Early Poe story with a particularly gruesome ending…
“1835: Poe's "Berenice," a tale of the fear one man has of his cousin/wife-to-be's teeth once she
ostensibly has become a ghost, is published in the Southern Literary Messenger, where Poe would
later serve as editor. Poe scholars say that the impetus for the story--which begins with the cheery
"Misery is manifold. The wretchedness of earth is multiform."--came from a Baltimore Saturday
Visiter [sic] news account of grave robbers exhuming tombs to extract teeth to be sold to
dentists.”
THE KPRC DRAMATIC PLAYERS (KPRC, HOUSTON)
January 21, 1935“Berenice”
Sylvester Gross (director).
April 25, 1938“Berenice”
horror tales…”]
May 1, 1940“Berenice”
on the face of the earth.’ It tells of an unfortunate English gentleman
whose body is inhabited at times by the soul of Ageus, ancient Greek
maniac who was put to death after he had been convicted of wholesale
murder…”]
THE CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER (WRVR, NEW YORK—CBS)
January 9, 1975“Berenice”
her but now, a year later, he has grown to hate her—her sensuous smile
has become an ugly sneer. And, besides, he has fallen in love with her
younger sister, Contance. Montresor can’t wait for Berenice, who is
seriously ill, to die. She does, but on her deathbed she swears to
Montresor that her smile will haunt him forever and eventually drive him
to near insanity…”]
George Lowther.
Himan Brown (producer-director).
Joan Banks (Berenice), Roberta Maxwell (Constance), Norman Rose
(Anthony Lamb), Michael Tolin (Montresor).
Circa 1993“The Imp of the Perverse”
Prometheus Award-winner Brad Linaweaver, this twisted gem deals with
guilt, obsession, and long teeth…”]
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April 11, 1999“Berenice” / “La mascara de la muerte roja”