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| rdfs:label | - The Masque of the Red Death
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| rdfs:comment | - The Masque of the Red Death (aka Mask of the Red Death) is a short story by Edgar Allen Poe in which revellers attempt to avoid death from a disease termed the Red Death by attending a masquerade within seven rooms, each of a different colour. A mysterious figure, sometimes referred to as The Red Death, attends and the host falls down dead when he confronts him. The story, including the use of symbolic colour, is quite similar to the general outline of The King In Yellow as described by Robert W. Chambers. It is explicitly compared to the Play in The Dream-Leech.
- The Masque of the Red Death is short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. It was originally published under the name: "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy" in 1842. The story is often interpreted as being an allegory about the inevitability of death.
- The story concerns the attempts by a prince and his followers to shield themselves from a terrible plague which is devastating the surrounding area and to carry on living lives of pleasure. Their attempts ultimately prove futile. The story has been adapted for stage and screen and has frequently been referenced in music and other works of literature.
- The disease of the Red Death is fictitious, meaning it doesn't really exist. It came from a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe called "The Mask of the Red Death". Poe describes it as causing sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores leading to death within half an hour. It's highly likely that the disease was "inspired" by tuberculosis or consumption, as it was known back then. Poe's wife Virginia was suffering from the disease at the time the story was written.
- The Masque of the Red Death is a 1964 British horror film starring Vincent Price in a tale about a prince who terrorizes a plague-ridden peasantry while merrymaking in a lonely castle with his jaded courtiers. The film was directed by Roger Corman; the screenplay by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell was based upon the 1842 short story of the same name by American author Edgar Allan Poe and incorporates a sub-plot based on another Poe tale, "Hop-Frog". Another sub-plot is drawn from "Torture by Hope" by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam.
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| Tagline | - We defy you to stare into this face.
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| Cast | - Vincent Price,
Hazel Court,
Jane Asher
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| Producer | - Roger Corman and George Willoughby
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| Country | - Flag-icon-uk.jpg United Kingdom,
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| Genre | - Gothic fiction, Horror short story
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| Title | - The Masque of the Red Death
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| Studio | - American International Pictures
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| Book | - [[w:c:literature:The Masque of the Red Death
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| Rating | - Not rated on its first release in the United States.
40px Rated X on its first release in the United Kingdom.
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| Writer | - Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell
Based on a short story by [[w:c:literature:Edgar Allan Poe
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| Location | - Associated British Elstree Studios, Hertfordshire, England
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| abstract | - The disease of the Red Death is fictitious, meaning it doesn't really exist. It came from a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe called "The Mask of the Red Death". Poe describes it as causing sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores leading to death within half an hour. It's highly likely that the disease was "inspired" by tuberculosis or consumption, as it was known back then. Poe's wife Virginia was suffering from the disease at the time the story was written. The red death has been open to endless interpretations and Poe resisted in defining it too precisely. Others have suggested that it's actually Bubonic plague or the Black death, which is what I tend to believe. It has also been suggested that the Red Death is not a disease or sickness at all but something else that is shared by all of human kind inherently. You should read the story. It was also made into a movie starring Vincent Price in 1964 - a classic.
- The Masque of the Red Death (aka Mask of the Red Death) is a short story by Edgar Allen Poe in which revellers attempt to avoid death from a disease termed the Red Death by attending a masquerade within seven rooms, each of a different colour. A mysterious figure, sometimes referred to as The Red Death, attends and the host falls down dead when he confronts him. The story, including the use of symbolic colour, is quite similar to the general outline of The King In Yellow as described by Robert W. Chambers. It is explicitly compared to the Play in The Dream-Leech.
- The Masque of the Red Death is short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. It was originally published under the name: "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy" in 1842. The story is often interpreted as being an allegory about the inevitability of death.
- The Masque of the Red Death is a 1964 British horror film starring Vincent Price in a tale about a prince who terrorizes a plague-ridden peasantry while merrymaking in a lonely castle with his jaded courtiers. The film was directed by Roger Corman; the screenplay by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell was based upon the 1842 short story of the same name by American author Edgar Allan Poe and incorporates a sub-plot based on another Poe tale, "Hop-Frog". Another sub-plot is drawn from "Torture by Hope" by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. It is the seventh of a series of eight Corman film adaptations largely based on Poe's works made by American International Pictures. The Masque of the Red Death has been released on DVD in the United States.
- The story concerns the attempts by a prince and his followers to shield themselves from a terrible plague which is devastating the surrounding area and to carry on living lives of pleasure. Their attempts ultimately prove futile. The story has been adapted for stage and screen and has frequently been referenced in music and other works of literature.
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