Palm Beach Dramaworks Presents The World Premiere of Joseph McDonough's EDGAR & EMILY Photo

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They were two literary titans, American originals, born in Massachusetts in the early nineteenth century. Although they lived very different lives, they had certain fundamental things in common. They were both tortured souls who could not escape their demons. They both wrote frequently about death and sorrow and loss, yet they seemed to derive their greatest pleasure from their work.