Margaret Atwood to showcase gothic puppet show for Mary Beard
(The Guardian Books News)

Author will present her unique take on an Edgar Allen Poe tale on Beard´s BBC Two arts showMargaret Atwood will show how she has gone from handmaids´ tales to handmade tales when she unveils her latest project: a puppet show version of Edgar Allen Poe´s The Masque of the Red Death.The novelist is to be a guest on Mary Beard´s BBC Two arts show Front Row Late, hosted in lockdown from the study in Beard´s house. Atwood´s contribution is what Beard calls a `very surprising` version of Poe´s horror story: a puppet show choreographed by the author and her sister Ruth, with all the characters made from household objects. Continue reading...