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Masque of the Red Death is set on Earth in the 1890s in a setting called "Gothic Earth." [1] There is a strong connection to the supernatural as well as characters mentioned in legends and literature. For example, necromancers practice dark arts among the slave traders of New Orleans, while spirit creatures stalk the settlers of the American ...
The Gothic Earth Gazetteer is a supplement for Masque of the Red Death players which presents background and ideas for adventures, as well as a timeline of the setting from 1890-1899, and details on important events, people, and qabals. [1]
The 1994 computer game Under a Killing Moon featured interludes in which text slides containing lines of The Masque of the Red Death were narrated by James Earl Jones.; The 1995 computer game The Dark Eye featured an abstract slide-show segment accompanying a reading of "The Masque of the Red Death" performed by William S. Burroughs.
"The Masque of the Red Death" (originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy") is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague , known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey .
Masque of the Red Death Archived 2014-10-21 at the Wayback Machine—an erotic, "decadent" re-telling of the original Poe story in webcomic format by Wendy Pini Finding aid for the Wendy and Richard Pini papers at Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
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The Masque of the Red Death was a major theatre production by British company Punchdrunk, following their production of Faust in 2006 and echoing the format of that show. [2] It played for a 7-month sold-out run, and was seen by more than 40,000 people, [ 3 ] involving a cast of around 35 and utilising almost all of the space within the ...
The Masque of the Red Death may also refer to: The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) , a 1964 film adapted from the short story by Poe, directed by Roger Corman Masque of the Red Death (1989 film) , a remake of Corman's 1964 film, directed by Larry Brand and produced by Roger Corman