Wit And Wisdom, Life And Death Spar in Dramaworks' Premiere of Edgar (Poe) & Emily (Dickinson)
Edgar & Emily, the premiere at Palm Beach Dramaworks, is a fascinating and funny fantasia about the dead Edgar Allan Poe visiting Emily Dickinson late one night dragging his coffin behind him. Not at all meant as a faithful docudrama, Joseph McDonough's wry play examines sensitive introspective artists' challenge to be fully alive in the ever-present shadow of death " an evening laced with copious quips, bon mot…