Edgar allan poe News

Directed by James McTeigue, "The Raven" is a tale of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe in which grisly murders, inspired by the troubled writer, are taking place in a dreary Baltimore.

New York - The Bedlam Ensemble, a nonprofit theatre company based in New York, NY, is staging "The Delirium of Edgar Allan Poe" and profits from ticket sales will be donated to the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum.

Baltimore - The fall of the house and museum of Poe may come in 2012 due to budget cutbacks in Baltimore, but the pendulum could swing if private funds are raised.

Vancouver’s Arts Club Theatre Company is currently running a production of the fictionalized life and tales of Poe in Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe, playing until February 6, 2010 on the Granville Island Stage.

Considered one of the 19th century's greatest writers, Edgar Allan Poe will finally receive a funeral befitting a person of his stature.