Greetings and welcome to WORDTheatre Weekly: The Short Story Podcast where great authors and actors meet! I’m your host, Cedering Fox, WORDTheatre’s Founder & Artistic Director.
This week’s story is a classic, Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” performed with tremulous vigor by veteran actor Steven Berkoff. But before we get started,
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And now, here is Steven Berkoff, bringing Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” to life.
BERKOFF PERFORMS THE STORY.
You have just heard “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe, performed by Steven Berkoff.
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