Raven, The

Short Plays

By: Albert T. Viola
Cast: 1 M, 1 F, 1 flexible
Performance Time: Approximately 5-10 minutes, 6 pgs

CLASSIC HORROR. Adapted from the poem by Edgar Allan Poe. The author is lamenting the death of his true love, Lenore, when he hears a rapping on his chamber door and is visited by a raven. As the author asks the raven a series of questions in which the raven merely replies, “Nevermore,” the author goes from being weak and weary to completely grief-stricken over the loss of Lenore and realizes his soul “Shall be lifted...nevermore.” Included in the short play collection "The Tell-Tale Heart."

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Albert T. Viola (1942-2009) was an award-winning actor and playwright who appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in television and motion pictures. Mr. Viola also served as a faculty fellow in Mathey College at Princeton University.