The Rats in the Walls by H.P. Lovecraft & The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
When selecting material for productions in the Newman Wine Vaults, you would be hard pressed to find better stories than The Cask of Amontillado and The Rats in the Walls.
Both concern themselves with nefarious deeds done deep in the earth, both use a narrator who takes the audience with them in their literal and psychological descents into the depths, and both follow in a tradition of American horror whose echoes are still heard today in writers the world over. Poe's dark imagination laid the groundwork, and Lovecraft infused the genre with new fears of humanity's overall insignificance. Both came to widespread recognition as writers only after their deaths, but both left behind a wide canon of work that continues to chill and inspire.
Presented in association with the Newfoundland Historic Trust
Thursday, October 30 - Sunday, November 2. Showtime is 8:30 p.m.
Tickets are $10 and are available either at the door or in advance by calling 739-7870. Seating is limited and the show is 40 minutes in length. The Newman Wine Vaults are located at 436 Water Street (near the corner of Springdale Street) and parking is available on Springdale and George Street West, due to construction on Water Street.
For more info, check out Sarah Smellie's interview with actor Dave Walsh in the Scope.
Or read the article in Thursday's Telegram (warning: SPOILERS).
Don't be tricked into missing out on this spine-tingling Halloween treat!
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