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Edgar Allan Poe: Master of Macrabe

Presented by Laurel Hill Cemetery at Laurel Hill Cemetery

October 24, 2011

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Edgar Allan Poe returns from beyond the grave to present some of his greatest Philadelphia works! Poe spent his most productive years in Philadelphia, and many of his now-classic tales and poems were published in periodicals owned by Louis A. Godey and George Rex Graham—both of whom are now interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Poe will read from “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and “The Cask of Amontillado,” as well as other haunting works. Laurel Hill is just one of many stops in Poe’s 2011 Cemetery Tour; other visits include New York’s Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, and Mount Auburn in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Edgar Allan Poe is portrayed by Rob Velella, an independent literary scholar and playwright from just outside Boston. Recently, he served as guest curator for “Margaret Fuller: Woman of the Nineteenth Century” at Harvard’s Houghton Library, and as research associate for “The Raven in the Frog Pond: Edgar Allan Poe and Boston” for the Boston Public Library. He has dramatically brought to life several literary figures, including the young Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe.

Join Laurel Hill after work for this one-of-a-kind experience, as Poe’s tales come to life at sunset. Afterwards, toast to the Master of the Macabre, while enjoying wine, hot cider, and Halloween treats!