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From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Date: 20040428
Author:Steverman, Ben

Byline: Ben Steverman; Staff Writer

Actor and playwright James Thomas says Edgar Allan Poe's stories translate well to the stage.

Thomas is creator of a one-man play built around four works by the 19th century poet and short-story writer.

Thomas will perform "A Dream Within a Dream" Saturday at the Bloomington Art Center.

The play is set in 1849 on the night that Poe collapsed while walking down a street in Baltimore. He died shortly thereafter.

Thomas plays Nathaniel Willis, a magazine publisher and friend who fills in for Poe at a previously scheduled ...

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