Play Script

The Raven / Lenore

by Hillary DePiano

based on / inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven

A man is mourning his lost love when he visited by the ghostly specter of a raven. But the raven is not what it seems and some ghosts don’t want to be forgotten. A short drama inspired by Edgar Allen Poe’s poem The Raven that offers a new twist on exactly what, or who, The Raven truly is.

  • 1 man, 1 woman, 1 any
    2-4 actors possible
    Run time < 10 minutes

 

 

Availability

This play is available for productions but unpublished. Members of the New Play Exchange can read it in its entirety for free here.

I am here, real as shadows. I am here, sure as memory. And I will surrender that never. Nevermore.

- The Raven / Lenore

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