POE FOREVERMORE RADIO THEATER WINS RONDO AWARD!

 Poe Forevermore Radio Theater won the 12th Annual Rondo Award for "Best Multimedia or Podcast".

Thanks to all of you who voted for us!
The complete list of Rondo Award winners is here:
www.rondoaward.com

Thanks to all of the actors, writers, directors, musicians. technicians and graphic artists who have made the launch of Poe Forevermore Radio Theater successful.

Current titles are found here: http://www.poeforevermore.com/poe-radio.html

Building a library of audio plays and books at
www.poeforevermore.com
Tales of Mystery & Imagination

Happy Mother's Day, Sunday, May 11th, 2014

Sonnet — To My Mother.
BY EDGAR A. POE.

Because I feel that, in the heavens above,
The angels, whispering to one another,
Can find, among their burning terms of love,
None so devotional as that of 'mother' —
Therefore by that sweet name I long have called you —
You, who are more than mother unto me,
And fill my heart of hearts, where Death installed you,
In setting my Virginia's spirit free.
My mother — my own mother — who died early —
Was but the mother of myself; but you
Are mother to the one I loved so dearly,
And thus are dearer than the mother I knew;
By that infinity with which my wife
Was dearer to my soul than its soul-life.

In today's short poem, Poe addresses his aunt, Maria Clemm Poe, his beloved "Muddy", who became something of the mother he never had...
Happy Mother's Day!

-Mark Redfield
11 May, 2014





All original text and art © Mark Redfield. All Right Reserved.

SHAKESPEARE SATURDAYS: Caliban in THE TEMPEST "This island's mine!"

SHAKESPEARE SATURDAYS at An Actor's Notebook.

In this brief moment from Shakespeare's magical THE TEMPEST, we are introduced to Caliban, the child-creature of the island, summoned by Prospero...


I'll read both Prospero and Caliban in this scene.

REDFIELD'S CARTOONARAMA: "EM N EM" (2014) by Mark Redfield

 

EM N EM (2014) by Mark Redfield. Acrylic on canvas. 16x20.

A tasty treat? A popular musician and performer? 

All I know is--this "Em n Em" is a candy-coated chocolate that's a slim shady...

-Mark Redfield
9 May, 2014



All original text and art © Mark Redfield. All Right Reserved.

CASTING CALL FOR THE AUDIO DRAMA--"ALONE: THE LIFE OF POE"

Just a heads up to all of my actor friends: I'm beginning to assemble the company of voice actors for the Edgar Allan Poe biography ALONE: THE LIFE OF POE.

The audio drama is incredibly extensive and has dozens of characters. The biography covers the 40 years of Poe's life, and episodes before his birth and after his death. The length of the audio drama is 10 hours, or 20, thirty-minute chapters. Fully dramatized with music and sound effects. The audioplay will be recorded in Maryland.

I'm primarily looking for very realistic regional accents, (men and women). Regional accents include characters who are convincing in their Irish, British (various dialects), American Southern (Virginia), New England (Boston) accents and dialects.

If you're interested in being considered for a role (or roles, if you can do multiple voices and/or accents) please send an MP3 demo to:
info@poeforevemore.com
(Subject line: Poe drama)

The play will begin recording in mid-to-late July, 2014, for an October, 2014, debut. Positions are compensated. Travel negotiated.

Thanks! Pass the word along to your actor friends!
-Mark Redfield 
8 May, 2014

REDFIELD'S CARTOONARAMA: HITCHCOCK IS NOT AMUSED by Mark Redfield (2014)

"Hitchcock is not amused" (2014) by Mark Redfield. Acrylic on canvas, 11"x14"

"Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. 

It didn't change people’s habits. 

It just kept them inside the house." 

- Alfred Hitchcock

New York Journal-American 25 August 1965

More Redfield art available HERE.

Original Art and Text  ©Mark Redfield. All rights Reserved. 

SHAKESPEARE SATURDAYS The First Theatrical "knock-knock" joke? The Porter scene from MACBETH

 Is this the first "knock-knock" joke?

This scene, from Shakespeare's horror-show MACBETH, takes place right after the murder of Duncan. It's usually cut form productions, mostly because directors don't quite know what to do with it and it's apparent change of tone. But it is very useful, and it's meaning is easy for an audience to grasp, so I think that it should be kept.

In this recording I'll read the part of The Porter, who is a bit (no, he's very) drunk, and Malcolm, who has been a-knocking...

Hope you like it!

-Mark Redfield
3 May, 2014