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Mark Redfield
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Poe Forevermore releases the audio drama biography ALONE: THE LIFE OF POE
This holiday season you can listen to Mark Redfield’s fantastic reading of Charles Dickens’ timeless classic “A Christmas Carol” on The Redfield Arts Revue- - for free!
If you’d prefer to listen to the whole recording at once with your family and loved ones, or while in the car, or where ever you like best to listen to audio books, you can down load “A Christmas Carol” from:
Written By Sherwin Cody. Adapted and Narrated by Mark Redfield.
https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/markredfield1
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NO INTERNATIONAL ORDERS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU!
A new “haunted house” record, just like we loved when we were growing up, but this one is special!
This one, Edgar Allan Poe’s Haunted House of Usher takes us on a diabolical journey through the dark creative mind of Poe as we experience some of his most chilling tales! Roderick Usher’s house is alive! And dying! Are these actual events you witness, or are they Usher’s madness come to life?! Come and visit the Haunted House of Usher, and experience what lurks inside!
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THE RAVEN, FOREVERMORE
Edgar Allan Poe’s infamous poem “The Raven” was published on 29 January, 1843.
There is, perhaps, no other single piece of writing in Poe’s life and work that helped to catapult him to fame, to make him a “rock star”,than that one poem.
The narrative poem was first published in the New York Evening Mirror. It was immediately pirated and printed in dozens of other newspapers and periodicals across the country. Soon, everybody knew Poe, “nevermore” and the raven, but it didn’t improve Poe’s bank account a penny.
We are are proud to debut this new recording by actor and composer Jennifer Rouse. The female voice adds a new, wonderful dimension to this ever-living poem. Rouse’s performances strong and lyrical, and her music is a fine underscore to Poe words.
Download it in it's entirety at: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/jenniferrouse12
Actor-Author-Artist Mark Redfield will be at the Baltimore Comic Con at BOOTH #118, September 22-24, 2017. Redfield will have new cartoons and recent publications for sale! His appearance is courtesy artist Mark Wheatley and Insight Studios.
Mark Redfield will be at The Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention September 14-16, 2017.
The actor-author-artist will have new work and new cartoons for sale. The three day convention celebrates pop culture with a retro vibe, from Old Time Radio to popular, beloved celebrities from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Here is the current guest list for the September, 2017 show: http://mgram1.wixsite.com/nostalgia-convention/celebrities
“I’m so excited for the Rondo nomination! I do hope you'll support us, for all who worked so hard on it. Thanks to everyone who enjoyed listening to our audio play. Hope you liked it as much as we all did recording it. We had such fun and look forward to doing more and well done to Mark Redfield whose baby it was, and for his great directing and his dashing acting skills in bringing “Sinbad” to life!”
~ Caroline Munro
March, 2017
We appreciate your vote for “Best CD” at the Rondo Awards! To vote for “Sinbad and the Pirate Princess”, and all of the other categories in the 15th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards, please visit
POE FOR PRESIDENT!
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Hmmmmm…POE-SHAKESPEARE ’16! That's the ticket!
Check out and order from a great selection of Poe For President campaign gear HERE !
Book mark this website and join us weekly as PoeForevermore Presents brings you the best audio plays, essays, poetry and spoken word performance anywhere on the planet!
Put on your head phones and listen as we present great audio drama and programming! We begin in October, 2016 with John Astin (“The Addams Family”) and PoeForevermore’s Mark Redfield starring in Tony Tsendeas’ great adaptation of Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”! Keep Calm and Keep Listening!
A short memorial tribute video by Mark Redfield and Eric Supensky.
Order your CD of the new audio adventure “Sinbad and the Pirate Princess” now! The 75 minute audio play, featuring a complete voice cast, sound effects and music stars Caroline Munro and Martine Beswicke!
BACK YOUR CANDIDATE, POE! MAKE AMERICA READ AGAIN!
Help get the message out to MAKE AMERICA READ AGAIN! Buy a t-shirt, hat, bag or mug and let America know where you stand!
BACK YOUR CANDIDATE, POE! MAKE AMERICA READ AGAIN!
Help get the message out to MAKE AMERICA READ AGAIN! Buy a t-shirt, hat, bag or mug and let America know where you stand!
"'CULT OF THE NOSFERATU' NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON
First Novel In Series By Mark Redfield And Stuart Voytilla On Sale Now!
The first novel in the Vampire Hunters Incorporated series, CULT OF THE NOSFERATU, by Mark Redfield and Stuart Voytilla, debuts today and his on sale as an e-book at Amazon!
Buy CULT OF THE NOSFERATU on Amazon HERE for only $4.99 !
Don't have a Kindle? No problem! Download the free Kindle App and you can read the first Bertram Welles adventure on any device! Get your free Kindle App HERE !
CULT OF THE NOSFERATU
Exciting horror/adventure pulp fiction awaits you!
Today's the day! Happy Birthday Edgar A. Poe! Born 19 January, 1809.
Today we pay special tribute to Edgar Poe, who has brought thrills, tears and inspiration to millions around the world with his poetry, tales and writing.
“KRAMPUS” by Mark Redfield is part of a fun gallery show at Side Street Studio Arts in Elgin, Il.
WHAT, WHERE, WHEN...
KRAMPUSLAUF
SIDE STREET STUDIO ARTS
15 Ziegler Street
Elgin, Illinois, 60120
Tel: 847-429-2276
Email: sidestreetstudioarts@gmail.com
KRAMPUS Art Exhibit: 4 December, 2015 to Christmas 2015
THE DANIEL GRIFFITH INTERVIEW
A New Documentary on Empire Pictures is Coming!
By PoeForevermore Staff
PoeForevermore Radio Theater presents
The Great Storytellers: Bram Stoker
With commentary by David J. Skal, and Ted Newsom.
Hosted by Mark Redfield.
Featuring the voices of Brinke Stevens, Mary Anne Perry and JR Lyston.
Photo: ROBERT QUARRY "THE RETURN OF COUNT YORGA" (1971)
I'm remembering my friend, actor Robert Quarry, on the anniversary of his birth, 3 November, 1925.
Bob was a strong actor, an exceptionally intelligent man, a brilliant storyteller, and a loving, true friend. He is best remembered by film fans as portraying “Count Yorga, Vampire” in a pair of low-budget shockers produced in the early 1970s.
Edgar Allan Poe's short story "Some Words With a Mummy" was published in April, 1845 in American Review: A Whig Journal. The satirical story skewers the then craze for all things Egyptian and mummies and also satirizes the thought that contemporary civilization had reached the pinnacle of both scientific thought and artistic accomplishment in things like architecture.
LONDON
11 September 2015
New Interviews with Caroline Munro and Martine Beswicke!
Listen to two new interviews with two legendary Bond Girls on the James Bond Radio podcast, posted 11 September, 2015.
The podcast Moebanshee' Music Box on Dream Stream Radio is kicking off their 2015-2016 season with a special treat! They are broadcasting the PoeForevermore Radio Theater production of THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO starring John Astin and Mark Redfield in ten-minute segments over the next four weeks!
Review By Levi L. Leland
American writer and editor Rufus Griswold wrote a not-so-nice obituary in the New York Tribune. He had never forgotten about a negative review Edgar gave one of his books several years earlier. “Edgar Allan Poe is dead,” the obituary began. “He died in Baltimore the day before yesterday. This announcement will startle many, but few will be grieved by it.” Among other things, Griswold insisted that Edgar had few or no friends, and that he was an angry person who was jealous of other people’s success.
Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in Maryland this September features Bond Girls, Hammer Horror stars and a Bionic Six Million Dollar Man reunion!
September 17-19, 2015 at the Hunt Valley Wyndom Hotel in Hunt Valley, Maryland.
NOW AVAILABLE FREE ON SOUNDCLOUD!
Caroline Munro and Mark Redfield star in the Poe Forevermore Radio Theater production of THE BLACK CAT, based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe.
Recording Engineer/Technical Director is Bill Dickson of Drat Productions..
Written and directed by Mark Redfield, THE BLACK CAT is set in swinging 60s London! Said Redfield about his choice to set it in that time period, “..it was just a collision of a couple of happy occurrences, really. I knew that I would be working with Caroline Munro. We had been trying to get a project off the ground for years. And “The Black Cat” was coming up next for production, and, well, Caroline shares Rita’s background, as Caroline started as a model.”
By Glenn Andreiev
When we think of famous characters from fiction, we think of the performer who first put a face to that character. Boris Karloff put a face to the Frankenstein Monster, Judy Garland put a face to Dorothy from Kansas, and William Gillette put a face to Sherlock Holmes.
Tired of giving another gift card? Dinner at the diner just not enough? Give your adventurous friends and family something unusual--an original cartoon painted by Mark Redfield!
Bram Stoker's immortal and influential novel was published on this day, 26 May, 1897. Since its publication, the novel has inspired thousands of artists to create films, music, fiction, theater, and art about its title character, Dracula, and it's themes and ideas.
NOW AVAILABLE FREE ON SOUNDCLOUD!
Performed by Mark Redfield
Recording Engineer/Technical Director is Bill Dickson of Drat Productions..
NOW AVAILABLE FREE ON SOUNDCLOUD!
Performed by Mark Redfield
Recording Engineer/Technical Director is Bill Dickson of Drat Productions..
NOW AVAILABLE FREE ON SOUNDCLOUD!
Performed by Mark Redfield
Recording Engineer/Technical Director is Bill Dickson of Drat Productions..
NOW AVAILABLE FREE ON SOUNDCLOUD!
Recorded before a live audience at the Baltimore Theatre Project, THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO stars Mark Redfield as Montresor and Chris Pfingsten as Fortunato. The play was adapted from Poe's short story and directed by Tony Tsendeas.
The Rondo Awards are happening now and voting ends midnight, Sunday, April 19th, 2015!
Please take a few moments and VOTE NOW for Poe Forevermore Radio Theater in the 13th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards! Vote for Poe Forevermore Radio Theater in category # 23 BEST MULTIMEDIA! Thank you!
Voting ballot is HERE: www.rondoaward.com
The great French crime thriller FANTOMAS is being adapted as a thrilling audio play for Poe Forevermore Radio Theater.
UPDATE: 2/25/15
Well, things are moving from a crawl to a not-so-slow-crawl! The landlord is moving forward with repairs to the roof (that will really happen in March) as we keep dodging snow, like the rest of the country.
We're leaving the Fire Fund up for a few more weeks in March, as we must budget for another dumpster rental and another three months of off-site storage/space rental.
Thanks to all who have helped! If you can buy one of my cartoons or throw something in the tip jar or can contribute to the Fire Fund links provided, I can't thank you enough!
-Mark
2/25/2015
HELP BY BUYING AN ORIGINAL REDFIELD CARTOON!
All sales for the time being are going to help with the cost of off-site storage for the studio until the repairs are completed. Here is Redfield's Etsy gallery with new paintings and Poe cartoons for sale: www.etsy.com/shop/markredfield
I need your help.
We have set up a temporary fund drive to raise the out-of-pocket expenses as a result of the fire we had at our studios in Baltimore, on Sunday, NOVEMBER 17, 2014.
I'm asking that you give what you can -- $25, $50, $100 or whatever you can help with. We need the money to take care of things like the dumpster/trash removal, temporary space rental until the building is repaired, and to help cover all the other unforeseen cash details that will crop up, before the insurance can help.
Any amount that you give will be greatly appreciated. I will send you an email to thank you. For donations over $25 I'll send you a copy of my magazine “Monsterpalooza” that actually survived the fire! (It might smell a little smoky, but I want to say “thank you” in some way for your help.)
February 26 to March 1, 2015 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. The Fourth Annual International Edgar Allan Poe Studies Association (PSA) will be held at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. An international organization with about 250 members, hosted by the English Department of the Pennsylvania State University, previous conferences about Edgar Allan Poe conducted by the group have been held in Richmond, Virginia in 1999, Baltimore, Maryland in 2002 and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2009.
Composer Harry Manfredini has come onboard the 'Vampire Hunters Incorporated' audioplay series to compose the show's main theme and create it's score. The first season series of half-hour adventure stories will debut later this year, and are currently in production.
Only Poe Forevermore takes you to celebrate Poe’s Birthday in Australia, Baltimore and at his birthplace, Boston! With music, special guests and dramatic programming, listen to our 2015 Birthday Show! It’s free and you’re invited!
By Katherine Jihyun Kim, Ph.D.
How a graduate student turned an indifferent, cold-shouldered town around to embrace one of its most famous sons, and snowballed a small 2009 bicentennial tribute into 2014's spectacular Poe public art statue, "Poe Returning to Boston". It's been a ride, Eddy, but welcome home!
I need your help.
We have set up a temporary fund drive to raise the out-of-pocket expenses as a result of the fire we had at our studios in Baltimore, on Sunday, NOVEMBER 17, 2014.
I'm asking that you give what you can -- $25, $50, $100 or whatever you can help with. We need the money to take care of things like the dumpster/trash removal, temporary space rental until the building is repaired, and to help cover all the other unforeseen cash details that will crop up, before the insurance can help.
Any amount that you give will be greatly appreciated. I will send you an email to thank you. For donations over $25 I'll send you a copy of my magazine “Monsterpalooza” that actually survived the fire! (It might smell a little smoky, but I want to say “thank you” in some way for your help.)
NOW AVAILABLE FREE ON SOUNDCLOUD!
"Mark Twain: How To Tell a Story" is performed by Mark Redfield. It is comprised of four delightful essays penned by the great American humorist and storyteller, Mark Twain.
Recorded before a live audience in 1999 at The Roland Park Women's Club in Baltimore, Maryland.
Richard Corben has had a long and varied career as an artist and illustrator, having done stellar work for most major comics publishers, but being known primarily in weird fiction reading circles for illustrating and adapting stories for some of the most popular black and white comic magazines, Vampirella, Creepy and Eerie, Warren publications popular primarily in the 1970s. His work for Heavy Metal Magazine has garnered him legions of fans. Richard Corben is a 2012 Eisner Hall of Fame Inductee.
During production week of the Boston premiere of “Nevermore: An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe” in late October, 2014, after a busy day of texting, emailing, phoning and generally doing the never-ending business of opening a play, Jeffrey Combs (the star) and me (the producer), having dealt with dozens of details and questions and answers regarding the production as it loomed closer (Halloween) including a full day of staging the show to “work” in the Somerville Theatre and solving the lighting and sound issues with the technicians, we had a conversation about acting and playing Poe.
THE HOURS OF LIFE is the new musical about Poe that had its world premiere in Seattle at the Cornish Studio Theatre on December 5, 2014. The Theatre 22 production was written by Paul Lewis and directed by Corey D. McDaniel.
The show opens with cast members filling the stage in song, all dressed in beautifully tailored period costumes. The intimate feel of the 100-seat theater was immediately felt with the characters literally standing at your side. After the rousing finale of the first of 17 songs, the ensemble disperses and the play gently unfolds.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
Crash, smash, bang, boom! Suddenly there he was sprawled on the floor less than eight feet away between the left hand side of the stage and me. The well dressed lovely blonde-haired woman who sat in the seat next to me at my left hand was clearly startled with surprise and concern, as was I also, reacted and began to instinctively rise from her seat to assist Edgar Allan Poe who had just taken a dramatic startling sudden drunken fall off the stage onto the floor right in front of us.
By CRAIG WICHMAN
Picture if you will a brisk Christmas Eve of the early 1970’s in the snowy countryside around Defiance, Ohio. A teenage boy and his young sister sneak away from the extended family festivities taking place in the wood-paneled basement, to hunker down on the carpeting in front of a hulking Entertainment Center upstairs. The strains of Bernard Herrmann conducting Tchaikovsky’s Theme from Piano Concerto No.1 (aka Tonight We Love) begin, and soon the two are whisked away to Queen Victoria’s England—and somehow, to Franklin Roosevelt’s America at the same time!
Having read as much as I have in the last 40 years both by and about Edgar Allan Poe, it is rare indeed that I encounter a book about EAP that can truly qualify as original. So imagine my surprise and delight upon reading J.W. Ocker's 'Poe-Land' to discover that Mr. O has managed to pull that most impressive rabbit called "Originality" out of his magician's topper first time up to bat...
With two plays performing on opposite ends of the country in October of 2014, the director of “Nevermore: An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe” (East Coast) and “Re-Animator: The Musical” (West coast) talked with Mark Redfield (who was asked by Jeffrey Combs to come aboard and serve as Associate Producer to help launch “Nevermore” in Boston) about the making-of both plays. And very different plays, they are, too.
Edgar Allan Poe Bronze Bust Photo Released; Unveiling at the Boston Public Library
BOSTON (October 22, 2014) — On Thursday, October 30 at 6pm, the Edgar Allan Poe Bronze Bust Project will unveil the recently completed Poe bust to an audience of literary fans in the Abbey Room McKim Building at the Boston Public Library.
Dennis Paoli writes plays and films. His oeuvre includes adaptations of the works of Poe and Lovecraft. Re-Animator (1985), Dreams of the Witch House (2005), The Black Cat (2007) and Nevermore: An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe, a one-man play starring Jeffrey Combs that has been winning and astonishing audiences around the country since its premiere at The Steve Allen Theatre in Los Angeles in 2009.
I talked with Dennis about his approach to adaptation and screen and play writing, and getting under the skin of the man Edgar Allan Poe, in early October, 2014.
Mark Redfield’s 2006 film THE DEATH OF POE, which chronicles the last days of Edgar Allan Poe in a dream-like and expressionistic cinematic style, is now available on Vimeo Video-On-Demand.
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