By breaking the two tales into more or less alternating scenes and interspacing the two authors' actual words and poems, I was able to arrive at a single work that combines actors, text, music, dance, and even puppets. |
I chose 'The Antique Ring' because it is a story about telling a story. Choosing the Poe story was more problematic because Poe's tales rarely employ dialogue. |
It seemed high time we turned our attention to American authors, particularly local ones. |