PAUL WARD
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Plays by Paul Ward
Masque Of The Red Death, The |
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| Genre: | Youth adaptation | Youth Audience | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 50+ | |||||
| Notes: | From the tale by Edgar Allen Poe | |||||
| Synopsis: | A party of tourists visits the abbey of the notorious Masque of the Red Death; one is allowed to remain behind to see a rehearsal of a play telling its story:- Prince Prospero rules his poverty-stricken, plague-ridden people with concern only for his self-indulgent luxury and the protection of himself and his friends. Poe's macabre tale, enlivened by various entertainers, tells of the destruction of the selfish aristocrats and demonstrates the price to be paid for indifference to others. | |||||