
Settings and Set Complexity
Number of Sets: 6
Setting: Living Room, Office, Street and 'Other Location'
Set Requirements: Backdrops/simple flats
The script includes characters in the following age range(s):
21 to 35
51 to 65
 Language Advisory:Help
Swearing rate: 1 rude word per thousand
We have identified the following types of language in the text:
Mild swearwords
Potential blasphemy
Sexual slurs
In addition to the text, the "Producer's Copy" of the Script includes the following:
A list of the required properties
Style:
Melodramatic full-length play. Multiple settings, but one main set with minor locations playable front-of-curtain or picked-out by lighting.
Synopsis:
In this dramatization of an Edgar Allan Poe short story, the eerie atmosphere surrounding Mr Valdemar's death and the intervention of the questionable hypnotist Rufus is authentically and chillingly brought to life.

 
 

 
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