Lo-fi homage to Poe will give you a lunchtime scare
Almost two centuries after they were published, Poe’s creations can seem lurid and melodramatic to modern readers
Poe Show: A Celebration of the Work of Edgar Allan Poe
Devised and directed by Michael James Ford
Bewley’s Café Theatre, Powerscourt Townhouse Centre, Dublin
Runs until November 4
Rating:****
A pitifully nervous young man (Elliot Moriarty), barefoot and wearing a torn prison uniform, is dragged by his jailor on stage. He pleads with us not to think him mad, then launches into a grisly account of how he murdered an older man ...