developing phyiscal theatre

Sarah Brown
Edgar Allen Poe's A Tell-Tale Heart
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?

• He was an author, American poet and an editor
• Gothic fiction was what he was known for
• Most of his themes were based on death, the effect you have of discomposure, being buried alive and the reanimation of the dead and mourning.
• Beside gothic fiction and horror he also wrote, satires, humour stories and hoaxes.
• When writing he mainly stuck to one theme and not a variety of themes.
   

Biography

• Born 1806 and died 1849
• His parents were both actors
• He is the middle child of his siblings he is the 2^nd of 3 children
• Within 3 years of his life his parents passed away
• He was adopted by a rich merchant who sold tobacco and his wife
• Studied at the university of Virginia, but struggled to pay his fees
• At 18 years of age he published his first book
• In the year 1845 he published ‘the raven’ this poem was what made his name known and what made him big
   

Famous publications

• The Masque of the Red Death (1842)
• The Cask of Amontillado (1847)
• The Tell-Tale Heart (1843)